Essential Thunderbolts Comics
Good guys, bad guys, it’s all beans! These anti-heroes are the MCU’s next big team-up. Have you read all of these Thunderbolts comics?
The team-up of Marvel’s baddest not-exclusively-bad-guy team is headed to the screen. We’ve got a lineup for the team, an introduction to their leader, and nothing but excitement for the next phase of the MCU. Whether you’re an old-school Thunderbolts fan or this is your first time hearing of the team, these five books will help you get to know the team and what they’re all about.
Here’s hoping Baron Zemo makes an appearance in their story busting some sick dance moves.
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Thunderbolts ClassicVolume 1 by Kurt Busiek, Peter David, Mark Bagley, Sal Buscema, & More
Justice, like lightning! When the world’s heroes disappear, a new team rises to take their place! Meet the Thunderbolts: Citizen V! Techno! MACH-1! Songbird! Meteorite! Atlas! But what dark secret are these heroes hiding? Read the stories that changed the way the world looks at redemption!
Collecting Thunderbolts (1997) #1-5 and #-1, Incredible Hulk (1968) #449, Tales of the Marvel Universe #1, Spider-Man Team-Up #7 & Thunderbolts Annual ’97.
Hawkeye & the ThunderboltsVolume 1 by Kurt Busiek, Joe Casey, Mark Bagley, & More
Heeeeere’s Hawkeye! Your favorite ex-bad guys are determined to break good now that the ultimate reformed criminal is here to usher them into the big leagues of hero-dom — the Avenging Archer himself, Clint Barton!
But can the Thunderbolts’ new leader fend off the old one, Citizen V? Or the Crimson Cowl and her new Masters of Evil? And just who is it under that white mask and that red hood now, anyway? Mach-1 makes a sacrifice, then takes his tech to the next level, while things gets heavy with Graviton. Will Archangel join the team to lift the mood? Hawkeye will lead the T-Bolts into hell and back for a fallen Avenger — but when Clint locks lips with Moonstone, there’s only one word for it: Uh-oh!
Collects Thunderbolts (1997) #23-37, Thunderbolts Annual 2000, Avengers Annual 2000.
ThunderboltsVolume 1 (2008) by Warren Ellis & Mike Deodato
Venom, lethal protector! The enigmatic Moonstone! Bullseye, the man who never misses! Songbird, mistress of sound! Chen Lu, the Radioactive Man! Swordsman, master of the blade! The mystery man called Penance! And Norman Osborn, the Green Goblin!
They’re America’s newest celebrities, ready to take to the skies at a moment’s notice in pursuit of those secret, unregistered superhumans hiding among us! They’re All-New, All-Deadly Thunderbolts – making the world a safer place for ordinary people one would-be costumed hero at a time! In the wake of Civil War, Warren Ellis and Mike Deodato present a dark and disturbing take on Marvel’s Most Wanted, where the line between hero and villain is difficult to find – if it exists at all!
Collects Thunderbolts #110-115, Thunderbolts: Desperate Measures, & Thunderbolts stories from Civil War: Choosing Sides and Civil War: The Initiative.
Secret Invasion: Thunderbolts by Christos N. Gage, Fernando Blanco, Ben Oliver, & More
SECRET INVASION strikes Thunderbolts Mountain as Captain Marvel attacks! But when you’re dealing with the Thunderbolts, it’s never quite clear who’s the villain and who’s the hero. Also, another unexpected visitor shows up, threatening to tear the T-Bolts apart from within!
Can Norman Osborn hold his team of damaged psyches and tortured souls together, or is this the end of the Thunderbolts as we know them? Plus, Songbird and Moonstone collide! Radioactive Man and Swordsman must choose between their team, their homeland, and themselves. Also, find out who’s crazier – Venom or Norman Osborn!
Collects Thunderbolts #122-125, Breaking Point, International Incident, and Reason in Madness.
Thunderbolts: Cage by Jeff Parker, Kev Walker, & Marko Djurdjevic
There’s a new sheriff in town: Luke Cage! The Marvel Universe enters the Heroic Age – and the Thunderbolts program gets a much-needed facelift with a new setting, a new lineup and a new tough-as-nails boss man!
The Avenger known as Luke Cage takes the reins of the T-Bolts, recruiting his team from the scores of incarcerated super criminals in the ultra-high-security Raft prison – but the new members are deadlier than ever, and not everyone is ready to play nice! Who on the new team has the capacity for redemption, and who will prove themselves evil to the core?
Collects Thunderbolts #144-147 and material from Enter The Heroic Age #1.
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