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