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| base                = Marvel Boy's spaceship<br />The Temple of Atlas, [[San Francisco]]<br>The Pan-Asian School for the Unusually Gifted, [[Mumbai]]<br>Atlas Secret Bunker 394B, [[Seoul]]
| owners              = [[Jimmy Woo]] (Head of the Atlas Foundation)<br>[[Derek Khanata]]<br>Mr. Lao<br>[[Temugin]] 
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| members             = '''Current:'''<br>[[Delroy Garrett|3-D Man]]<br>[[Aero (Marvel Comics)|Aero]]<br>[[Amadeus Cho|Brawn]]<br>[[Crescent (comics)|Crescent and Io]]<br>[[Giant-Man]]<br>[[Gorilla-Man|Gorilla-Man]]<br>[[Luna Snow]]<br>[[M-11 (comics)|M-11]]<br>[[Namora]]<br>Protector of Pan<br>[[Silk (character)|Silk]]<br>[[Lin Lie|Sword Master]]<br>[[Marvel Boy (Robert Grayson)|The Uranian]]<br>[[Venus (Marvel Comics)|Venus]]<br>[[Wave (Marvel Comics)|Wave]]<br>[[White Fox (Marvel Comics)|White Fox]]<br>'''Former:'''<br>[[Kamala Khan|Ms. Marvel]]<br>[[Shang-Chi]]
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| writers             = '''(vol. 1 & 2)'''<br />[[Jeff Parker (cartoonist)|Jeff Parker]]<br />'''(vol. 3)'''<br />[[Greg Pak]]
| artists             = '''(vol. 3)'''<br />Nico Leon
| pencillers          = '''(vol. 1)'''<br />[[Leonard Kirk]]<br />'''(vol. 2)'''<br />[[Carlo Pagulayan]]<br />'''(vol. 3)'''<br />[[Greg Hyuk Lim]]
| inkers              = '''(vol. 1)'''<br />Kris Justice<br />'''(vol. 2)'''<br />Michael Jason Paz
| letterers           = '''(vol. 1)'''<br />David Lanphear<br />'''(vol. 2)'''<br />[[Nate Piekos]]<br />'''(vol. 3)'''<br />Clayton Cowles
| colorists           = '''(vol. 1)'''<br />Michelle Madsen<br />'''(vol. 2)'''<br />Jana Schirmer<br />'''(vol. 3)'''<br />Federico Blee
| editors             = '''(vol. 1)'''<br />Nathan Cosby<br />Mark Paniccia<br />[[Joe Quesada]]<br />'''(vol. 2)'''<br />Nathan Cosby<br />Mark Paniccia<br />Lauren Sankovitch<br />'''(vol. 3)'''<br />Tom Groneman<br />Mark Paniccia
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The '''Agents of Atlas''' are a fictional [[superhero]] team appearing in [[American comic book]]s published by [[Marvel Comics]]. The first lineup was composed of characters originally appearing in unrelated stories published in the 1950s by Marvel's predecessor company, [[Atlas Comics (1950s)|Atlas Comics]]. The characters debuted as a team in ''[[What If (comics)|What If]]'' #9 (June 1978) and starred in the 2006 [[Limited series (comics)|limited series]] ''Agents of Atlas'', written by [[Jeff Parker (comics)|Jeff Parker]]<ref>{{cite web |first= Dave |last= Richards |url= http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=7108 |title= The Marvel Universe Now with Extra Pulp: Parker Talks ''Agents Of Atlas''| work= [[Comic Book Resources]]| date= May 19, 2006}}</ref> and with art by [[Leonard Kirk]].<ref>{{cite web |first= Dave |last= Richards |url= http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=7163 | title= The Weight of the World on his Pencil: Kirk Talks ''Agents Of Atlas''| work= Comic Book Resources| date= May 26, 2006}}</ref>

