Wednesday, November 5, 2014

THE MOST FEARED T.H.U.N.D.E.R. AGENT OF THEM ALL -- NOMAN !!!


Tower Comics' NoMan was a 2 issue series written by Steve Skeates with artwork by Ogden Whitney, John Giunta, Gil Kane & Paul Reinman. NoMan was created by Len Brown and Wally Wood. Lightning was a back-up feature in both issues, written by Steve Skeates with artwork by Chic Stone. 

Dying scientist Anthony Dunn transfers his mind into an android body of his own design. With a wide number of these identical bodies, he can transfer his mind to any of them should something happen to the one he is in. 


  
As a T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agent (The Higher United Nations Defense Enforcement Reserves) Dunn is given an invisibility cloak and becomes NoMan!


T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #7 NoMan cover by Wally Wood
T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #15 NoMan cover by Gil Kane

T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #17 NoMan cover by Dan Adkins
 NoMan #1 T.H.U.N.D.E.R.'s Invisible Agent NoMan Trapped in the Past!
"Fingers of Fate"
"Secret in the Sky"
"The Warp Wizard's Plan"
"Trapped in the Past"
"The Good Subterranean"
Cover by Al Williamson & Wally Wood.

NoMan #2 Cover by Wally Wood!
NoMan #2  The Top T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents in a Life and Death Struggle Against Each Other!
"Dynamo v. NoMan"
"The Weird Case of the Kiss of Death"
"The Web Tightens"
"Target NoMan"
"A Quick Change of Mind"
Cover by Wally Wood.


Tower Books came out with NoMan comics in paperback, containing stories from T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #2 - #5. Featured artwork by Wally Wood, Dick Ayers, Gil Kane, John Guinta & Mike Sekowsky.
I've always loved the comic book paperbacks! 



NoMan was also featured in Tower Books' The Terrific Trio along side Dynamo and Menthor. The terrific artwork for the NoMan story, from T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #6, was by Steve Ditko!

Additionally, Tower Books came out with two other comic book paperback books, Dynamo & Menthor.  

T.H.U.N.D.E.R. #1 Obscure T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agent NoMan comic book!

Solson Publications came out with a single T.H.U.N.D.E.R. #1 with NoMan prominent on the cover. No other issues were published. Written by Michael Sawyer with art by James Lyle & Ron Wilber.
Omni Comix #3 T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents story never finished !
 
Some terrific artwork by Paul Gulacy!
Magazine-sized Omni Comics #3 featured NoMan and the other T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents in "Cold Warriors Never Die" written by George Caragonne & Tom Thornton with stunning artwork by Paul Gulacy. Dave Gibbons provided the story's splash page. 
 

Live Large My Friends!

Thank You!
T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents - Reed Crandall artwork on NoMan




1 comment:

  1. Interesting how an invisibility cloak makes his whole body invisible even when it isn't covering much of anything.

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