History Characters / Thunderbolts

* [[Characters/ThunderboltsOriginalSeriesMembers Original Series Members]]Jolt, Hawkeye, Charcoal, Ogre, Citizen V III/Atlas II/Vantage, Amazon/Man-Killer, Blackheath/Plantman, Cyclone III, Harrier/Cardinal, Skein/Gypsy Moth[[note]][[/note]]

* [[Characters/ThunderboltsFoundingMembers Founding Members]]
* [[Characters/ThunderboltsOriginalSeriesMembers Original Series Members]]
* [[Characters/ThunderboltsNewThunderboltsMembers New Thunderbolts Members]]
* [[Characters/ThunderboltsNormanOsbornMembers Norman Osborn Members]]
* [[Characters/ThunderboltsHAMMERMembers H.A.M.M.E.R. Members]]
* [[Characters/ThunderboltsLukeCageMembers Luke Cage Members]]
* [[Characters/ThunderboltsRedHulkMembers Red Hulk Members]]
* [[Characters/ThunderboltsWinterSoldierMembers Winter Soldier Members]]
* [[Characters/ThunderboltsAntiPunisherMembers Anti-Punisher Members]]
* [[Characters/ThunderboltsKingpinMembers Kingpin Members]]
* [[Characters/ThunderboltsMayorCageMembers Mayor Cage Members]]

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!Founding Members

[[folder:Citizen V / Baron Zemo]]
!!Citizen V / ComicBook/BaronZemo
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[[caption-width-right:281:Baron Helmut Zemo XIII]]
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->'''AKA:''' Baron Helmut J. Zemo
->'''Debut:''' ''Captain America'' #168 (December 1973) [[note]]As Phoenix[[/note]]; ''Captain America'' #275 (November 1982) [[note]]As Baron Zemo[[/note]]; ''The Incredible Hulk'' #449 (January 1997) [[note]]As Citizen V[[/note]]

The 13th Baron in the Zemo bloodline. Helmut followed in the footsteps of his father before him, becoming an enemy of Captain America and the Avengers. In what could be his greatest scheme ever, Helmut masqueraded as Citizen V and led the Thunderbolts to public acclaim in order to conquer the world. In the end, he failed only because his cohorts desired to remain heroes and rebelled against him. See ComicBook/BaronZemo for more info.

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[[folder:Atlas / Goliath]]
!!Atlas / Goliath
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[[caption-width-right:300:Atlas]]
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->'''AKA:''' Erik Josten
->'''Debut:''' ''The Avengers'' #21 (October 1965) [[note]]As Power Man[[/note]]; ''Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man'' #49 (December 1980) [[note]]As Smuggler[[/note]]; ''Iron Man Annual'' #7 (October 1984) [[note]]As Goliath[[/note]]; ''The Incredible Hulk'' #449 (January 1997) [[note]]As Atlas[[/note]]

