The Fellowship was fortunate enough to obtain a copy of T.H.U.N.D.E.R. AGENTS #1 from IDW Publishing. The story is by Phil
Hester, art by Andrea Di Vito, colors by Rom Fajardo and lettering by Chris
Mowry and Shawn Lee.
Thunder agents Noman and Lighting have fallen to the
villain Iron Maiden who discovered their secret facility located in Kashmir. A
direct assault on the facility would raise the ire of Pakistan, India, and
China, so a new group of super-powered agents will have to be sent in. The team
recruits Len Brown, down on his luck former hockey player with a very high pain
threshold to wear the Thunderbelt (which increases strength, near invulnerable,
and heavier). He agrees to join and is sent in (with a miniature version of
Noman) to take out Iron Maiden. But will his first mission as a Thunder agent
be his last?
IDW is the latest to take on the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. agents
(the acronym stands for The Higher United Nations Defense Enforcement Reserves)
which originally published by Tower Comics in the 1960s. Phil Hester (Incredible
Universe) is definitely up to the task of bringing the concept to the modern day. There’s enough action, intrigue
and mystery to get you hooked. Andrea Di Vito’s art is beautiful; I really
enjoy looking at it. I have high hopes for this series.
T.H.U.N.D.E.R. AGENTS #1 is in stores now or available
for ordering at www.IDWpublishing.com.
