THUNDER Agents^™ No. 1

THUNDER Agents^™ No. 1
November 1965
Cover: Menthor, Dynamo, and NoMan vs. Iron Maiden's soldiers
Cover art: Wally Wood (signed)

Story: "First Encounter" (4 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writers: Larry Ivie, Wally Wood?
Artist: Wally Wood
Feature Characters: THUNDER Agents^™ (first appearance)
Intro: Professor Emil Jennings (dies in this story), the Thunderbelt, the invisibility cloak, the cybernetic helmet
Villains: The Warlord (first appearance; a Subterranean) and his men (first appearance)

Story: "Menace of the Iron Fog" (12 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Len Brown
Artist: Wally Wood
Feature Character: Dynamo (Leonard Brown; first appearance and origin)
Supporting Characters: THUNDER's Inner Council (first appearance)
Villains: Iron Maiden ("Rusty") and her armored troops (first appearance for all), the Warlord
Comment: Story continues in the second Dynamo story in this issue.

Story: [untitled] (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Wally Wood
Artist: Reed Crandall
Feature Character: NoMan (Dr. Anthony Dunn; first appearance and origin)
Villains: Demo (first appearance), his "sub-men" (first appearance; next appear in issue #5), and Satana (first appearance; next appears in issue #6)

Story: "Face to Face" (2 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Unknown
Feature Character: NoMan
Villains: The Warlord and his agents
Comment: This is a text story.

Story: "The Enemy Within" (12 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Wally Wood?
Penciller: Gil Kane
Inker: Mike Esposito
Feature Character: Menthor (John Janus; first appearance and origin)
Intro: Mr. Sumo (only appearance)
Villains: The Warlord and his agents, Id (a monster; first appearance; dies in this story)
Comment: The Warlord is erroneously shown with a human face in this story.

Story: [untitled] (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Wally Wood?
Artist: Mike Sekowsky
Feature Characters: THUNDER Squad (Guy Gilbert, Kathryn "Kitten" Kane, John Daniel "Dynamite" Adkins, William "Weed" Wylie, Egghead; first appearance and origin)
Villains: The Warlord and his zombies (first appearance)
Comment: Story continues in the second Dynamo story in this issue.

Story: "At the Mercy of the Iron Maiden" (10 pages)
Editor: Samm Schwartz
Writer: Len Brown
Artist: Wally Wood
Feature Character: Dynamo
GS: NoMan, Menthor, THUNDER Squad
Villains: The Warlord, Iron Maiden and her armored troops