In 2019, the team's lineup was revamped as a new team made up of [[Asian people|Asian]] and [[Asian Americans|Asian American]] superheroes as ''The New Agents of Atlas'',<ref name="New Agents"/> written by [[Greg Pak]] and art by Gang Hyuk Lim.<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://comicstore.marvel.com/War-Of-The-Realms-New-Agents-Of-Atlas-2019-1-of-4/digital-comic/51487 | title=&#91;current-page:title&#93; &#124; &#91;site:name&#93; }}</ref>

==Publication history==
[[File:Atlascrew.jpg|thumb|upright|left|The original Agents of Atlas. Art by [[Leonard Kirk]].]] 
This group of heroes, which was not a team in 1950s comics, was established through [[retroactive continuity]] as having been formed in the 1950s.<ref>{{cite book |last1=DeFalco |first1=Tom |last2=Sanderson |first2=Peter |last3=Brevoort |first3=Tom |last4=Teitelbaum |first4=Michael |last5=Wallace |first5=Daniel |last6=Darling |first6=Andrew |last7=Forbeck |first7=Matt |last8=Cowsill |first8=Alan |last9=Bray |first9=Adam |title=The Marvel Encyclopedia |date=2019 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1-4654-7890-0 |page=14}}</ref> They originally appeared as a group in the alternate-universe story ''[[What If (comics)|What If]]'' #9 (June 1978)<ref>{{comicbookdb|type=issue|id=45968|title=''What If'' #9: "What If... The Avengers Had Been Formed During the 1950s?"}}.</ref> and then reappeared in ''[[Avengers Forever]]'' (1998–2000 miniseries), in which they and their reality were destroyed.

The limited series ''Agents of Atlas'' #1–6 (Oct. 2006 – March 2007) was set in the present day and likewise set in mainstream continuity. The series emerged from what writer Parker called "a huge editorial hunch" at Marvel, and said the revival of the characters "is something that [editor] [[Mark Paniccia]] was looking at and [for which he] thought specifically of me, and asked me what I would do with it".<ref>{{cite web| last= Montgomery| first= Mitch | url= http://www.silverbulletcomics.com/news/story.php?a=2618 |title= Jeff Parker and the New Adventures of Old Marvel| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061004215912/http://www.silverbulletcomics.com/news/story.php?a=2618 |archive-date=October 4, 2006 | website= Silver Bullet Comics| date= September 27, 2006}}</ref> Paniccia says the idea came to him when he picked up a copy of the ''What if?'' story and found the cover "intriguing".<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=7065 |first= Dave |last= Richards |title= Secret Avengers Reassembled? Paniccia Talks ''Agents of Atlas''| work= Comic Book Resources| date= May 12, 2006}}</ref>

The team made a brief appearance in "The Resistance", an eight-page story that was part of the [[Secret Invasion]] crossover story arc.<ref name=resistance>''[[Secret Invasion]]: Who Do You Trust'': "The Resistance" (by [[Jeff Parker (comics)|Jeff Parker]] and [[Leonard Kirk]], [[one-shot (comics)|one-shot]], Marvel Comics, Aug. 2008)</ref> Parker and editor Paniccia said in July 2008, that the former will write an ''Agents of Atlas'' ongoing series<ref>{{cite web |first= Dave |last= Richards |url= http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=17380 |title= CCI Exclusive: Parker and Paniccia on ''Agents of Atlas''| work= Comic Book Resources| date= July 24, 2008}}</ref> which was one of the titles launched as part of the [[Dark Reign (comics)|Dark Reign]] storyline.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=19049 |title= Marvel's 'Dark Reign' Solicitations| work= Comic Book Resources| date= December 5, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.newsarama.com/comics/120818-Agents-AtlasB.html |title= Jeff Parker: Mixing the Agents of Atlas into Dark Reign| first= Vaneta | last= Rogers | work= [[Newsarama]]| date= December 18, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=19507 |title= The Osborn Supremacy: Agents of Atlas| work= Comic Book Resources| date= January 12, 2009 |first= Dave |last= Richards }}</ref> That series ended after eleven issues but the title relaunched as part of the "[[Heroic Age (comics)|Heroic Age]]" under the title ''Atlas'' because, according to Parker, it not only makes for a smaller logo but it is a "natural progression to what most people call the book and the team".<ref>{{cite web |first= Dave |last= Richards |url= http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=24795 |title=Parker Remaps Marvel's "Atlas" |work= Comic Book Resources |date=February 10, 2010 |access-date= February 10, 2010 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100212065712/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=24795| archive-date= February 12, 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| url-status=live}}</ref> The series was canceled with ''Atlas'' #5.<ref>{{cite web|first=Chris |last=Sims |url= http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/07/13/jeff-parker-ken-hale-on-gorilla-man-the-end-of-agents-of-atlas/ |title=Jeff Parker and Ken Hale on 'Gorilla Man' and the End of 'Atlas' [Interview and Exclusive Preview] |website= ComicsAlliance.com |date=July 13, 2010 |access-date= September 25, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100927095230/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/07/13/jeff-parker-ken-hale-on-gorilla-man-the-end-of-agents-of-atlas |archive-date= September 27, 2010 }}</ref>

