"Killer Robots Compensate, Too" in Agents of Atlas #10, by Jeff Parker (writer), Gabriel Hardman and Paul Rivoche (artists), Elizabeth Dismang (colorist), Tom Orzechowski (letterer).
It took three years after the initial mini-series before the Agents got themselves an ongoing. Jeff Parker still writing, working with a few different artists, mostly Carlos Pagulayan and Gabriel Hardman.
Set after Secret Invasion, when Norman Osborn became Boss of All Superheroes, Parker had the characters run with the Atlas Organization's rep as a worldwide criminal enterprise to try and get close to the bad guys and disrupt them from within, while inevitably coming into conflict with other heroes. From there, Parker could branch out, have Atlas involved with all sorts of skullduggery, run them up against heroes who bought their reputation, and mine the varied histories of the characters and their adventures from the '50s.
Unfortunately, the book got axed after just 11 issues. They tried again in early 2010, with Atlas, adding 3-D Man (formerly Triathlon) to the roster, but that got canceled after just 5 issues. Outside a one-shot during Secret Wars, I haven't seen the team since, although Gorilla Man's gotten some use in various Deadpool comics.
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