Just in time for a month after the new movie Marvel movie Thunderbolts* premieres in theaters on May 2, a brand New Thunderbolts* team will be hitting comic book stores with a lineup that has also has almost nothing to do with the movie!
Written by Sam Humphries, with art by Ton Lima, New Thunderbolts* brings together Bucky Barnes, aka The Winter Soldier, along with Black Widow, Eddie Brock Carnage, The Hulk, Namor, Clea, and Laura Kinney Wolverine in a new ongoing series where the team takes on the jobs the Avengers can’t — or won’t.
“I love every iteration of Thunderbolts,” Humphries said via press release. “I’m thrilled to continue the franchise’s proud tradition of hard hitting action, powder keg personalities, and explosive surprises into a new era. This is a gang of seven of the biggest badasses and loose cannons from different corners of the Marvel Universe. Assembling a super team is like inviting the right combination of guests to a dinner party. So I imagined a dangerous, disastrous, unhinged Marvel dinner party, and went with that.”
Added Lima, “I’m having a blast working on this book with Mr. Humphries and the team. Look at this lineup… it’s crazy. They’re not here to talk; they jump straight to the action! And that’s the most fun part to draw. None of them are known for taking it easy on the job, so I can’t either.”
In the new series, Bucky and Black Widow discover a “monumental threat to the Marvel Universe and recruit a group of individuals who will HOLD NOTHING BACK!” That threat? The Killuminati, whoever they are! They’re not in the movie, I’ll tell you what.
One thing the new book does share with the movie, though? An asterisk at the end of the title, the thing everyone is psyched for in the new flick. Kids love asterisks.
The first issue will debut on June 11, with a main cover by Stephen Segovia and a variant by Mark Bagley. You can check them and the synopsis out, below.
THE WINTER SOLDIER. BLACK WIDOW. EDDIE BROCK: CARNAGE. THE HULK. NAMOR. CLEA. WOLVERINE.
They’re the most dangerous loners and antiheroes in the Marvel Universe. Nothing could make them work together…but Bucky Barnes and the Black Widow are going to give it a shot. Demented duplicates of the Illuminati are threatening the world, and if they figure out how to work together, they’ll be as unstoppable as the originals. Bucky and Natasha need allies who will do anything to take the duplicates out – but wrangling a team of killers and monsters presents its own dangers. Welcome to the New Thunderbolts* – hope you survive the experience!
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