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Aquatic adventure was a popular genre in the 1960's, with television shows like "Sea Hunt" and "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea," in addition to a host of sea-faring comic heroes like Tower Comics' Undersea Agent, Davy Jones. The "Undersea" acronym seemed a bit forced - United Nations Department of Experiment and Research Systems Established at Atlantis - but in a decade of rampant acronyms - SPECTRE, UNCLE, THRUSH, SHIELD, AIM, THUNDER, SPIDER, SWORD, WASP, etc. - I'm sure nobody cared. ;-) Undersea Agent - Issue No. 3, June 1966.

As a member of the Thunder Agents, the elderly Dr. Anthony Dunn can shift his consciousness into any number of super-powered android bodies scattered throughout the globe. A cloak of invisibility completes his powers, further lending credence to his alias - NoMan!! NoMan - Issue No. 1, November 1966. Cover art by Wally Wood - pure pen-and-ink perfection.

Dynamo, No-Man, Lightning and Kitten of the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents are imperiled by and over-sized arachnid on this wonderfully rendered cover by former E.C. artist Wally Wood. Thunder Agents - Issue No. 13, June 1967. Cover art by Wally Wood.

T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agent Leonard Brown is the keeper of the Thunder Belt, which grants its wearer super strength and invulnerability for short periods; hence, the codename, Dynamo. This cover is a perfect example of artist Wally Wood's uncanny ability to render fantasy tableau that is grounded in reality but infused with a sense of heightened drama. His figures look heroic and accessible, but anatomically sensible, unlike many of the grossly-muscled and overly-ripped counterparts of today. Dynamo - Issue No. 4, June 1967. Did I mention the Wally Wood cover art?