During ''[[War of the Realms]]'' a new iteration of the Agents of Atlas debuted in the ''War of the Realms: Agents of Atlas'' mini-series.<ref name="New Agents">{{cite web|first=Blair |last=Marnell |url= https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/introducing-the-new-agents-of-atlas |title=Introducing the 'New Agents of Atlas' |website=Marvel.com |date=May 10, 2019 |access-date= June 30, 2019 }}</ref> This new team, along with the classic roster, was featured together in a new, 5-issue ''Agents of Atlas'' limited series.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.newsarama.com/45299-agents-of-atlas-relaunches-in-august.html | title=Newsarama &#124; GamesRadar+ | date=July 7, 2023 }}</ref>

==Characters==
The original team, with the individual characters' debuts in chronological order, consists of:
* [[Namora]] – ''[[Marvel Mystery Comics]]'' #82 (May 1947)
* [[Venus (Marvel Comics)|Venus]] – ''[[Venus (comic book)|Venus]]'' #1 (Aug. 1948)
* [[Marvel Boy (Robert Grayson)|Marvel Boy]]/the Uranian – ''Marvel Boy'' #1 (Dec. 1950)
* the [[Gorilla-Man|Gorilla-Man]] – ''Men's Adventures'' #26 (Mar. 1954)
* [[M-11 (comics)|M-11/the Human Robot]] – ''[[Menace (Atlas Comics)|Menace]]'' #11 (May 1954)<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/humnrbot.htm |title= The Human Robot| website= marvunapp.com; Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe}}</ref>
* [[Jimmy Woo]] – ''Yellow Claw'' #1 (Oct. 1956)

Other characters from the original ''What if?'' story, such as [[Jann of the Jungle]], made guest appearances. Parker explained that original ''What if?'' team-member the [[3-D Man]] was left out "[b]ecause he wasn't really around in the 1950s" books,<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.brokenfrontier.com/lowdown/details.php?id=432 | title= Wonder What If No More!| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081221110526/http://www.brokenfrontier.com/lowdown/details.php?id=432 |archive-date= December 21, 2008 | work= Broken Frontier| date= July 10, 2006}}</ref> having been introduced in 1977 in ''[[Marvel Premiere]]'', with stories set in the 1950s.

After the Agents of Atlas took over the Atlas Foundation, the following characters joined as Atlas Foundation members:
* Mr. Lao – Adviser to the Head of the Atlas Foundation. A dragon who was the [[Yellow Claw (comics)|Yellow Claw]]'s adviser, now adviser to Jimmy Woo, the new Head of the Atlas Foundation.
* [[Temugin]] – Second in Command of the Atlas Foundation.
* [[Derek Khanata]] – Overseer of Atlas.
* At the end of the series, the contemporary [[Delroy Garrett|3-D Man]] was invited to join the team, and he did.