Starting his super-criminal life as Power Man and then reinventing himself as the size-altering Goliath, Erik Josten has served as a member of several incarnations of the Masters of Evil and the Lethal Legion. It wasn't until he became Atlas and a founding Thunderbolts member that he truly "discovered" himself.
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* TheBigGuy: His main role at both the Thunderbolts and Masters of Evil.
* {{Depower}}: Once, he worked for Count Nefaria, who betrayed him and stole his powers.
* HeelFaceTurn: While he's had relapses in villainy throughout the years, he has mostly remained a Face since.
* HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace: Back when he was called Goliath, he received his abilities from photon energy, which he gained by stealing it from what he thought was the same source as [[Comicbook/WonderMan Wonder Man's]] powers. To his horror, it turned out that his physiology had been changed so as to syphon energy from a hostile micro verse-dimension; and [[OhCrap his body served as a beacon to those dimension's inhabitants]], and he can hear them talking in his head. While said invaders are repelled by the Earth's heroes, poor Erik is dragged into their dimension against his will. He is so thankful to Baron Zemo for freeing him from the Microverse several years later, that he swears his undying loyalty to him right then and there.
* IHaveManyNames: Power Man, Smuggler, Atlas, and Goliath.
* OneSteveLimit: Erik has no relation to that ''other'' Power Man, ComicBook/{{Luke Cage|HeroForHire}}. In fact, Erik once attacked Luke for taking the moniker, and it didn't go well for him.
* PrimaryColorChampion: His new costume as Atlas is mostly red, blue and yellow.
* SecondaryColorNemesis: His costume as Goliath was orange.
* SizeShifter: Though usually only to make himself bigger.
* SuperStrength: Even at normal size he's pretty strong.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Baron Zemo. Serves as the basis for his character arc in the early issues as, being a soldier, he cannot betray his commanding officer (Zemo), but is constantly temped to do so, as [[GoodFeelsGood he discovers a new side of himself after playing at being a hero and falling in love.]] Ultimately subverted in issue 12 of the original run, where he helps the badly wounded Zemo escape the space station, but refuses to go with him, deeming their debts to be square.
* TheWorfEffect: Suffers from this more than any other Thunderbolts member. Almost every new enemy the team faces gets a turn to beat Atlas into unconsciousness in order to establish them as a significant threat. However, this usually leads to...
* WorfHadTheFlu: ...this trope. Once the VillainOfTheWeek's plan has been thwarted, they will usually turn around to come face-to-face with a recently revived Atlas. Cue long overdue ass-kicking.
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[[folder:[=MACH-1=] / Beetle]]
!!MACH-1 / Beetle
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[[caption-width-right:281:As MACH-X]]
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->'''AKA:''' Abner Ronald "Abe" Jenkins
->'''Debut:''' ''Strange Tales'' #123 (August 1964) [[note]]As Beetle[[/note]]; ''The Incredible Hulk'' #449 (January, 1997) [[note]]As Mach-1[[/note]]; ''Thunderbolts'' #37 (April, 2000) [[note]]As Mach-2[[/note]]; ''Thunderbolts'' #57 (December, 2001) [[note]]As Mach-3[[/note]]; ''New Thunderbolts'' #1 (December, 2004) [[note]]As Mach-IV[[/note]]; ''Thunderbolts'' #144 (July, 2010) [[note]]As Mach-V[[/note]]; ''The Superior Foes of Spider-Man'' #2 (October, 2013) [[note]]As Mach-VII[[/note]]; ''Thunderbolts'' Vol 3 #1 (July, 2016) [[note]]As Mach-X[[/note]]

