Characters
The team, with the individual characters' debuts in chronological order, consists of:
- Namora – Marvel Mystery Comics #82 (May 1947)
- Venus – Venus #1 (Aug. 1948)
- Marvel Boy/The Uranian – Marvel Boy #1 (Dec. 1950)
- Gorilla-Man – Men's Adventures #26 (March 1954)
- M-11/the Human Robot – Menace #11 (May 1954)
- Jimmy Woo – Yellow Claw #1 (Oct. 1956)
Other characters from the original story, such as Jann of the Jungle, made guest appearances. Parker explained that original What if? team-member 3-D Man was left out "ecause he wasn't really around in the 1950s".
When the Agents of Atlas took over the Atlas Foundation, the following have joined (only as Atlas Foundation members):
- Mr. Lao – Adviser to the Head of the Atlas Foundation. A dragon who was Yellow Claw's adviser, now adviser to Jimmy Woo, the new Head of the Atlas Foundation
- Temugin – Second in Command of Atlas Foundation
- Derek Khanata – Overseer of Atlas
Read more about this topic: Agents Of Atlas
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