The Adventures of Agent Barrel (Bottom of)
 
In early the early 1940’s, Polish spies caught him on film for the first time.  
 
Agent Barrel (Bottom of), AKA Double “O” 7 Times 70, was hand-selected by Eagle 1 of the Christian Defense Ministry (headquartered in New York City) in 1941.
 
His most noted exploits included smuggling Bibles into Communist, Fascist, and Socialist nations.  He even made a top-secret run into Nazi Germany when he transported nearly 230,000 Gideon Bibles in the winter of 1944.
 
This was the first time he had ever been captured on film.  It was in 1943 when CDM sent him into Poland with the original blueprint for the “Smiley.”
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                    The modern-day “Smiley.”
 
As a result, over 400 counter-intelligence agencies sent out decoys and malicious agents to foil him.
 
By 1959 Agent Barrel (Bottom of) was #1 on every most-wanted list in the 10/40 window.  His ministry was so blessed that the enemy had tried to join him at least once a year.  Even his notorious ministry group “The Team” was compromised and disbanded by December of the same year.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                “The Team,” New York City, 1947.                                                    
         Agent Barrel (left), Little Jon (rear), Mikhail Kutov (front), Nick the Brick (right)
 
The most notable of Agent Barrel’s ministerial fruit is the infamous “Angry Evangelist” Johnny K. J. Via who became the head of CDM in 2010 on the day the world fell apart (episode 5).  
                        
 
 
 
 
 
                                                             Johnny K. J. Via
 
By the 1950’s Agent Barrel (Bottom of) and “The Team” had become so feared by evil men that they had to acquire this “Hideout” as a European Headquarters in order to remain safe.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                            “The Hideout,” Prague, circa 1951.
 
Agent Barrel and Mikhail Kutov had often posed as father and son.  Kutov was given a rare youth serum in 1910 and had since not aged visibly.  By 1955, though nearly 60 years-old, he still appeared as a boy of 10 or 11.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                      Barrel and Kutov in a Polish breadline, 1955.
 
In 1959, Kutov disappeared on a London metro when it was discovered that he still had in his possession the youth serum he’d received in Guiana in 1910.  This was the last photo taken of him.  The metro pass was found a block away.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                        The final photo of young-looking Mikhail Kutov, 1959, London.
 
“The Team” disbanded shortly afterward.  This is the last photo of their journies as Agent Barrel and Little Jon parted ways for the last time.  Note that Agent Barrel cannot even open his eyes.  He had become closer to Kutov than a brother.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                  The end of the line for “The Team.” 1959, Paris.
 
In 1971 it was discovered that Hao Long (pictured below) was the operative behind Kutov’s disappearance.  Long later lost his life due to a heart-attack on a New York City subway.  Rumor has it that Agent Barrel utilized his patented “Boo” tactic and literally scared Long to death.  This claim is not substantiated.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                   Hao Long is a Chinese name.  New York, 1971.
 
In late 1976 Agent Barrel finally was reunited with Mikhail Kutov.  Little Jon and Nick the Brick had retired and moved to New Zealand where they both specialize fishing boat rentals.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                Barrel and Kutov overjoyed at their reunion. 1976, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
NOTE: Agent Barrel (Bottom of) is a fictional character.  Any similarities to actual person(s) is entirely inadvertent.
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Monday, May 8, 2006