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Thunderbolts* is an upcoming American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics team Thunderbolts. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is intended to be the 36th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
Throughout their self-titled episode and "Thunderbolts Revealed", the Thunderbolts work with the Avengers until a suspicious Hawkeye discovers the Thunderbolts' true identities. In the ensuing fight, Captain America inspires Songbird to legitimately become a hero and convince her teammates to expose Zemo and turn on him.
Thunderbolts: Directed by Jake Schreier. With Florence Pugh, Rachel Weisz, Lewis Pullman, Olga Kurylenko. A group of supervillains are recruited to go on missions for the government.
- Jake Schreier
- 2025-05-05
- Action, Adventure, Crime
- Kurt Busiek, Joanna Calo, Lee Sung Jin
Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts will arrive in theaters on May 2, 2025. Cast David Harbour, Hannah John-Kamen, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Sebastian Stan, Wyatt Russell, Olga Kurylenko and Florence Pugh
- Overview
- History Justice Like Lightning
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In light of most prominent super heroes of Earth being declared dead, Baron Zemo placed his criminal Masters of Evil in a position of trust by deceiving the authorities and the public, secretly rebranding them as the Thunderbolts. Zemo eventually outed his own schemes to the world, but his Thunderbolts defected, deciding to reform and enjoy the respect their charade had brought them instead.
Throughout the years, the Thunderbolts operated as a virtuous group when led by Hawkeye, Luke Cage, and the Winter Soldier, as well as a patrolling force for the corrupted when commanded by Norman Osborn, and Wilson Fisk.
Justice Like Lightning
Finding himself in an array of unsuccessful attacks against his adversaries, the aristocratic Baron Helmut Zemo succumbed to frustration. By chance, he made contact with his familial henchman Erik Josten, the Goliath, who had been trapped in a parallel dimension. Helped by the tinkerer villain Norbert Ebersol, known as the Fixer, Baron Zemo elaborated a plan to rescue Goliath and idealized reforming his former team, the Masters of Evil, a band of super powered villains originally formed to destroy Captain America and the Avengers. The next lackey to be recruited was Screaming Mimi, the wrestling alias of Melissa Gold, who was in deep grief after the death of her criminal partner and lover Angar the Screamer during a bank robbery. The high-flying Beetle, alter-ego of the engineer Abner Jenkins, was approached next, joining the Masters in an attempt to leave a career of failures. Before the Masters could strike at the Avengers, Zemo's plans were foiled because most of Earth's Mightiest Heroes were declared killed in action against the psychic villain Onslaught. Without a cause, Baron Zemo embraced Goliath's idea, initially uttered as a joke, of replacing the Avengers and the Fantastic Four in their heroic duty. Masqueraded as heroes with new identities, the Masters of Evil broke the psychiatrist Dr. Karla Sofen, the powerful Moonstone, out of the super prison known as the Vault to round up the team. In the staged break-up, the Masters arrested many super villains they once had as allies to build a reputation as super heroes. Completely rebranded, with new technology and appearances provided by the Fixer, the Masters of Evil were rebaptized by Baron Zemo as the Thunderbolts, a name that was crypto-fascist and friendly. Particularly desiring to access the Avengers' and S.H.I.E.L.D.'s intel for personal gain and for profit underworld distribution, new identities were faked: Baron Zemo acted as Citizen V, an ironic homage to one of his father's World War II adversaries; the Fixer became the well-resourced Techno; Goliath took on the role of the gargantuan powerhouse Atlas; Screaming Mimi abandoned her wrestler image and made herself over as Songbird, with alterations to her powerset similar to that of the master of sound Klaw; the Beetle readapted his flying armor to become the human warship MACH-1; Moonstone adopted the identity of the shining Meteorite. The Thunderbolts made their first public appearance when fighting the scavengers known as the Rat Pack. In a heavily publicized introduction, they backed themselves by complex lies, instantly gaining popularity since the world lacked protectors. After protecting the Statue of Liberty from their former allies, the Wrecking Crew, the Thunderbolts were cheered by the people of New York City and approached by Dallas Riordan, who offered to be an official liaison between the "heroes" and