Dynamo #1

(August 1966)

Menace from the Moon! (Table of Contents: 1)

Dynamo / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Wally Wood ?

Pencils

Wally Wood (signed)

Inks

Wally Wood (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

superhero

Characters

Dynamo [Leonard Brown]; Noman; Alice

Synopsis

Observatories on Earth are being mysteriously destroyed. The President of the United States calls Noman and Dynamo in for a mission to investigate the suspected source of the destruction, a military base on the moon. Noman discovers a civilization living on the dark side of the moon who wishes their existence to remain unknown to mankind.

Reprints

• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #33 (1968 ?) [Black and white.], #148 ([circa 1980 - 1981]), #195 ([circa 1988 - 1989])
• in T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Archives (DC, 2002 series) #2 ([July] 2003)
• in T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Classics (IDW, 2013 series) #2 (December 2013)
• in T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents: The Best of Wally Wood (IDW, 2014 series) (May 2014)

A Day in the Life of Dynamo (Table of Contents: 2)

Dynamo / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Wally Wood; Tim Brent (see notes)

Pencils

Mike Sekowsky

Inks

Frank Giacoia; Joe Giella ?

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida ?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Dynamo [Leonard Brown]; Red Dragon; Red Star; THUNDER; Iron Maiden; Subterraneans; Overlord

Synopsis

Len Brown plan on asking the Chief for a raise, but before he can get to it, adventure whisks him away. First to Hong Kong, where he is at the mercy of the Red Dragon, then to the subterranean world, where he must stop the Overlord's ambition of creating nuclear Armageddon on the surface world. Help comes in the unlikely guise of the Iron Maiden. By the end of the adventure, Len finds that his chance to ask for a raise has passed him by.

Reprints

• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #32 (1968 ?) [Black and white.]
• in Escaravelho Azul (Palirex, 1969 ? series) #v1#12 (1969)
• in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #9 (avril 1970) [N&B [B&W]]
• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #116 ([circa 1975 - 1976]), #145 ([circa 1980 - 1981]), #189 ([circa 1988 - 1989])
• in T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Archives (DC, 2002 series) #2 ([July] 2003)
• in T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Classics (IDW, 2013 series) #2 (December 2013)

Indexer Notes

Story idea by Battersby; script, plot and revision by Wood. Info per Battersby's work records as published in Alter Ego # 152, May 2018. Martin O'Hearn previously credited Ralph Reese.

Back to the Stone Age! (Table of Contents: 3)

Dynamo / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Tim Brent; Wally Wood; Dan Adkins (see notes)

Pencils

Reed Crandall (signed)

Inks

Wally Wood (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

superhero

Characters

Dynamo [Leonard Brown]; Dr. Sparta (villain); Demo (villain); Wilbur [lackey of Dr. Sparta] (villain)

Synopsis

THUNDER makes the mistake of putting Demo in the same prison cell as Dr. Sparta. The two pool their resources, and are sprung from prison by Dr. Sparta's minion, Wilbur. The combination of Demo's cavemen and Sparta's dinosaurs are enough to keep Dynamo's hands full.

Reprints

• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #33 (1968 ?) [Black and white.]
• in Escaravelho Azul (Palirex, 1969 ? series) #v1#19 (1970)
• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #148 ([circa 1980 - 1981]), #195 ([circa 1988 - 1989])
• in T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Archives (DC, 2002 series) #2 ([July] 2003)
• in T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Classics (IDW, 2013 series) #2 (December 2013)

Indexer Notes

Plot and script by Battersby; revised by Wood and Adkins. Info from Battersby's work records as published in Alter Ego # 152, May 2018.

Dynamo Meets the Amazing Andor (Table of Contents: 4)

Dynamo / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Tim Brent; ? (see notes)

Pencils

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks

Wally Wood (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

superhero

Characters

Dynamo [Leonard Brown]; Andor (first appearance; villain); Subterraneans (villains); Overlord [leader of Subterraneans]; Lord Uru [Subterranean scientist, dies]

Synopsis

The subterranean scientist Lord Uru reports on his latest project to overthrow the surface dwellers to the Overlord. His project involved raising an abandoned surface baby, and subjecting the child to treatments to control its mind and give it superhuman strength. The human, named Andor, infiltrates THUNDER, and nearly kills Dynamo before freeing himself from mind control. Andor returns to the subterranean world and kills Lord Uru.

Reprints

• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #33 (1968 ?) [Black and white.]
• in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #12 (février 1971) [N&B [B&W]]
• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #148 ([circa 1980 - 1981]), #195 ([circa 1988 - 1989])
• in T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Archives (DC, 2002 series) #2 ([July] 2003)
• in T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Classics (IDW, 2013 series) #2 (December 2013)

Indexer Notes

"Work on script" per Battersby's work records as published in Alter Ego # 152, May 2018.

Wonder Weed, Super Hero (Table of Contents: 5)

Agent Weed / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Wally Wood ?

Pencils

John Giunta

Inks

John Giunta

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Characters

Weed [William Wylie]; Dynamo [Leonard Brown]; Lightning [Guy]; Chief; Noman; Doctor Oom (villain)

Synopsis

Weed is an ordinary THUNDER agent with no special suit or powers, and he envies the others. Doctor Oom, a villainous master of telepathy and hypnotism, exploits Weed's envy by planting the hypnotic suggestion that he really has superpowers. Oom lures the super-powered members of THUNDER into a trap, and it takes Weed's wit and bravery to save the day for THUNDER.

Reprints

• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #74
• in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #9 (avril 1970) [N&B [B&W]]
• in T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Archives (DC, 2002 series) #2 ([July] 2003)
• in T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Classics (IDW, 2013 series) #2 (December 2013)