AGENTS OF ATLAS

Marvel, New York, 2009, 1^st pr thus.  ISBN 978-0-7851-2231-9.  Folio soft cover, unpaginated (256 pages), unread copy.  ‘Collecting Agents of Atlas #1-6, written by Jeff Parker and illustrated by Leonard Kirk – plus the Agents’ first appearances in stories from Yellow Claw #1 (Jimmy Woo, October 1956), Menace #11 (Human Robot, May 1954), Venus #1 (August 1948), Marvel Mystery Comics #82 (Namora, May 1947), Marvel Boy #1 (December 1950), Men’s Adventures #26 (Gorilla Man, March 1954) and What If? #9 (1950s Avengers, June 1978).  Also featuring blogs, creator interviews, character designs and other extras! … 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!’ (from rear wrap)