The Wellington Comic Lover’s Guide to... The Thunderbolts

Reading guides, like lightning, should always appear to few men’s ruin, but to all men’s cheer! It’s the WCL Guide to the Thunderbolts!

Who are the Thunderbolts?

During the absence of The Avengers and the Fantastic Four, Baron Zemo assembled a team of villains disguised as superheroes to win the public’s trust while secretly plotting a world takeover. The villains betrayed Zemo after realising they preferred being heroes, and the Thunderbolts were born.

The team has changed rosters and purposes several times over its history, but its membership is usually made up of anti-heroes or villains conscripted into public service or actively seeking redemption.

Updated May 12, 2025
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Thunderbolts Dark Reign
Jenkins, Paul.
Paper Book
The villians-turned heroes team of the Thunderbolts in one of their most tumultous eras - the Skrull conquest of Earth in Secret Invasion! The Skrulls' secret invasion rocks the Thunderbolts... but it might just be the opportunity Norman Osborn has been waiting for! Captain Marvel attacks the T...
The superior foes of Spider-Man. Vol. 3, Game over
Spencer, Nick.
Paper Book
Voted one of the best mainstream super hero comics of 2013 by the Onion A.V. Club! Only five villains stand between New York and total chaos in the streets of Manhattan. The problem? Those villains are the Superior Foes. And now the world's most dangerous villains are up against the world's most...
Thunderbolts worldstrike
Lanzing, Jackson
Paper Book
A strike force team led by the Winter Soldier that deliver justice like lightning, the Thunderbolts are ready for action! A revolution is coming! Bucky Barnes assembles a strike team to take on the world's most nefarious power players - the ones whom everyone believes to be untouchable. The...
White Widow. Welcome to Idylhaven
Gailey, Sarah
Paper Book
Yelena Belova begins her journey from rival of the Black Widow to hero! YELENA BELOVA RETURNS! Superspy. Rogue agent. Shadow of the Black Widow. Yelena Belova has been many things, but striking out as a hero in her own right is new to her. Now that she's finally free to choose her own path, who will...
Black Panther and the Agents of Wakanda. Vol. 1, Eye of the storm
Zub, Jim
Paper Book
From the pages of Jason Aaron's Avengers! Vampires. Aliens. Angry fish kings. Black Panther's handpicked Agents of Wakanda can handle it all. And who better to lead them than the king of the world's most technologically evolved country? Wakanda is making waves on the world map... and not everyone's...

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