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That was pretty much it for the next three decades, until editor Mark Paniccia stumbled across the "What If?" and decided to ask writer Jeff Parker what he'd do with the idea in the mainstream [[Marvel Universe]]. The result was a six-issue miniseries called ''Agents of Atlas'', which came out in 2006.
The set-up: In 1958, FBI agent Jimmy Woo was tasked with recruiting a team of heroes to rescue President Eisenhower, who had been kidnapped by evil mastermind the Yellow Claw. Jimmy recruited Ken Hale, the immortal Gorilla Man; M-11, the enigmatic Human Robot; Venus, the goddess of love; and Bob Grayson, the superhero Marvel Boy. Following the success of their first mission, the so-called "G-Men" stayed together for the next six
Five decades later, Jimmy Woo, now a sub-director in SHIELD, led a mission to uncover the mysterious Atlas Foundation, but things went badly wrong; all of Jimmy's team-mates were killed, and Jimmy himself was left badly burned, and in a coma.
Jimmy's old team from the 1950s reunited to save Jimmy's
Again, that pretty much seemed to be it for the Agents, although they made a couple of other appearances elsewhere in the [[Marvel Universe]].
Then in mid-2008 came the news that the Agents would be getting their own ongoing series, kicking off in February 2009. Cue much [[Squee]] from the Agents'
'''Note''': Atlas Comics was the name Marvel went by for most of the '50s. All of the characters in ''Agents of Atlas'' were created during the Atlas Comics period, before the [[Fantastic Four]] ushered in the modern [[Marvel Universe]].
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* [[Back From the Dead]]: Namora.
* [[Badass]]: The whole team.
* [[Badass Normal]]: Jimmy
* [[Batman Gambit]]: The secret plan behind the events of the mini is one of these, as the main [[Chessmaster]] is conscious that failure is an option.
* [[Because Destiny Says So]]: One thread running through the mini is that the Agents were a team 'destined' to exist. Jimmy selected his original 1950s team in a dream, and strange coincidences play an important part in the team's reunion in the modern day.
* [[Canon Immigrant]]: The team concept, which first popped up in an issue of "What If?".
* [[Captain Ersatz]]: The Yellow Claw is an Ersatz for Fu
* [[Charm Person]]: Venus's central power; anyone who hears her voice will do anything to make her happy. Good thing she's [[The Messiah]] type.
* [[The Chessmaster]]: {{spoiler|Yellow Claw and M-11}}, who collaborate on its [[Batman Gambit]].
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* [[Flying Brick]]: Namora.
* [[Flying Saucer]]: Bob has one of these, which the team uses to get around.
* [[Fountain of Youth]]: Present-day Jimmy is left horribly burned, with no higher brain function, after his first Atlas investigation goes wrong. Bob restores him using his last recording of Jimmy's physical pattern. However, Bob's last meeting with Jimmy was about five decades
* [[The Golden Age of Comic Books]]
* [[Immortality]]: Ken combines Undying and External. Venus has Perfect Immortality. M-11 has Regenerative.
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* [[True Companions]]: The Agents.
* [[Wolverine Publicity]]: The Agents of Atlas show up in at least a guest spot in nearly every title Jeff Parker has written since the original mini; they've quickly become go-to characters for cameos and/or guest roles.
* [[Yellow Peril]]: The Yellow Claw was pretty much this in his original
* [[You Kill It, You Bought It]]: The Gorilla Man curse/blessing.
* [[Zeerust]]: M-11, and Bob's Uranian tech, both of which were futuristic for the 1950s. Jeff Parker took advantage of the decades since their creation to update their
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