The DNAgents

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The DNAgent

The DNAgents
Art by Will Meugniot.

Publisher	Eclipse Comics
Publication dates	1983

Creative team
Creator(s)	Mark Evanier Will Meugniot

DNAgents is a comic book created by writer Mark Evanier and artist Will Meugniot and published by Eclipse Comics in the 1983. After cancellation, it was later briefly picked up by Antarctic Press. In June 2006, they reprint old issues into a book called DNAgents Volume 1.

It told the story of a team of superheroes created through genetic engineering by the Matrix Corporation, but who subsequently rebel against Matrix. The writing style tended towards wry humor, perhaps reflecting Evanier's other work in television, cartoon, and variety comedy writing.

1 DNAgents
2 Other Characters
3 Trivia
4 External links

[edit] DNAgents

Tank: Super-strong, wore heavy body armor to regulate and augment his strength. Naive & optimistic.

Surge: Could fire blasts of lightning, very short-tempered.

Rainbow: powerful telepath and illusionist. Since she was exposed to so many people's inner thoughts, she was the most "sophisticated" member of the group.

Amber: Could project disks of energy as shields, weapons or stand on them to fly. Very outgoing socially and curious.

Sham: Shapeshifter. Since he had no innate attack powers, he was also trained as a commando. Insecure and attached to his family. Numerous allusions were made to Sham being the most powerful of the DNAgents, including his kidnapping and use as a power-source for the villain Mega Man.

[edit] Other Characters

Crossfire, another Eclipse comic of the era written by Mark Evanier, was a frequent guest character, and a romantic interest for Rainbow.

The first issue of DNAgents.

[edit] Trivia

At the height of the DNAgents' popularity, they engaged in a "non-crossover" with the Teen Titans comic-- each team faced a parody of the other (the DNAgents met "Project Youngblood", the Titans dealt with the genetically-engineered "ReCombatants"). At the end of both stories, the homage/parody teams sacrificed themselves to save the main heroes.