During the ''[[War of the Realms]]'', Jimmy Woo recruited several of his teammates from the Asian American superhero team the Protectors as well as several new Asian superheroes to form ''The New Agents of Atlas'' to stop the Queen of Cinders invading the Asian continent. The current members consist of:
* [[Aero (Marvel comics)|Lei Ling / Aero]] - Chinese heroine with wind-based powers.
* [[Amadeus Cho|Brawn]] - Korean-American former Hulk and supergenius.
* [[Crescent (comics)|Crescent and Io]] - South Korean heroine and her magical bear.
* [[Luna Snow|Seol Hee / Luna Snow]] - South Korean K-Pop idol with ice-based powers.
* [[Shang-Chi]] - the Master of Kung-Fu.
* [[Silk (character)|Silk]] - Korean-American [[Spider-Man]] ally.
* [[Lin Lie|Sword Master]] - Chinese mystical sword-wielding hero.
* [[Wave (Marvel Comics)|Wave]] - Filipina water manipulator.
* [[White Fox (Marvel Comics)|Ami Han / White Fox]] - South Korean super spy and the last of the [[kumiho]].

The [[Inhumans|Inhuman]] Pakistani-American superheroine [[Kamala Khan|Ms. Marvel]] was offered membership along with the other Protectors, but left to rejoin her original team the [[Champions (2016 team)|Champions]] in New York before she could accept the offer. M-41 Zu, a mystically enhanced android created by Jimmy and the Atlas foundation, briefly joined the team under the guise of the Hawaiian volcano goddess [[Pele (deity)|Pele]]. The Immortal Monkey King [[Sun Wukong]] of the Ascendants briefly assisted the team as well.

When most of the Agents are summoned to the portal city of Pan, they are introduced to the current [[Giant-Man]], Raz Malhotra, who is informally recruited into Atlas by Amadeus when rejecting Mike Nguyen's offer to become Pan's protectors. Following the ''[[Atlantis Attacks#Atlantis Attacks (2020)|Atlantis Attacks]]'' storyline, Brawn and Shang-Chi leave the team while Issac Ikeda, the Protector of Pan, officially joins the team.

==Fictional team biography==
The group was formed in Spring 1958 by [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] agent [[Jimmy Woo]] to rescue President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] from the villainous [[Yellow Claw (comics)|Yellow Claw]]. Woo first recruits [[Venus (Marvel Comics)|Venus]] and [[Marvel Boy (Robert Grayson)|Marvel Boy]]. He then tries to recruit [[Namora]], who declines but tells Woo where to find a broken but potentially useful robot named [[M-11 (comics)|M-11]]. While Marvel Boy fixes M-11, Woo asks [[Jann of the Jungle]] to take Marvel Boy to extend an invitation to the [[Gorilla-Man|Gorilla-Man]], who accepts Woo's offer. The group quickly rescues President Eisenhower and remains together for six months until the federal government, deciding the public is not ready for such a group, disbands it and classifies information about it. Years later, Woo, by now a high-ranking agent of [[S.H.I.E.L.D.]], attempts a secret raid of a group identified as the Atlas Foundation. Going [[AWOL]] and taking several other willing agents with him, Woo invades an Atlas location, resulting in all of the recruits being killed. Woo himself is critically burned and loses his higher brain functions. The Gorilla-Man, by now also a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, gives the organization a record of the 1950s team, of which S.H.I.E.L.D. had no knowledge, and rescues Woo with the aid of M-11 and Marvel Boy, who can only restore Woo to his 1958 self. Namora, whom the group believed dead, is located by the Agents and joins the group. The team learns M-11 is a double agent for the Yellow Claw, and that Venus is one of the legendary [[Siren (mythology)|Siren]]s given flesh, not the Venus/[[Aphrodite]] of mythological legend.<ref>''Agents of Atlas'' #1. Marvel Comics.</ref>

