thunderbolts

The first thing you'll likely notice about the new Thunderbolts #1 from writer Daniel Way and artist Steve Dillon is that it is a violent comic. It's also not necessarily the comic you were expecting. It's fair to say that this version of the team, which now includes Venom, Deadpool, Elektra, the Red Hulk and the Punisher, is an attempt to New Avengers-ize the Thunderbolts title, replacing the c

It's been a few weeks since Marvel rolled out its initial batch of reshuffled creative team/character combinations, but it seems the publisher has plenty more Marvel NOW combos waiting in the wings. Coming in December Daniel Way and Steve Dillon will join forces for a title that's being teased with a graphic bearing a yellow "Lightning" tagline, ominously positioned in the red cross hair

Today at the "Next Big Thing" panel, Marvel made a number of announcements about their publishing line that take effect in June. Of particular interest are three major announcements: first, that Brian Wood will be writing both X-Men and Ultimate Comics X-Men in June; secondly, that Jeff Parker and Declan Shalvey's Thunderbolts will become Dark Avengers as of #175; and finally, that Dale

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Getting a gang of villains together on a team where they pay their debts to society by undertaking dangerous missions is the no-brainer premise behind truly awesome works like The Dirty Dozen and DC's Suicide Squad, and most recently, it's been the idea at the core of Marvel's Thunderbolts...

Luke Cage knew he wasn't stepping into a cozy 9-5 gig when he took to reforming the troubled Thunderbolts in issue #144. Even so, writer Jeff Parker and artists Kev Walker and Marko Djurdjevic sure aren't making things easy for the steel-skinned hero...

Since the rise of Brian Michael Bendis at Marvel, Luke Cage has enjoyed unforeseen levels of visibility, having joined and briefly led the Avengers and played a lynchpin role in the Marvel Universe at large. This Wednesday, the hero formerly known as Power Man doubles his workload and adds boss of the Thunderbolts to his resume...

With Norman Osborn's Dark Reign set to topple at the conclusion of Marvel's current "Siege" storyline, the only certainty for his secret band of Thunderbolts is catastrophe. Picking up the pieces from the game-changing event will require some heavy lifting, but Luke Cage is slated to step up to the task as he takes over one of the Marvel U's most dysfunctional teams this May...

Press Release The government sponsored superhero team known as the Thunderbolts confront the problem that is Penance's fractured psyche in Thunderbolts #117, by dream team Warren Ellis & Mike Deodato! Robbie Baldwin's transformation into the tortured-and immensely powerful-hero known as Penance has taken its toll, causing Baldwin to lash out at Norman Osborn and almost destroy the Thunderbolts

Press Release From the pages of Civil War, Robbie Baldwin, the man blamed for the Stamford tragedy, has assumed the guise of Penance and it's time for him to embark on a quest of redemption in Penance: Relentless #1 (of 5). From Civil War: Front Line scribe Paul Jenkins and fan favorite artist Paul Gulacy comes this tale of one man's slow descent into madness, obsession and perhaps the end of life