May 31, 2002 - This December, DC Comics is pleased to bring back the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. AGENTS, one of the most revered comics lines of all time, in a new Archive series as well as the first of a line of DC Direct statues.

"I remember the exact moment I saw T.H.U.N.D.E.R. AGENTS #1 on the newsstand," says comics writer and movie producer Michael Uslan, who worked with DC to initiate the archive series. "The publisher, Tower Comics, was a company I never heard of. Inside, I found phenomenal art, along with new heroes - Dynamo, NoMan and Menthor - who were exciting, captivating, and totally different in tone from the DC, Marvel, Charlton, Gold Key, and Dell comic book super-heroes I'd been reading and collecting." Uslan also co-writes the introduction to this volume with comics historian Robert Klein.

"I know the fans are gonna love this first-class treatment," says John Carbonaro, the project's Editorial Consulant. "I can sense the excitement in the air."

T.H.U.N.D.E.R. AGENTS Archives Volume 1, reprinting the first four issues of the groundbreaking series from 1965 and 1966, features spectacular artwork by comics luminaries including Wally Wood, Reed Crandall, Gil Kane, Joe Orlando and many others. These epic tales introduced Dynamo, NoMan, Menthor, and the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Squad as they battled the Warlord, the leader of a mysterious organization bent on subjugating the world.

Future volumes will continue to collect issues of T.H.U.N.D.E.R. AGENTS, along with its companion titles DYNAMO and NOMAN.

The T.H.U.N.D.E.R. agents' top operative, Dynamo, is the subject of the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. AGENTS: DYNAMO STATUE, the first of a series of statues from DC Direct. Sculpted by William Paquet, this hand-painted, cold-cast porcelain statue stands approximately 9 1/8" tall x 7" wide and will be limited to a run of only 1500.

T.H.U.N.D.E.R. AGENTS Archives Volume 1 is a 256-page hardcover arriving in stores December 4 with a cover price of $49.95. The T.H.U.N.D.E.R. AGENTS: DYNAMO STATUE also arrives in stores December 4 with a retail price of $149.95.