"Justice, Like Lightning" / Thunderbolts Appreciation 2023

[Hypestyle]

who are the villains that the current team has faced so far?

who is this alien new member? what is their origin?

[Digifiend]

Issue 1: Electro (female), Whiplash, Agony, Taskmaster, Abomination
Issue 2: Eegro the Unbreakable (who then joins the team)
Issue 3: Super-Apes
Issue 4: Terminus, Melter, Whirlwind, Mandroid, Titania, Bullseye, Grey Gargoyle, Annihilus, Absorbing Man, Bi-Beast (all in a dream sequence)
Issue 5: Nightmare

Eegro is from Monster Island, so he isn't an alien.
https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Eegro_(Earth-616)

[LukeCagefan]

Jeff Parker's Thunderbolts was amazing! Luke Cage da true Power Man! Never cared for Vic since he debut in the Shadowland mini series.

[LukeCagefan]

I *think* they're talking about the new Power Man, not Luke 'no longer goes by Power Man' Cage.

Although he *also* wears an ugly yellow suit...

Hahaha that's funny.

[Digifiend]

Ayo Edebiri has been cast in the movie.
https://variety.com/2023/film/news/a...ts-1235503934/

[Anthony W]

I'll always prefer the classic versions...

The look on The Thing's face as he gives all those bogus reasons for joining the team are priceless. He needs to just admit that Tigra is the reason LOL.

[Riv86672]

Ayo Edebiri has been cast in the movie.
https://variety.com/2023/film/news/a...ts-1235503934/

^^^So…who is she playing? Any idea?

[Digifiend]

Nothing I've seen has mentioned who she's playing. Maybe it's a spoiler?

[The Cool Thatguy]

Kinda a shame they're going the black ops route. You'd think that most of the team wouldn't be hard to logically explain...

Abe, a disgraced pilot wearing a prototype flight armor.

Erik, gains powers trying to steal pym particles.

Mel, maybe an MMA fighter who decided to go the extra step with cybernetics

I wonder if the team was just to justify all the sequels all the members have written in their contracts.

[ComicNoobie]

Kinda a shame they're going the black ops route. You'd think that most of the team wouldn't be hard to logically explain...

Abe, a disgraced pilot wearing a prototype flight armor.

Erik, gains powers trying to steal pym particles.

Mel, maybe an MMA fighter who decided to go the extra step with cybernetics

I wonder if the team was just to justify all the sequels all the members have written in their contracts.

This would have been a team that got me most excited for Thunderbolts. They were cool and memorable in their stories. In general I just prefer Thunderbolts as a group of villains becoming anti-villains or anti-heroes as opposed to a more Suicide Squad role. And I still can't believe not a single member of the classic team was announced for the movie. I know there's rumors for Songbird.

[The Cool Thatguy]

I wonder if Marvel is just afraid of introducing a whole new team/cast (FF don't count). I mean, we saw how that turned out for Justice League (not that there weren't other problems).

[Riv86672]

I wonder if Marvel is just afraid of introducing a whole new team/cast (FF don't count). I mean, we saw how that turned out for Justice League (not that there weren't other problems).

^^^I think they could’ve pulled it off.
A few well timed flashbacks would be all you need, like they did w. Michael Keaton’s Vulture; giving us a quick “this was happening while the other movies were going on” motivation for everyone.

[Frontier]

I wonder if Marvel is just afraid of introducing a whole new team/cast (FF don't count). I mean, we saw how that turned out for Justice League (not that there weren't other problems).

Or for Eternals.

[Riv86672]

Or for Eternals.

^^^Oh GOD!

I gotta think though, a group of low to mid level bad guys trying to stay on the DL to avoid the Avengers, SHIELD, and general authorities would go over better than a race of virtual gods who just sat back and let Thanos Snap half the universe.

[Bruce Wayne]

Kinda a shame they're going the black ops route. You'd think that most of the team wouldn't be hard to logically explain...

I wonder if Marvel is just afraid of introducing a whole new team/cast (FF don't count). I mean, we saw how that turned out for Justice League (not that there weren't other problems).

Feige seems to lean towards Marvel's greatest hits from the mid 2000s era Marvel so stuff like Ultimates/Civil War/Winter Soldier/Disassembled/Young Avengers/GotG. Given that this movie seems to be more of a Black Widow movie vehicle for Florence Pugh, I think it's very influenced by the Thunderbolts run by Diggle and later Parker which treated the Thunderbolts as the blackops squad for Norman Osborn.