Product ReviewsT.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Archives #5 (DC Comics 2004 February 2005)

THUNDER AGENTS VOL. 4

WHAT I REALLY LIKED ABOUT THE BOOK WAS THE INCREDIBLE ARTWORK BY ADKINS, DITKO, WOOD,ECT. THESE ARE COMICS THAT ARE CLASSICS MEASURED BY A STANDARD THAT MOST ARTISTS TODAY CANNOT GRASP. THE STORIES ARE SHORT, YET, THE CHARACTERS STAND OUT AND EACH ONE HAS A DIFFERENT PERSONALITY. THE PLOTS ARE EASY TO FOLLOW AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO KNOW THE BACK STORY TO ENJOY WHAT'S HAPPENING. GROWING UP IN THE "IMAGE AGE", IT SEEMS THAT IT TAKES A WHOLE YEAR TO WRAP UP A STORY LINE. WOOD AND CO. DID IT IN AN ISSUE.
IT'S QUITE REFRESHING TO READ THESE STORIES. THE TALES ARE LIGHT,FUN,AND VERY IMAGINATIVE. EASILY ONE OF THE BEST SERIES OF THE 1960S.
THE ONLY DISLIKES I HAVE ARE THE CREDITS AT THE BEGINNING AND END, THEY NEED TO BE RESEARCHED A LITTLE MORE BEFORE PRINT. SOMEONE SURELY KNOWS WHO WROTE WHAT. THE ARTISTS SECTION AT THE END WAS INACCURATE. SOME OF THE ARTISTS PASSED AWAY BEFORE 2000. THE BOOK WAS PUBLISHED IN 2003-4.
I BOUGHT THE BOOK BECAUSE I HAD NEVER SEEN THE STORIES BEFORE. I WAS BORN QUITE A FEW YEARS AFTER TOWER CEASED PUBLICATION. THE ONLY CONTACT I HAD WITH THE THUNDER AGENTS WAS AN OLD REPRINT COMIC I FOUND AT A BOOKSTORE IN 1990. NEEDLESS TO SAY I WAS HOOKED BY THE WALLY WOOD ARTWORK. I DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL LATER THERE WERE MORE ISSUES. ANY FAN THAT HAS NEVER SEEN AN ISSUE OF THUNDER AGENTS DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE MISSING.Read full review...