The Thunderbolts are a fictional superhero team appearing in the Marvel Comics, consisting mostly of reformed supervillains. They first appeared in the January 1997 issue The Incredible Hulk #449 and were created by Kurt Busiek and Mark Bagley. Although the team went on to consist of many major villains and heroes alike over time, the original and first team of the Thunderbolts consisted of Goliath as Atlas, Moonstone as Meteorite, Beetle as Mach-I, Fixer as Techno, and Screaming Mimi as Songbird. The group would eventually reform and start to do good towards the world.
Origin in the Comics
- Thunderbolt Ross/Red Hulk
Ross founded a version of the Thunderbolts in the comics as Red Hulk that featured Punisher, Deadpool, Elektra, Agent Venom, and more. He made his first MCU appearance in the Incredible Hulk as the father of Betty Ross, later appearing as the secretary of state in Captain America: Civil War, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier series and the Black Widow movie, with rumours of appearances in the She-Hulk series as well.
- Baron Zemo
As mentioned before, Zemo was the founding father to the original Thunderbolts, and has already made an appearance in Captain America: Civil War and the The Falcon and The Winter Soldier series.
- Black Widow(Yelena Belova)
In the comics, Yelena was a part of the Thunderbolts, although that was at a time when Natasha had taken her identity and used it to infiltrate the team run by Norman Osborn. In the MCU, she makes her debut in Black Widow, and is also rumoured to appear in the Hawkeye series, as portrayed by the post-credits of the Black Widow movie.
- Ghost
Ghost has been part of multiple Thunderbolts teams in the comics. In the MCU, she made an appearance in Ant-Man and the Wasp as a former agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. who worked covert missions.
- Taskmaster
In the comics, Taskmaster helped in training new recruits to the Thunderbolts Initiative run by Norman Osborn. He was featured in the MCU movie Black Widow, as the main antagonist.
- US Agent
In the comics, a wheelchair-bound John Walker acted as a warden at the Raft, Marvel’s supervillain prison and, for a time, the headquarters for the Thunderbolts. He also led the team briefly when it was retitled Dark Avengers. Walker makes his MCU debut in The Falcon and The Winter Soldier series, as the new Captain America employed by the US government.
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