| T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Squad | |
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Members |
Virgil "Guy" Gilbert, Dynamite (Daniel John Adkins), William "Weed" Wylie, Kathryn "Kitten" Kane, and James "Egghead" Andor. |
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First Appearance |
T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #1 (1965) |
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Original Publisher |
Tower |
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Created by |
Larry Ivie and Mike Sekowsky |
Origin[]
Joining the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents were the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Squad, a special team of agents who fight the Warlord.
This team included:
- James "Egghead" Andor – a brilliant strategist, Andor dies in issue #2, reappearing as a villain in later issues.
- Dynamite – Daniel John Adkins is the "weapons man".
- Kathryn "Kitten" Kane – technical device expert.
- William "Weed" Wylie – locksmith and safecracker.
- Colleen Franklin – T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agent recruiter, later revealed to be the daughter of Len Brown (Dynamo).
- Toby Heston – salesman and T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agent recruiter, he is actually the brother of S.P.I.D.E.R.'s new leader.
Virgil "Guy" Gilbert was also a member of the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Squad originally but then was given the Lightning Suit and becomes a super agent in the fourth issue. In the second issue, the Warlord is revealed as a Subterranean, and his forces are humanoids who live under the surface and have engaged in a war to reclaim the surface world from humans. Also in this issue, Egghead is killed in action but later reappears as a villain in an issue of Wally Wood's T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents.
Public Domain Comic Appearances[]
- T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #1-4, 11, 20
Notes[]
- Tower Comics never registered its titles with the US copyright office, nor did it include a correct copyright notice on their books. The copyright notice on the first issue was not in the proper location of the book which under copyright law at the time of it's publication had to be "either upon the title page or upon the first page of text of each separate number or under the title heading." Secondly, it was hidden in the artwork, which goes against the part of the law that stipulates that "The notice should be permanently legible to an ordinary user of the work under normal conditions of use and should not be concealed from view upon reasonable examination." According to US copyright law, all works published between 1923-1977 that did not comply with copyright law became public domain upon publication. So, because the first issue had an incorrect notice, the characters fell into the public domain.