the city hall under the mayor's request. In another display of heroism, the Thunderbolts tried to arrest a rampaging Hulk. They had no success as the Hulk endangered a town on purpose by rupturing a dam to distract the Thunderbolts and flee. Being more admired after hypocritically fighting the Circus of Crime and saving Franklin Richards from the Mad Thinker, the Thunderbolts started to see the fruits of their work by being granted access to the Fantastic Four's Four Freedoms Plaza, which became their new headquarters. Surprisingly, when using the Plaza's systems, the Thunderbolts witnessed the leader of the defunct Avengers, Black Widow, being in direct conflict against the "Masters of Evil". Upon confrontation, the Masters led by the mysterious Crimson Cowl vanished in retreat. The Thunderbolts learned from the Black Widow both that these new Masters worked as mercenaries and were involved in New York's criminal underworld and that she wished to bring former opponents of the Avengers down with no exception. When Riordan assigned the Thunderbolts to capture Spider-Man, who had been implicated in a murder accusation, they clashed with the web-slinging menace while also investigating the crime. In the end, however, they teamed up to defeat the actually guilty ones, the Enclave, with the Thunderbolts ultimately acquiring the villains' mind-controlling bio-modem. Genuinely succeeding as superheroes, most members began to actually think of themselves more heroically. Shortly thereafter, the Four Freedoms Plaza was visited by a girl orphaned during the Onslaught incident and given bioelectric powers by crazed geneticist Arnim Zola as she looked for the Fantastic Four for help. Taking her to Latveria to rescue other captive children, the Thunderbolts secretly broadcast their mission to earn more respect. After destroying Zola's operations, they were forced to take their teenage ally as one of their own since she was adored by the public. Taking the name Jolt, the orphaned girl honestly believed her new teammates at face value, while her presence and infectiously upbeat nature reinforced their new-found noble inclinations, something that was nudged by Moonstone. Hydra Supreme Baron Strucker sent the Growing Man to attack the Thunderbolts for their intervention with the Masters of Evil's operations. The Thunderbolts defeated the Growing Man while Baron Zemo, in his Citizen V identity, threatened von Strucker for his attack. Baron Zemo grew angrier by not having access to the Avengers' systems he desired and by noticing the team's growing heroic tendencies, even considering murdering Jolt to prevent it. In a war against the Elements of Doom, he had his own team apprehended on purpose in order to force S.H.I.E.L.D. to grant him access to the Avengers Mansion's files. This caused Techno to be killed in action, as his neck broken during battle, though he had downloaded his conscious to his Tech-Pac and created a robot copy of himself. Following a public confrontation against the Elements of Doom alongside other super heroes, the Thunderbolts not only achieved glory but also the intelligence they had wished to gather for so long. In an ironic coincidence, as the Avengers and Fantastic Four returned, Baron Zemo schemed to expose his own team's true identities. The Thunderbolts, outed as the Masters of Evil, were hunted down by S.H.I.E.L.D. official G. W. Bridge, being forced to run away in disgrace. Sensing his allies had been seduced by the respectful life of a hero, Baron Zemo blackmailed them to ensure their loyalty. After destroying the Four Freedoms Plaza, he carried on a plan of subduing Earth's authorities by using the bio-modem to force his will upon them, coronating his allies as the Masters of the world. Moonstone influenced the Thunderbolts to rebel against their leader, with Jolt providing the necessary inspiration, although Techno and Atlas sided with Zemo. The Thunderbolts had their hopes restored when the Avengers and Fantastic Four intervened in the battle. However, the heroes were also controlled by the bio-modem, being commanded by Zemo to destroy his former underlings. With no other option, the Thunderbolts escaped, now joined by Atlas, who had abandoned Zemo for brutally attacking Jolt. The Avenger Iron Man resisted the mind conditioning and followed the Thunderbolts, assisting them in a plan to stop Baron Zemo. The Thunderbolts freed the heroes and thwarted the plot by deceiving Techno, but Atlas helped Baron Zemo, who had been severely wounded by Moonstone, escape out of a sense of obligation, unbeknownst to his teammates. The surrendered and agreed to cooperate, but mysteriously vanished before the Avengers and the Fantastic Four could take them into custody.
