T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #17

In "First Encounter!", the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents investigate the brutal murder of brilliant inventor Professor Jennings, his lab left in ruins by the elusive Warlord. With only a few untouched devices recovered, the team must unlock their secrets—and quickly—before the enemy strikes again. The mission demands nothing less than three elite agents, handpicked for unmatched skill and courage.

Dynamo's birthday celebration is cut short when the Hyena, a cunning criminal mastermind, resurfaces with plans to steal a mysterious device called the Activator from a T.H.U.N.D.E.R. lab. As the wily felon orchestrates an elaborate scheme involving hidden traps and clever deceptions, Dynamo finds himself repeatedly outmaneuvered, racing against time to stop the Hyena before he can assemble all the pieces of his mysterious machine.

When giant mechanical locusts devastate a missile base and demand ransom, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. sends its most adaptable operative—the android agent NoMan—to track down King Locust and his swarm. NoMan deploys his unique ability to transfer his consciousness between multiple synthetic bodies, but King Locust proves cunning at every turn, forcing the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. agent to devise an audacious trap hidden within the very ransom the criminal mastermind demands. With his invisibility cloak and quick thinking, NoMan closes in on his insectoid enemy—but the wily King Locust has prepared a final, steel-bound surprise.

William "Weed" Wylie infiltrates a Western movie shoot in Antelope Haunch, Oklahoma, tracking a Spider agent who's discovered a uranium deposit on tribal land—and who plans to keep the find secret from both the government and the local Native Americans. When his partner Leonard "Len" Brown arrives to help, the two agents must navigate an absurd tangle of movie set chaos, a lovestruck local chief, and Spider's scheme to silence them, all while trying to expose the villains without letting the tribe become collateral damage.

Dynamo goes undercover in a crooked union to root out S.P.I.D.E.R.'s involvement, but his cover is blown when the villainous council—Demo, Dr. Sparta, Mastermind, Tarantula, and Mayven—unveils a powerful weapon: Menthor's Helmet. When Thunder raids the hideout, Dynamo finds himself caught between his allies and the mind-controlled operative under Demo's psychic control, forcing an impossible choice to stop the villain's plan.