Auctions: comic books published by Tower Comics

Dynamo (1966 Tower Comics) 2 VG+ 4.5

Cover by Chic Stone. Stories and art by Wally Wood, Ralph Reese, Dick Ayers, Chic Stone, George Tuska, Mike Sekowsky, Jack Abel and Dan Adkins. THUNDER Agent Dynamo's special belt can make him the most powerful man on Earth - but only for half an hour. Dynamo must reach a defecting SPIDER scientist in Ibernia before the agents of SPIDER get to him first. Dynamo tries to find the connection between the ambush of a THUNDER Agent and the forgery of a classic work of art. In a whimsical story, Agent Weed is the most conspicuous undercover agent of all time, going after the poor man's Joker called Hyena in a parody of Superman's costume. The Web of S.P.I.D.E.R.; S.P.I.D.E.R. Strikes at Sea!; The Priceless Counterfeit!; Between Two Enemies; The Hyena. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

NoMan PB (1966 Tower Comics) The Invisible THUNDER Agent 672 VG 4.0

1st printing. Cover by Wally Wood. Stories and art by Wally Wood, Gil Kane, John Giunta, Steve Skeates, Mike Sekowsky, Frank Giacoia, and Dick Ayers. Reprints of the origins and first adventures of the THUNDER Agents, from THUNDER Agents (1965 Tower). A dying scientist transfers his brain into an infinite number of android bodies, becoming the hero NoMan. The Subterranean foe known as the Warlord steals one of NoMan's android bodies for his own purposes. The villain Vibraman uses his strange powers to blackmail the US government, but NoMan is on the case. NoMan faces Mastermind, who employs his own army of androids. In the Warlord's Power; NoMan Faces the Threat of the Amazing Vibraman; The Synthetic Stand-Ins; NoMan in Action; In the Caverns of Demo. 4 1/2-in. x 7-in., Squarebound, 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

THUNDER Agents (1965 Tower) 11 VG+ 4.5

Cover by Dan Adkins and Wally Wood. Stories and art by Wally Wood, Dan Adkins, Ralph Reese, George Tuska, Bill Pearson, Steve Skeates, John Giunta, Manny Stallman, Frank Giacoia, Joe Giella and Mike Sekowsky. The cult-favorite super-team saga from Tower Comics features neat powers, bizarre villains, and great art by some comics legends. When SPIDER finds a perfect twin of Dynamo, a plot is set in motion, but when NoMan disguises himself as a third Dynamo, even the villains are confused. Lightning battles Dr. Forkliff and his Vortex machine, which can counter even Lightning's super-speed, but Lightning discovers its fatal flaw. THUNDER Squad agent Dynamite is honored to be chosen to step in for Dynamo and wear the Thunderbelt, but super-strength proves a heavy burden to carry. The Death of Dynamo; Lightning vs. The Vortex; The Trap; Understudy for Dynamo; The Case of Jacob Einhorn. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

THUNDER Agents (1965 Tower) 14 VG- 3.5

Cover by Gil Kane. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Gil Kane, Wally Wood, Dan Adkins, George Tuska, Chic Stone, Steve Skeates, and John Giunta. The cult-favorite super-team saga from Tower Comics features neat powers, bizarre villains, and great art by some comics legends. SPIDER sets Andor the indestructible android against Dynamo, in a whimsical story with art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. SPIDER captures one of NoMan's android bodies and uses it to brainwash him into fighting for their side. Raven goes after the precognitive crimelord called The Prophet, in a story with great art (and a cover) by future Marvel legend Gil Kane. Return Engagement; To Fight is to Die; On the Other Side; Darkly Sees the Prophet; The Fist of Zeus. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

THUNDER Agents (1965 Tower) 19 GD/VG 3.0

Cover by Wally Wood, Dan Adkins and Gil Kane. Stories and art by Wally Wood, Ralph Reese, Paul Reinman, Mike Sekowsky, and Dan Adkins. The cult-favorite super-team saga from Tower Comics features neat powers, bizarre villains, and great art by some comics legends. Dr. Orgo and SPIDER inundate THUNDER with androids and android duplicates of the heroes, and the Chief may have paid the ultimate price. THUNDER's latest invention to be stolen by the villains is an "atomic polarizer" that dematerializes humans - sometimes permanently. Dynamo faces "The All-Girl Gang" in a fun story with some good bad-girl art by George Tuska and a lead villain, Satana, who looks just like 1970s Catwoman! Half an Hour of Power; Dynamo vs. The Ghost; Dynamo vs. The All-Girl Gang; A Matter of Transmitters; Speed Demon! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

THUNDER Agents (1965 Tower) 20 VG+ 4.5

Cover by Chic Stone. Stories and art by Wally Wood, Reed Crandall, Chic Stone, Tim Battersby, Bill Pearson, John Giunta, Joe Coleman, Steve Skeates, Frank Giacoia, Mike Sekowsky, and Dan Adkins. The cult-favorite super-team saga from Tower Comics features neat powers, bizarre villains, and great art by some comics legends. Special agents for the UN agency THUNDER find that Professor Jennings has been murdered by the forces of the mysterious Warlord. The scientist's "Thunderbelt" gives THUNDER Agent Dynamo superhuman strength and invulnerability, but only for thirty minutes at a time. When Baron Von Kampf's Deadly Dust slows THUNDER to a crawl, the scientists respond with a super-speed suit, and the hero Lightning is born. Dynamo travels to "Vietnesia" to face the forces of the Red Dragon. The Origin of Thunder Agent Dynamo; The Return of the Iron Maiden; NoMan Faces the Thread of the Amazing Vibraman; The Deadly Dust; The Menace of the Red Dragon. Final issue of the original series. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.