Most Wanted
Still fugitives, the Thunderbolts were unwittingly transported to the dimension Atlas had been previously trapped in, Kosmos. The Kosmosians had been alerted that in the future they would be enslaved by Kang the Conqueror and forced to build an army of Growing Men for him. For that reason, they decided to capture those who had last confronted a Growing Man. The Thunderbolts attempted to dialogue with the Kosmosians with no success and were ultimately imprisoned and sentenced to death. Moonstone cunningly incited a rebellion in order to bargain for the Thunderbolts' return to Earth. To accomplish her plan, she committed regicide, swearing the others to secrecy in order to keep Jolt ignorant about what had actually transpired. Returning to Earth, the Thunderbolts set up shop in Colorado, pondering their next move. Wishing to redeem themselves, the Thunderbolts decided to act as independent heroes by going straight and forging new civilian identities. Atlas furtively abandoned his teammates as he saw himself as an incompetent ally. Upon learning about his departure, the Thunderbolts were tackled by Bridge and a S.H.I.E.L.D. squad. The Thunderbolts chose not to fight and escaped, only to get attacked by agents hired by S.H.I.E.L.D., the Great Lakes Avengers, rebranded as the Lightning Rods after being inspired by the false heroes. The Thunderbolts defeated the Lightning Rods and managed to trick Bridge by escaping one more time. Retreating into one of Beetle's hideouts, the Thunderbolts learned about the Hulk ravaging a town in Wyoming and directed their forces to combat him. During the fight, they realized the Hulk was an impostor, merely a robot. Unbeknownst to them, the robot had been created by Techno under Zemo's orders. Their plan was to release the powerful and insane Graviton from his extradimensional exile and blame the Thunderbolts for it. During a brutal fight that counted with the return of Atlas, Graviton easily overpowered the Thunderbolts and the Lightning Rods, but was ultimately convinced by Moonstone to retreat as he had no clear vision for his actions. Soon after, the Thunderbolts were targets of Cyclone in their hideout. Cyclone escaped, being followed by Jolt on purpose. Upon infiltrating his base, the Thunderbolts were ambushed by Crimson Cowl's Masters of Evil, who offered them a place in her organization of mercenaries. Although seduced by the invitation, the Thunderbolts insisted on going on with their heroic duty. Finding no glory in their actions, they were contacted by locals about a menacing and burning monster, the Charcoal, which represented a chance for them to improve their reputation. However, the Masters of Evil sabotaged their operation, ruining their chance of gaining public approval. In retaliation, they stroke back at the Masters. Although the Thunderbolts were initially efficient in their battle against the Masters, Moonstone's selfish orders as a leader brought the team to get captured. Unexpectedly, the Thunderbolts were rescued and protected by the Dreadknight as the authorities, who had been previously alerted, intervened. Returning to their hideout after escaping, the Thunderbolts discussed the potential future of their leadership and were surprisingly interrupted by the Avenger Hawkeye, who revealed to have impersonated the Dreadknight. Hawkeye outmatched the Thunderbolts and convinced them he could get them pardoned if elected as the new leader of the team, part of a deal made with the Commission on Superhuman Activities. The Thunderbolts welcomed their new leader with optimism, except for Songbird, who initially mistrusted his intentions, but ultimately complied. However, unbeknownst to the Thunderbolts, Hawkeye did not get official sanction for his plan as he had claimed. Hawkeye also demanded MACH-1 to turn himself in as he was the only Thunderbolt wanted for murder. Before they could come to a decision, Hercules attacked them, seeking revenge against Atlas for previous animosities. After Hercules was fended off by Hawkeye, MACH-1 agreed to surrender as a way to help the Thunderbolts restore their reputation. As their rearranged themselves and Hawkeye's involvement became public and covered by Gayle Rogers, they were attacked by a Hydra squad and defeated their foes. Hawkeye then moved the Thunderbolts to the mountain headquarters that once belonged to the alien Dominus. The Avengers assessed the situation, but ultimately agreed to give Hawkeye and the Thunderbolts a chance to prove themselves after teaming up to defeat the Dominex automaton.
