Just Kidding, Marvel Comics ‘New Thunderbolts*’ Is Also Really Titled ‘New Avengers’

What’s in a name? If that name is Thunderbolts, well… Nothing, really. Because as spoiled by Marvel Studios three days after the movie came out, Thunderbolts* is “actually” titled *The New Avengers. And Marvel Comics has followed suit, revealing that the upcoming title New Thunderbolts* is actually titled… The New Avengers.

“Plot twist–it’s been NEW AVENGERS all along!” writer Sam Humphries said via press release. “I promised surprises, and this is the first of many. It’s a thrill and an honor to continue the grand New Avengers tradition of team dynamics that are as explosive as the threats. And this era has two combustible teams: the New Avengers and the Killuminati!”

Written by Humphries with art by Ton Lima, the new team unites Winter Soldier, Black Widow, Eddie Brock Carnage, The Hulk, Namor, Clea, and Laura Kinney Wolverine, a team that barely made sense as Thunderbolts but perhaps makes slightly more sense as New Avengers. And as Humphries teases, they’ll be taking on a new threat: “corrupt clones of the Illuminati.”

You can check out the official synopsis below, as well as covers to what is now titled New Avengers #1 from Whilce Portacio, Derrick Chew, Ejikure and Woo-Chul Lee and the first of three Marvel Studios Variant Covers.

THE WINTER SOLDIER. BLACK WIDOW. EDDIE BROCK, CARNAGE. THE HULK. NAMOR. CLEA. WOLVERINE. It’s a group of the most dangerous loners and antiheroes in the Marvel Universe, and yet they’ll come together as the NEW AVENGERS! In classic Avengers fashion, they’ll assemble to take on a threat too big for any one hero to combat—corrupt clones of the Illuminati! And in the spirit of Brian Michael Bendis and David Finch decade-defining New Avengers run, this radical lineup will usher in a revolutionary new era of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes!

NEW AVENGERS #1 – 75960621145600111

Written by SAM HUMPHRIES

Art by TON LIMA

Cover by STEPHEN SEGOVIA

Virgin Variant Cover by STEPHEN SEGOVIA – 75960621145600117

Variant Cover by MARK BAGLEY – 75960621145600131 

Variant Cover by STEPHANIE HANS – 75960621145600116

Black Widow and Winter Soldier Variant Cover by DERRICK CHEW – 75960621145600141

Carnage and Wolverine Variant Cover by DERRICK CHEW – 75960621145600151

Clea and Namor Variant Cover by EJIKURE – 75960621145600171

Hulk Variant Cover by WOO-CHUL LEE – 75960621145600181

Spoiler Homage Variant Cover by WHILCE PORTACIO – 75960621145600191

Killuminati Variant Cover by JOSEMARIA CASANOVAS – 75960621145600161

Marvel Studios Variant Cover by ANDY PARK – 75960621145600121

Logo Variant Cover – 75960621145600118

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