Using M-11 as a beacon, the heroes find the Yellow Claw, who reveals his true identity, Plan Chu, an almost immortal [[Mongol]] [[Khan (title)|khan]] who claims he orchestrated each of his battles with Woo only to establish Woo's worthiness to marry Suwan and succeed him as khan. Chu created Atlas to put Woo again in the spotlight. Woo accepts his destiny, takes over Atlas hoping to turn it into a force for good, and the Yellow Claw, having found his heir, appears to commit suicide. The team resurfaces in [[New York City]], where together with [[Spider-Man]], they defeat Temple of Atlas splinter cells still loyal to the Yellow Claw.<ref>''[[Spider-Man Family]]'' #4. Marvel Comics.</ref>

They later work as a resistance cell against the [[Secret Invasion|invasion of Earth]] by the shapeshifting aliens the [[Skrull]]s.<ref name= resistance /> Following the Skrulls' defeat and the [[Dark Reign (comics)|rise of]] [[Norman Osborn]] to power, the Agents of Atlas decide to oppose Osborn's agenda by taking on the role of "supervillains." They attack [[Fort Knox]] and steal the gold reserve, which Osborn had planned on using to finance a secret weapons system.<ref>''[[Dark Reign (comics)|Dark Reign: New Nation]]'' one-shot issue. Marvel Comics.</ref> [[Quasimodo (comics)|Quasimodo]] researched the Agents of Atlas and suggested to Norman Osborn to hold a temporary truce with Jimmy Woo.<ref>''Dark Reign Files''. Marvel Comics.</ref>

The Agents of Atlas encounter (and battle) the Avengers,<ref>''Avengers vs. Agents of Atlas'' #1–4. Marvel COmics.</ref> the X-Men,<ref>''X-Men vs. Agents of Atlas'' #1–2. Marvel Comics.</ref> fight Norman Osborn's [[Thunderbolts (comics)|Thunderbolts]].<ref>''Thunderbolts'' #139–140. Marvel Comics.</ref> and later investigate an abandoned Thule Society headquarters during the events of ''[[Fear Itself (comics)|Fear Itself]]''.

[[File:New Agents of Atlas.jpg|thumb|upright|left|The New Agents of Atlas, art by Jung-Geun Yoon]] 
During the ''[[War of the Realms]]'' event, Woo recruits his Protectors teammates [[Amadeus Cho|Brawn]], [[Shang-Chi]], and [[Silk (character)|Silk]] as the New Agents of Atlas before departing to defend [[Asia]] from [[Malekith the Accursed|Malekith]]'s ally Queen Sindr and her Fire Goblin forces from [[Muspelheim]].  While the team is in [[Seoul]], Woo is briefly incapacitated, forcing Brawn to assume leadership of the team.  The Agents join forces with the Korean heroes [[White Fox (Marvel Comics)|White Fox]], [[Crescent (comics)|Crescent, Io]] and [[Luna Snow]] against Sindr.<ref>''War of the Realms: The New Agents of Atlas'' #1. Marvel Comics.</ref> When the agents are forced to retreat, Brawn summons the Chinese heroes [[Lin Lie|Sword Master]] and [[Aero (Marvel Comics)|Aero]], [[Philippines|Filipina]] heroine [[Wave (Marvel Comics)|Wave]] and the [[Hawaii]]an goddess of Fire and Volcanoes [[Pele (deity)|Pele]] from [[Shanghai]] to help assist in the fight against Sindr.<ref>''War of the Realms: The New Agents of Atlas'' #2. Marvel Comics.</ref> With the assistance [[Sun Wukong]] of the Ascendants, the New Agents of Atlas are able to defeat Sindr and her army in Northern China, although Sun Wukong and "Pele" (who reveals herself to be M-41 Zu, a mystically enhanced Android created by the Atlas Foundation) are killed in the process. Sindr flees using the Black Bifrost, only for the Agents to follow her with Brawn's teleporter, where they help [[Carol Danvers|Captain Marvel]] defeat her and her remaining forces at the [[Great Wall of China]] near [[Beijing]]. After Malekith's defeat, the Agents are seen in [[Shanghai]] looking on while the captured Fire Goblins are escorted back to Muspelheim.<ref>''War of the Realms: The New Agents of Atlas'' #3-4. Marvel Comics</ref>

