Product DescriptionThe spy. The spaceman. The goddess. The robot. The Gorilla. During the late 1950s, the U.S. government allowed FBI Special Agent Jimmy Woo to forge a team of unlikely heroes. Together, they stormed the fortress of a criminal mastermind to rescue President Eisenhower - but the group disbanded soon after. Now, almost 50 years later, an unauthorized S.H.I.E.L.D. mission goes down in flames - and from the ashes arise forces from the Golden Age of Marvel! Collects Agents of Atlas #1-6.
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Rating: - that golden age revial
Agents of Atlas is a good read, if your sick of what Marvel Comics is producing then you be surpised by Agents. It has a beginning a middle and an end. Plus it reprinted all the characters first golden age apparance, and a What If? story that started the whole thing. I say buy it or wait till it comes in paperback.
Rating: - Well, the concept was good...
Agents of Atlas was almost good. The concept is excellent...but that's as far as it goes.
The very basics of a good comic are missing: story and art. Like I said, the concept was good, just not the execution. The plot is predictable from page one and the art needs to step up to be mediocre.
I'm a long time Marvel fan - 40+ years - so I hate to give a bad review but given all the good collections out there, I'd give this one a pass.
Rating: - I've waited 30 years for this story
In 1978, I was blown away by What If? #9, in which the "1950s Avengers" raced to save President Eisenhower from the clutches of the evil Yellow Claw. While I was already well-versed in the standard Marvel heroes of the time, I had never heard of such Golden Age characters as Human Robot, Gorilla Man, Venus, and Marvel Boy. They made quite an impression on me (also thanks to story editor Roy Thomas' copious footnotes) and when they turned up briefly in Kurt Busiek's AVENGERS FOREVER, I was thrilled. ... Read More
Rating: - What hardcover comics collections should be.
This is a fine example of how amazingly fun and literate revisionist comic books can be. Granted, the characters here were originally little more than filler-fluff, even in the way too filler-fluffy Fifties, as the collection readily shows in the reprints of their initial appearances. But together they make a solid team with interesting characterization and fabulous dialogue, easily on par with the best Avengers and JLA stories of recent years. I truly hope Marvel decides to do more Agents stories; ... Read More
Rating: - Charming but average...
This book may have been more interesting if not wrapped so tightly in the Marvel Universe; most of these characters predated Marvel Comics, after all. Most of the characters here were first published by the pre-Marvel Atals Comics, run are a combination of superhero, horror, and sci-fi characters. The characters were strong enough to carry the story on their own, and the inclusion of Marvel staples like SHIELD and Wakanda just kind of muddy the water a bit.
- Well, the concept was good...
- I've waited 30 years for this story
