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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The Superior Foes of Spider-Man Volume 1: Getting the Band Back Together
Spencer, Nick
Paper Book
It's a brand-new sleeper-hit series starring some of Spidey's deadliest baddies! Boomerang and his fellow villains prove that with terrible powers come terrible responsibilities.and Spider-Man will soon learn that with superior villains come superior problems! Out on bail and aiming to stay out of...
The superior foes of Spider-Man. 2, The crime of the century
Spencer, Nick.
Paper Book
Boomerang has been targeted for death - but what does the Beetle know about it? Is Overdrive a rat for the Feds? Can Shocker and Boomerang repair their relationship? (And did we seriously just use that question to try to sell a book?) And did you ever wonder what Shocker does on his day off? Because...
Tales of suspense : featuring Hawkeye and the Winter Soldier
Rosenberg, Matthew (Graphic novelist)
Paper Book
A glorious title from classic Marvel history returns, for a suitably suspenseful tale springing from the pages of Secret Empire! The Black Widow is dead...but someone out there is killing her old enemies one by one. With a broken heart and a bloody trail to follow, Clint Barton - the Avenger known...
The amazing Spider-man. 4, Graveyard shift
Slott, Dan
Paper Book
Peter Parker may have survived Spider-Verse, but that doesn't mean he's safe! Now, something is stalking the halls of Parker Industries! Collecting Amazing Spider-Man Vol.4 #16-18 & Amazing Spider-Man Annual.

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