At this fall’s New York Comic Con, IDW announced at a panel that they had acquired the rights to publish the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, and now the publisher is beginning to firm up plans for the superteam.

Originally published by Tower, and subsequently by JC, Deluxe, and DC Comics, the team was created by Wally Wood and developed by a proverbial Who’s Who of comic talent, IDW will publish collections of the original material as well as new stories.

“I’m thrilled that IDW will be bringing its extraordinary talents and craft to producing everything from beautiful omnibus volumes to bold and cutting-edge new comic book titles based on T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents,” said Michael Uslan, who initiated the project. “With top quality, IDW will be presenting the works of comic book super-stars, including T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents creator Wally Wood (Daredevil) along with the legendary Steve Ditko (Amazing Spider-Man), Gil Kane (Green Lantern,), Mike Sekowsky (Justice League of America), Reed Crandall (Blackhawk), Dave Cockrum (X-Men), George Pérez (New Teen Titans), Murphy Anderson (Hawkman), Paul Gulacy (Master of Kung Fu), Jerry Ordway (Shazam), Ron Lim (Silver Surfer), Keith Giffen (Legion of Super-Heroes), Dan Adkins (Creepy), and many others.”

“T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents always had a great premise in addition to the list of esteemed creators who worked on the comics—people whose day job was being government-employed superheroes,” said IDW’s Chief Creative Officer and Editor-in-Chief Chris Ryall, “That premise offers a resonant jumping-off point for some exciting new stories that will add to the great comics already left behind by both Tower and DC’s recent run.”

“T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents is a classic, beloved property,” added Greg Goldstein, IDW’s President and C.O.O. “Its original stories featured some of the best superhero art of the Silver Age and it was well ahead of its time in many areas of storytelling. As an example, it was the first mainstream comic book to feature the ‘permanent’ death of a major character.”

In addition to the rights to reprint classic T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents comics as well as create all-new series around the property, IDW also now controls the rights to fellow Tower Comics titles Undersea Agent and Fight the Enemy, too.