Though the Thunderbolts team has undergone many radical changes over the years and is most well-known now for being a Suicide Squad-esque team of villains that were forced to do dirty work by Norman Osborn in the post-Civil War era of Marvel Comics, they were originally a much different team. Without getting into the complicated comic book continuity, the Avengers were thought to be dead, so a new team, the Thunderbolts, emerged as the world’s protectors… but were then revealed to actually be the Masters of Evil in disguise. And that’s what makes this latest tease so exciting.

 

The upcoming Marvel Comics crossover, Avengers: Standoff, promises to pit each of the many new Avengers teams against each other in a small event two months before the year’s big event, Civil War II. What will happen in the event is still a bit unknown, but this teaser seems to be indicating that the Thunderbolts might return in all of their glory.

The previous incarnation of the Thunderbolts was a Red Hulk-led team of anti-heroes that would be very welcome in Marvel Knights, including Punisher, Elektra, Agent Venom, and Deadpool. This new comic is not likely to follow this line at all, as the teaser is a recreation of the original comic’s #1 cover.

As has been the case with several of Marvel’s past team reveals, they are keeping the cast in silhouettes, and showing us each member one at a time. The first character revealed is some sort of child. We don’t know who, yet, this child is, but hopefully we’ll get more details in the near future.

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