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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published May 1983
Frequency Published 6 times a year in February, April, June, August, October and December
Cover Price 1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD
Pages 36
Editing John Carbonaro (Editor); Lou Manna (Associate Editor)

Cover Details

Characters THUNDER Agents [Dynamo; Lightning; Raven; NoMan; Undersea Agent]; The THUNDER Squad [Weed; Dynamite; Kitten]; Red Star; A Warlord; Iron Maiden
Genre superhero; spy
Pencils Lou Manna (signed)
Inks Willie Blyberg (signed)

1 page text article "Carbon Copy"

Script John Carbonaro (Editorial); Scott Peters (Movie Review)
Letters Typeset
Notes Editorial and movie review of "Octopussy" located on the inside front cover.

8 page T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents story "The Invasion Begins!"

Characters NoMan
Synopsis During a training session, NoMan is attacked by a robot horde only to be taken down by a mysterious foe hiding on the moon. Only NoMan survives the attack by transferring his mind into another android. This same foe also destroys an American space shuttle and a missile build-up demonstration in Russia's Red Square.
Genre superhero; spy
Script Chris Adames
Pencils Lou Manna
Inks Willie Blyberg
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Rod Ollerenshaw
Notes The individual chapters of this book combine to create one large story.

4 page T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents story "Lightning!"

Characters Lightning [Guy Gilbert]; Kitten Kane; The Chief
Synopsis Lightning curses the heavens about his rapid aging -- a side effect of the superspeed suit he wears-- and gets an assignment from the Chief.
Genre superhero; spy
Script Chris Adames
Pencils Lou Manna
Inks Willie Blyberg
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Rod Ollerenshaw

4 page T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents story "The Raven!"

Characters Raven [Craig Lawson]
Synopsis The Raven busts some minor thugs trying to smuggle a deadly pesticide into the USA, getting a good workout and trying out his raven claws for the first time.
Genre superhero; spy
Script Chris Adames
Pencils Lou Manna
Inks Willie Blyberg
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Rod Ollerenshaw
Notes The editorial includes a thanks to James W. Fry III "for his artistic assistance with the Raven chapter."

1 page letters page "THUNDER Control"

Characters Betty Cooper [as the Iron Maiden]
Script John Carbonaro
Pencils Rod Ollerenshaw [as RGO]
Inks Rod Ollerenshaw [as RGO]
Letters Typeset
Notes Readers letters answered by John.

6 page T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents story "The T.H.U.N.D.E.R Squad"

Characters THUNDER Squad [Weed [William Wylie]; Dynamite [John Adkins]; Lightning; NoMan; Raven; Chief
Synopsis Weed and Dynamite help stop the pesticides from entering the US, then they regroup with Raven, NoMan, Lightning and the Chief when they all compare notes. They realize that someone is trying to start a World War between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Genre spy
Script Chris Adames
Pencils Lou Manna
Inks Willie Blyberg
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Rod Ollerenshaw

6 page T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents story "Dynamo!"

Characters Dynamo [Len Brown]; Iron Maiden
Synopsis The Chief dispatches Dynamo to the training island to retrieve NoMan's cloak and investigate what happened. He defeats a group of hirelings and is only stopped the appearance of the Iron Maiden.
Genre superhero; spy
Script Chris Adames
Pencils Lou Manna
Inks Willie Blyberg
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Rod Ollerenshaw
Notes Re-intro of the Iron Maiden.