Warning! Spoilers for Thunderbolts #1 by Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics revealed its brand new Thunderbolts team ahead of the group’s potential appearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. On Friday, the new Thunderbolts roster was showcased. The team features some familiar Marvel heroes such as Hawkeye, Spectrum, and America Chavez and some lesser-known characters such as Victor Alvarez’s Power Man, Persuasion, and the brand new cyber-soldier Gutsen Glory.

The Thunderbolts are one of Marvel’s most sinister superteams, as the roster has been filled up with villains and antiheroes over the years after first debuting in the pages of The Incredible Hulk #443 by Kurt Busiek and Mark Bagley. The original team first appeared as a group of heroes, and in one of the biggest twists in Marvel Comics history, the team was revealed as villains in disguise – including Helmut Zemo as Citizen V, Screaming Mimi as Songbird, The Beetle as Mach-1, and Goliath as Atlas. Over the years, the team has mainly featured villains (but has featured heroes like Hawkeye) and, most recently, appeared in the King in Black event and as the Kingpin’s enforcers in the current Devil’s Reign storyline. The Thunderbolts have been consistently rumored to appear in upcoming properties in the MCU.

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On Friday, Marvel’s new Thunderbolts team was revealed as Jim Zub, and Sean Izaakse will introduce a strikingly different roster of heroes. The Hawkeye-led Thunderbolts team features Spectrum, America Chavez, Power Man, Persuasion, and the new character Gutsen Glory. There’s also an unknown creature on the team with Thing-like hands. The five-issue miniseries will spin out of the events of Devil’s Reign as Hawkeye will head up the new Thunderbolts and come face-to-face with himself. The plot teases the Thunderbolts dealing with super-powered villains taking over Staten Island, a dimensional rift opening up in Chinatown, and monsters running free at the Met. Check out the covers for Thunderbolts #1 by David Nakayama, Sean Izaakse, Paulo Siqueira, and a design variant from Izaakse.

 

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Is there more than meets the eye with the new iteration of the Thunderbolts, or is the team being brought back to become something new to synergize with their likely future MCU debut?

Whether the group is good or a potential disguised group of villains, seeing the Thunderbolts get their own title again ahead of their potential MCU live-action debut is exciting. Zub and Izaakse look to doing something unique with the characters, meaning the story should be unpredictable and fun – which is a must for a Thunderbolts series. The new Thunderbolts will arrive in comic book stores as Thunderbolts #1 in May 2022.

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