Following the ''War of the Realms'', the New Agents of Atlas and [[Giant-Man]] are inadvertently summoned to Pan, a city of portals created by tech mogul Mike Nguyen linking major Asian and Pacific cities and [[Ethnic enclave|enclaves]] into a single borderless metropolis.<ref name="AoA 3-1">''Agents of Atlas'' vol. 3 #1. Marvel Comics</ref> Despite the team's mistrust of Nguyen and the Protector of Pan, Issac Ikeda, a mercenary under Nguyen's employ, they decide to help protect Pan and its citizens after the city is attacked by [[wyvern]]s and [[Sea Serpent|sea serpents]] and several [[Madripoor]]ian refugees are harassed by Nguyen's Pan Guard.<ref name="AoA 3-2">''Agents of Atlas'' vol. 3 #2. Marvel Comics</ref> With Woo having mysteriously lost contact with the team following Pan's activation, Brawn has the New Agents investigate Nguyen and the Big Nguyen Company while continuing to protect Pan. Brawn reluctantly allows help from Ikeda, who also has his own suspicions of Nguyen. It is later revealed that the team's actions are being monitored by Woo and Mr. Lao, who are testing them for their capabilities.<ref name="AoA 3-3">''Agents of Atlas'' vol. 3 #3. Marvel Comics</ref> During their investigations, a photograph of Woo and Nguyen together is uncovered<ref name="AoA 3-4">''Agents of Atlas'' vol. 3 #4. Marvel Comics</ref> while the New Agents discover that the Big Nguyen Company have imprisoned an [[Features of the Marvel Universe#Regions and countries|Atlantean]] dragon and have been harvesting her magical scales to power Pan's portals. Nguyen downplays his relationship with Woo, explaining that Pan and Atlas had previously signed a non-aggression treaty (which the New Agents just violated) but warns that freeing the dragon would disrupt Pan's portals while Woo and Lao order the team to release her immediately.  Before a decision can be made, an enraged [[Namor]] [[Atlantis Attacks#Atlantis Attacks (2020)|invades the city]] to reclaim his dragon from Pan.<ref name="AoA 3-5">''Agents of Atlas'' vol. 3 #5. Marvel Comics</ref>

Meanwhile, the original Agents of Atlantis are sent by Woo and Mr. Lao on a mission to [[Thailand]] where they encounter a dragon named Mr. Thong, who warns them of an upcoming ''Clash of Dragons''.<ref name="AoA 3-1" />

