Here’s a 5 page preview of T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents 50th Anniversary Special by legendary creators including Wally Wood & Steve Ditko, on sale July 29th, 2015 from IDW Publishing.
T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents 50th Anniversary Special
Various (w) • Wally Wood, Dan Adkins, Steve Ditko, Gary Leach, George Tuska, and more (a) • Dan Adkins (c)
Here is a preview of T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #1 by Phil Hester & Andrea Di Vito, from IDW Publishing – on sale August 14th, 2013.
Phil Hester (w) • Andrea Di Vito (a) • Di Vito x 4 (c)
The T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents are dead, or will soon be, unless new recruit Dynamo can master the incredible but lethal power of the Thunderbelt in time to rescue his teammates from the mysterious Iron Maiden. The timeless heroes return to comics with a vengeance in this blistering first issue from writer Phil Hester (Godzilla, Invincible Universe, Wonder Woman) and artist Andrea Di Vito (Dungeons & Dragons)!
Press Release
At WonderCon, IDW finally unveiled the creative team that will be re-launching the legendary THUNDER AGENTS this August.
Phil Hester (Godzilla, Green Arrow) will be writing with Andrea Di Vito (Dungeons & Dragons) providing interiors as the dynamic THUNDER AGENTS go about putting an end to global evil before punching out for the day.
“I’m thrilled to be working with Andrea on this book,” said Hester. “His style hits all the right notes, combining the best of modern storytelling sensibilities with classic super hero dynamism. Our goal is to preserve what was unique about the original Wally Wood-helmed run, but inject it with the high-octane action and resonant character development modern readers demand. Andrea‘s work will convey to readers the sense of excitement we feel as creators."
DC Comics has released a few pages of artist Wes Craig’s character designs for T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #1. Craig stated that he based the characters’ looks on CAFU’s designs from the previous series and that he “… stuck to them pretty closely, making little tweaks that would suit (his) style better.”
Take a look and judge for yourselves.
“Their powers: Usually the artist display’s a hero’s super-powers as majestic and awe-inspiring. But with the Agents, their powers can potentially kill them so I wanted the feeling that their powers were a bit out of their control and that it made them feel a bit sick inside to use them.
Lightning: I love characters with super-speed.
NoMan: I wanted to give myself a challenge in how to draw his invisibility powers without just using a Photoshop fade-out effect, and I think I’ve found some fun solutions.
Colleen: Colleen’s going to have a fancy new ‘season two’ haircut, but we hadn’t thought of that yet when I was drawing these designs.
The Subterraneans: I had a kick drawing these guys since it was my first major contribution to the look of the series. I tried to stick to the basic idea of the original 60′s design with these guys, but make them a bit scarier and more reptilian. Drawing their subterranean kingdom has also been a lot of fun.”
The T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents are back and Nick Spencer is at the helm of the latest six issue miniseries. Here is a preview of the cover and the first five story pages from issue #1.
T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #1 by Nick Spencer and Wes Craig features a cover by Andy Kubert and is available on Wednesday November 30th, 2011 at all comic stores.