An aircraft mechanic, Abner Jenkins decided to supplement his income through less honest means and built a suit of insect-themed PoweredArmor. Starting out as a foe of the ComicBook/FantasticFour, he came into conflict with Spider-Man, continually redesigning and updating his armor in an effort to take out the Wall-Crawler. After joining the Thunderbolts under ComicBook/BaronZemo, Abe decided to put his life of crime behind him and rebranded himself as a superhero called MACH I. Serving as a mainstay of the group, he would achieve legitimacy as a superhero and continue to upgrade his armor, eventually becoming MACH-X (and counting).
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* AmicableExes: Even after breaking up with Melissa, they still care deeply for each other.
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: His original suits were built around a beetle motif.
* BecomingTheMask: As a Thunderbolt, he started out by pretending to be a hero, and ended up as an actual one, because he found GoodFeelsGood.
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: Abner has no powers but is a brilliant mechanic who can build himself different suits of PoweredArmor to compensate.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He can come off as an overeager klutz, but is still a more than competent engineer and fighter.
* EndearinglyDorky: Became more pronounced after he switched sides.
* EnergyWeapon: One of the many weapons his armor is equipped with.
* FunWithAcronyms: It's shown in-universe that the MACH name came first and then he and Fixer tried to think up words that would allow for the acronym.
* HeelFaceTurn: As a result of his stint on the ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}, he ended up as a hero, and is one of the few Marvel characters whose turn stuck.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: After becoming a hero he's developed a dream of being an Avenger.
* IconicOutfit: His second suit (the bottommost one in the image), which he wore in the 1990's, is one of his best-known looks.
* TheKlutz: [[http://www.chasingamazingblog.com/wp-content/uploads/SuperiorFoes13_01.jpg Those wings...]]
* NiceGuy: Part of the reason his HeelFaceTurn has been accepted pretty well by the heroes; Abner may have been a crook once, but he's a sweetheart who's always looking for friends.
* NoRespectGuy: While the heroes have welcomed Abner as an ally, not many of them really respect him.
* OfficialCouple: With Songbird in the original ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}} run.
* OldShame: In-universe, he's not too impressed by his old Beetle armor.
* PoweredArmor: His trademark, which he continually reinvents over the years. As Mach the fact that his suit is cybernetic is far more noticeable.
* PutOnABus: Left the ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}} for a while when Hawkeye convinced him to surrender to the authorities and spend his time in jail as a way to show the Thunderbolts were serious about wanting to be real heroes. He later returned to the team after the Commission on Super-Human Activities tried to use him as a deniable agent.
* ReligiousBruiser: Not brought up much, but after his HeelFaceTurn he apparently reconnected with his faith.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: An enemy of the ComicBook/HumanTorch but well-known for fighting Spidey too.
* SecondaryColorNemesis: All the Beetle armors have purple and green.
* TookALevelInBadass: People today would probably laugh at his old costume, which didn't look very beetle-esque. He updated his armor in the 1980s, and it's stuck around.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: He's not too fond of Franchise/{{Spide|rman}}y.
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[[folder:Meteorite / Moonstone]]
!!Meteorite / Moonstone
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[[caption-width-right:280:Moonstone]]
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->'''AKA:''' Karla Sofen
->'''Debut:''' ''Captain America'' #192 (December 1975) [[note]]As Karla Sofen[[/note]]; ''The Incredible Hulk'' #228 (October 1978) [[note]]As Moonstone[[/note]]; ''Incredible Hulk'' #449 (January 1997) [[note]]As Meteorite[[/note]]; ''Dark Avengers'' #1 (March 2009) [[note]]As Ms. Marvel[[/note]]