During the ''[[Atlantis Attacks#Atlantis Attacks (2020)|Atlantis Attacks]]'' storyline, Namor gives the New Agents one day to return Atlantis' dragon. After the skirmish, Jimmy introduces the original and new Agents of Atlas to each other.<ref>''Atlantis Attacks'' #1. Marvel Comics.</ref> Both teams work together to safely release the dragon while keeping Pan's portals stable. Despite their success, the sea serpent goes berserk upon her return home. Discovering an implant imbedded in her scales, Namor accuses Atlas of treachery and resumes his attack on Pan. To help the Agents defend Pan, Nguyen recruits the Sirenas, the longtime enemies of Atlantis.<ref>''Atlantis Attacks'' #2. Marvel Comics.</ref> With the Sirenas' help, Namor is eventually subdued and imprisoned. The Sirenas, with Nguyen's support, propose a retaliatory attack against Atlantis. When Namora reveals that the dragon's implant was made from their tech, the Sirenas argue that the dragon had already wrought destruction for generations. While the team disagrees on who to side with, Namor breaks free from his prison.<ref>''Atlantis Attacks'' #3. Marvel Comics.</ref> Brawn is able to talk down Namor and the Agents from fighting each other and confronts Woo for withholding secrets from the team. Woo reveals to them that for thousands of years, ancient dragons have served as advisors for human rulers. As fighting each other openly would raze the planet, dragons have used humans as proxies in their own personal conflicts against each other, making them responsible for almost every major war in history, including the one between Pan and Atlantis. Woo is content with this balance of power, but Nguyen suggests uniting the world under Pan, proposing to Namor and Woo that by harvesting the power of their dragons, they could overtake the rest of them. In a last ditch effort to destroy Atlantis, Nguyen places a Sirena tech implant on Brawn, transforming him into the [[Hulk]] and putting him under his control.<ref>''Atlantis Attacks'' #4. Marvel Comics.</ref> Namor and the Agents are able to stop the Hulk's rampage by removing the implant, but the shockwaves generated the Hulk's fight with Namor have created a massive [[tsunami]] that is heading towards the Heart of Pan. Namor and the Agents are able to weaken the tsunami and save the city, although a repentant Nguyen dies while protecting civilians. One month after the conflict, Atlantis and the Sirenas sign a non-aggression pact, recognizing Pan as an independent nation. Upset for being treated as Woo's pawns, Shang-Chi and Brawn leave the team while Ikeda is recruited by Woo. While Mr. Lao laments losing Brawn as a potential leader, he and Woo prepare the Agents to help Namor against the [[Knull|King in Black]].<ref>''Atlantis Attacks'' #5. Marvel Comics.</ref>

==Temple of Atlas==
As part of a [[viral marketing]] strategy to promote the series, fans could participate in an [[alternate reality game]] centered around the "Temple of Atlas" [[weblog]] on Marvel's website. There, readers received weekly prose excerpts of the exploits of Jimmy Woo and his team, and were given "missions" from the Temple's curator, the mysterious "Mr. Lao". The goal was to discover each week's keyword by following textual clues Lao would post on the messageboards of such comic book [[webzines]] as ''[[Newsarama]]'' and ''[[Comic Book Resources]]''. They, along with [[IGN.com]] and ''[[Comics Bulletin]]'', would also feature fake news posts that players would be led toward, containing more clues for finding keywords. Anagrams were regular, and on several occasions one keyword had to be taken "into the field" by going to a local comic shop and saying the phrase to the staff in order to receive a keyword in response. On two occasions, players were required to attend a [[Heroes Convention]] and [[San Diego Comic-Con]] to find keywords.

==Other versions==
In the ''[[Marvel Adventures]]: Avengers'' universe, a time travel story involved a 1958 version of the Agents of Atlas that found [[Captain America]] frozen in ice. The special was written by Jeff Parker and penciled by Leonard Kirk, same creative team as the Agents of Atlas miniseries.

