Category: T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents
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Um. I don’t know if Spencer could have written an issue with less content. I mean… this thing is paced worse than one of those Ultimate Spider-Man’s where Peter just stares at a something for twenty pages. The mission is over. Nothing is resolved with the twist from the last issue. In fact, Spencer just…
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Yeah, I definitely think the longer first two issues spoiled me. Or maybe it’s just the position Spencer puts the reader in. After totally changing the status quo with the last cliffhanger, he changes it again this issue. Or at least he implies he didn’t totally change it like he suggested. Maybe I’m just upset…
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Now there’s a big surprise. Spencer was pretty cute the way he diverted attention from it; it works. Unfortunately, the issue is the first weak one in the series. Not because of the twist, but because backup artist George Perez apparently wasn’t hired to draw anything important. Instead, Perez draws the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. orientation tour. It…
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Ah, here we go… Spencer has to deal with a regular length issue. He does well–the soft cliffhanger all of a sudden makes a lot of sense with the pacing. He’s going through the team’s first mission. Even though the issues focus on an agent, the handlers provide the continuity. But this issue introduces an…
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Spencer does just fine with the pacing again. Of course, he’s got another over-sized issue. This one concentrates on one of the agents, Lightning, who’s a disgraced Olympic runner. One assumes the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. organization did something to lead to that disgrace, but it’s never made clear. The protagonists—Toby and Colleen—continue their charming bickering. I wonder…
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Spencer does great with an oversized first issue, but I’m wondering how he’s going to be able to do his multilayered narrative in a regular length one. While T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents seems pretty innocuous, it’s actually this spy thriller with double crosses and “Get Smart” references and some really good dialogue. Spencer sets it up with…
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