Thunderbolts #1 [Newsstand]

(April 1997)

Justice ... Like Lightning! (Table of Contents: 1)

Thunderbolts / comic story / 38 pages (report information)

Script

Kurt Busiek

Pencils

Mark Bagley

Inks

Vince Russell

Colors

Joe Rosas

Letters

Dave Lanphear [as Dave]; Oscar Gongora [as Oscar]; Comicraft

Genre

superhero

Characters

Thunderbolts [Citizen V [Baron Helmut Zemo]; Meteorite; Atlas; Mach-1; Techno; Songbird] (see Notes); Rat Pack; Wrecking Crew [Wrecker; Thunderball; Piledriver; Bulldozer]; Dallas Riordan (introduction); Hallie Takahama (introduction); Spider-Man [Peter Parker] (cameo); Black Widow [Natasha Romanov] (cameo); New Warriors [Night Thrasher; Nova [Richard Rider]; Namorita; Speedball] (cameo)

Synopsis

Earth's newest heroic team, the Thunderbolts, bursts on the scene to widespread acclaim ... but all is not as it seems.

Reprints

• in Thunderbolts: First Strikes (Marvel, 1997 series) (July 1997)
• in Marvel Select (Panini France, 1998 series) #2 (avril 1998)
• in Marvel Special (Panini Deutschland, 1997 series) #8 ([Juli] 1999)
• in Thunderbolts: Justice Like Lightning (Marvel, 2001 series) (December 2001)
• in Thunderbolts Classic (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 (2011)
• in Thunderbolts (Marvel, 2006 series) #150 (January 2011)
• in Colección Extra Superhéroes (Panini España, 2011 series) #3 - Thunderbolts 1: La Justicia, Como el Rayo... (Junio 2011)
• in Marvel 75th Anniversary Omnibus (Marvel, 2014 series) ([November] 2014)
• in Thunderbolts Omnibus (Marvel, 2021 series) #1

Indexer Notes

The Thunderbolts first appeared in The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #449 (January 1997).
As revealed in this story, the Thunderbolts are the Masters of Evil: Baron Helmut Zemo disguised as Citizen V; Moonstone as Meteorite; Goliath as Atlas; Beetle as Mach-1; Fixer as Techno; Screaming Mimi as Songbird.