Becoming Heroes
After going public, the Thunderbolts were approached by Charcoal, who was revealed to be only a teenager and wished help in clearing his name. They were interrupted by U.S.Agent and the Jury in an attempt to arrest them. Although the Thunderbolts escaped, they lost their cabin. Following this attack, the Thunderbolts decided to prove their worth to the people by permanently taking the Masters of Evil down. One more time, the Masters of Evil tricked the Thunderbolts, who were forced to protect a town from being engulfed by an artificial storm cast by a weather machine. During the battle, the Masters of Evil escaped, and Hawkeye clashed with a new Citizen V, who wished for vengeance against those who damaged his legacy but was secretly knocked out by the Crimson Cowl after Hawkeye refused to battle her in order to save the town. The Thunderbolts finally met public prestige and tracked the Masters to a high-tech headquarters inside Mount Charteris. There, the Thunderbolts had a final confrontation against the Masters of Evil army of twenty-five super criminals. Moonstone pretended to have interest in joining the Masters to gain their trust, being caged as a precaution measure. Meanwhile, the Thunderbolts infiltrated the mountain, being eventually exposed by Moonstone, which incited a chaotic battle against the Masters of Evil. The Crimson Cowl escaped with Moonstone, who ultimately betrayed her. The would-be heroes surprisingly discovered the Crimson Cowl to be Dallas Riordan, who refused to provide any explanations for her actions. When visited in prison by Atlas, Riordan was kidnapped by the V-Battalion, Citizen V's supporters. Hawkeye asked the Black Widow for the flying vehicle used by the Champions, the Champscraft. When retrieving it, Hawkeye and the Thunderbolts were attacked by the former Champion Archangel. After calling a truce, the Thunderbolts found out Graviton had claimed domain over a air-floating island in San Francisco. They got into combat against the master of gravity but failed and got captured. Using Machine Man's technology, Jolt and Charcoal nullified Graviton's control over the Thunderbolts. The insecure Graviton lost his mind once again and became a victim of his powers. The Thunderbolts were celebrated as heroes by their new ally Archangel. Back to their base, the Thunderbolts found the Champscraft totally repaired and redesigned. Adding this situation to other small improvements they had noticed in their gadgets, they investigated Mount Charteris. Meanwhile, Charcoal was kidnapped by his former masters from the Imperial Forces. The Thunderbolts infiltrated the criminals' base to retrieve Charcoal. After finding him, they were attacked by some Zola experiments known as the Brute Force. Counting with the unexpected help of the Jury and the new mysterious Citizen V, the Thunderbolts fended off the Imperial Forces, who had associations with Zemo. Back home, the Thunderbolts focused on learning who had been secretly providing them with tech support. The group discovered Ogre, a former member of Factor Three, an obscure group of X-Men villains and the base's original owners. Tasked as a caretaker when the group disbanded, Ogre hid himself for years. Ogre was offered a place in the team as a resident engineer. Although he accepted, he was immediately subdued and secretly placed in stasis by Techno, who impersonated him and infiltrated the Thunderbolts as their "new" mechanic.
Weapons
Each Thunderbolt teammate's arsenal.
Transportation
T-Bird, Thunderjet, T-Wagon, Zeus.
•During the super-hero Civil War, an army of captured criminals was organized under the Thunderbolts moniker (often referred to as the "Thunderbolts Army"). Divided into numerous groups, they were stationed around the US and kept in contact through Overmind as they worked to quell the number of super-powered individuals created when the Grandmaster accessed the Wellspring of Power. As the number of super-powered civilians rose, the majority of the members deserted the ranks, hoping to save themselves.[citation needed]
•Steve Rogers gave a list of criminals who he was planning on enrolling into Cage's Thunderbolts team in Heroic Age: Villains #1. This list consisted of Absorbing Man, Answer, Badd Axe, Bison, Bloodshed, Constrictor, Doctor Sax, Grizzly, Hydro-Man, Mad Dog, Man-Killer, Redeemer, Ruby Thursday, Skeleton Ki, Vector, and the Young Masters.
•299 appearance(s) of Thunderbolts (Earth-616)
•9 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Thunderbolts (Earth-616)
•16 minor appearance(s) of Thunderbolts (Earth-616)
•99 mention(s) of Thunderbolts (Earth-616)
•22 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Thunderbolts (Earth-616)
•253 image(s) of Thunderbolts (Earth-616)
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Learn all there is to know about Thunderbolts, including history, powers, allies, enemies, strengths, & weaknesses! Current members include Baron Zemo (Helmut Zemo), Taskmaster, Fixer (Paul Norbert Ebersol), Moonstone (Karla Sofen), Songbird, Atlas (Erik Josten).
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