==In other media==
The Agents of Atlas appear in ''[[Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2]]'' via a self-titled [[downloadable content|DLC]], consisting of the [[Gorilla-Man]], [[Marvel Boy (Robert Grayson)|Uranian]], [[Venus (Marvel Comics)|Venus]], [[Jimmy Woo]], and [[M-11 (comics)|M-11]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Becker |first1=Daniel |title=Agents Of Atlas Character Pack DLC Review – LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 |url=http://www.brickstolife.com/agents-of-atlas-character-pack-dlc-review-lego-marvel-super-heroes-2/ |website=Bricks to Life |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606121429/http://www.brickstolife.com/agents-of-atlas-character-pack-dlc-review-lego-marvel-super-heroes-2/ |archive-date=June 6, 2019 |date=November 21, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Collected editions==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Title
!Material collected
!Published date
!ISBN
|-
|''Agents of Atlas''
|''Agents of Atlas'' (vol. 1) #1-6, and material from ''Marvel Boy'' #1, ''Marvel Mystery Comics'' #82, ''Men's Adventures'' #26, ''Menace'' #11, ''Venus'' #1, ''What If?'' #9, ''Yellow Claw'' #1
|May 2007
|{{ISBNT|978-0-7851-2712-3}}
|-
|''Agents of Atlas: Dark Reign''
|''Agents of Atlas'' (vol. 2) #1–5, ''Wolverine: Agent of Atlas'' #1-3 and material from ''Dark Reign: New Nation''
|August 2009
|{{ISBNT|978-0-7851-3898-3}}
|-
|''Agents of Atlas: Turf Wars''
|''Agents of Atlas'' (vol. 2) #6–11,
|February 2010
|{{ISBNT|978-0-7851-4276-8}}
|-
|''Agents of Atlas vs.''
|''X-Men vs. Agents of Atlas'' #1–2, ''Avengers vs. Atlas'' #1–4, ''Thunderbolts'' #138-140
|July 2010
|{{ISBNT|978-0-7851-4772-5}}
|-
|''Atlas: Return of the Three Dimensional Man''
|''Atlas'' #1–5 and material from ''The Incredible Hercules'' #138–141
|December 2010
|{{ISBNT|978-0-7851-4696-4}}
|-
|''War of the Realms: New Agents of Atlas''
|''War of The Realms: New Agents of Atlas'' #1-4
|September 2019
|{{ISBNT|978-1-302-91877-4}}
|-
|''Agents of Atlas: Pandemonium''
|''Agents of Atlas'' (vol. 3) #1-5
|February 2020
|{{ISBNT|978-1-302-92011-1}}
|-
|''King in Black: Atlantis Attacks''
|''Atlantis Attacks'' #1-5
|July 2021
|{{ISBNT|978-1-302-92456-0}}
|-
|''Agents of Atlas: The Complete Collection Vol. 1''
|''Agents Of Atlas'' (vol. 1) #1-6, ''X-Men: First Class'' #8, ''Wolverine: Agent Of Atlas'' #1-3, Agents Of Atlas (vol. 2) #1-5, What If? #9, ''Agents Of Atlas: Menace From Space'' and material from ''Spider-Man Family'' #4, ''Secret Invasion: Who Do You Trust?'', ''Dark Reign: New Nation'', ''Marvel Mystery Comics'' #82, ''Venus'' #1, ''Marvel Boy'' #1, ''Men's Adventures'' #26, ''Menace'' #11, ''Yellow Claw'' #1
|May 2018
|{{ISBNT|978-1-302-91129-4}}
|-
|''Agents of Atlas: The Complete Collection Vol. 2''
|''Agents of Atlas'' (vol. 2) #6-11, ''X-Men vs. Agents of Atlas'' #1-2, ''Avengers vs. Atlas'' #1-4, ''Thunderbolts'' #139-140 and material from ''Assault on New Olympus Prologue'' #1, The ''Incredible Hercules'' #138-141, ''Hercules: Fall of An Avenger'' #1-2
|February 2020
|{{ISBNT|978-1-302-92272-6}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* {{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20070928140439/http://www.agentsofatlas.com/}}
*[https://www.marvel.com/teams-and-groups/agents-of-atlas Agents of Atlas] at Marvel.com
* {{gcdb series|id=18920|title=''Agents of Atlas'' (vol. 1)}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080620221657/http://www.maelmill-insi.de/UHBMCC/SHOW.HTM?SerNr=6294 ''Agents of Atlas'' (vol. 1)] at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
* {{comicbookdb|type=team|id=334|title=''Agents of Atlas''}}
* [http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=20830 WRITER VS. ARTIST: Jeff Parker Vs. Carlo Pagulayan], ''Comic Book Resources'', April 15, 2009
* {{Marveldatabase}}

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