Dr. Karla Sofen is a founding member of the Thunderbolts and former member of the Masters of Evil. She has flirted with both sides of the law in ComicBook/NormanOsborn's Avengers as Ms. Marvel. She's a control freak with nearly limitless power granted her by moonstones, hence her codename.
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* AGodAmI: Seems to have this opinion upon getting her powers, not helped by her degree in psychiatry and innate belief in her superiority to all others.
* {{Archenemy}}: Of Ms. Marvel.
* BigBadWannabe: Karla is very intelligent and has a wide range of powers, but she has a tendency to overestimate her abilities, often only winning because she is working with others against particular foes and forced to acknowledge that she isn't quite as manipulative as Baron Zemo or as skilled a fighter as Photon when they manage to outmaneuver her in direct confrontations.
* BlondesAreEvil: She's blonde and she's one of the most evil members of the Thunderbolts.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Karla tends to plot against and betray anyone all the freaking time.
* CurbStompBattle: In issue 12 of the first Thunderbolts series, she's the one who goes after Baron Zemo when the the Thunderbolts try to free Earth's heroes from his control. In a rare case of RealityEnsues, her SuperStrength and his lack of a pre-established edge means that she effortlessly handles him; she crushes his hand so badly the bones are described as snapping like twigs, breaks his jaws, pulverizes three of his teeth, and crumples his ribcage.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: Whilst handing out her CurbStompBattle to Baron Zemo, she furiously berates him for his lack of imagination, declaring the Thunderbolts to have been a scam that could have profited them for ''years'', but which he wasted on one single doomed-to-fail scheme.
* EvilCounterpart: After already having been Ms. Marvel, [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/7/75/Karla_Sofen_%28Earth-616%29_from_Dark_Avengers_Vol_1_185_001.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130116020840 Karla is put into Captain Marvel's costume, making her baffled at how much people want her to be this to Carol Danvers.]]
* FatalFlaw: Sloth. Karla ''always'' takes the easiest option, even when it could come back down the road to bite her. After the redemption-seeking Thunderbolts turn on Zemo, she uses her position as leader to make several decisions that grant them the momentary victory, but which could clearly come back to bite them, such as her actions on Kosmos and against Graviton. This results in the rest of the Thunderbolts calling her out on this failing, and ends in issue 20 of the original run, where everyone agrees that this trait of hers makes her unsuited to be their leader.
* FemmeFatale: Tall, [[MostCommonSuperpower curvaceous]], seductive (slept with Hawkeye while in the Thunderbolts, and Noh-Varr, Bullseye and ComicBook/{{Daken}} during her ComicBook/DarkAvengers stint), and very evil.
* FormFittingWardrobe: Karla can summon her costume, and thus starting with [[http://www.writeups.org/wp-content/uploads/Moonstone-Meteorite-Ms-Marvel-Marvel-Comics-Karla-Sofen-d.jpg Meteorite's metal-like first suit]] it's often something that showcases her body. When questioned about this, [[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.arts.comics.marvel.universe/FjaJZg-be6s/KY4q3qSGsHgJ Kurt Busiek replied]] that Moonstone [[DistractedByTheSexy deliberately uses sex appeal as a weapon.]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare: She started out as just a henchperson for Doctor Faustus. She's come a looong way since.
* FlyingBrick: Her move set is this as she can fly, hit strong, quickly, with more endurance and agility than most.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: At one point, she actually did try to go straight. It didn't last.
* [[IntangibleMan Intangible Woman]]: She can make herself and other persons intangible by reducing her or the person's body's specific gravity.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: On occasion; for instance she WAS genuinely saddened when Jolt was murdered despite the fact that Jolt wasn't overly fond of her.
* LackOfEmpathy: She outright swore as a youth she'd always put herself first. She's generally held to that.
* LegacyCharacter: She was the psychiatrist of the original Moonstone, [[Characters/CaptainAmericaRoguesGallery Lloyd Bloch]]. Karla messed with his head, then took the moonstone for herself.
* LightIsNotGood: As Moonstone her costume is mostly yellow and white, yet she's easily the most amoral of the Thunderbolts.
* ManipulativeBitch: Given she is a certified psychiatrist, Moonstone uses her knowledge of the human mind to goad others - right in her villainous debut, it worked on [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk The Hulk]], confusing him enough to make Moonstone go mostly unharmed and Hulk to eventually flee the Gamma Base. There isn't anyone she won't psychoanalyze, manipulate into doing her bidding and dispose of to get what she wants.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Unsurprisingly, Karla generally used her degree in psychology to screw with people, causing several of her patients to kill themselves.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: In a rare slip-up from her, Karla let slip that Norman Osborn was a villain, and his Dark Avengers team consisted entirely of villains, to Noh-Varr, turning the Kree against Norman.
* NotMeThisTime: During the Ellis run, Moonstone ran into Songbird's on-the-wagon mother just after she'd had an argument with Melissa. Very soon, Melissa's mother was found dead, from drunk driving. Later on, Norman Osborn asked if Karla was responsible for this.
-->'''Norman:''' Did you kill her?
-->'''Karla:''' Did ''you?''
-->''(awkward pause)''
-->'''Norman:''' ... Well, then.
* ObfuscatingDisability: In a sense; in the early days of the team, she hid her phasing ability so her powers wouldn't too closely mirror those of the villain Moonstone (lest anyone get suspicious).
* PowerCrystal: Moonstone's name and powers are derived from a Kree gravity stone that was found on the Earth's moon and bonded with her nervous system. The stone gives her the power of flight, intangibility and laser blasts from the hands. For a time, she had absorbed a second gravity stone which also granted her the ability to control gravitational forces, erect force fields, generate miniature black holes, and transport objects through dimensional rifts.
* PragmaticVillainy: She actively encouraged her teammates to reform and sided with them when they turned against Zemo, not because she was noble, but because, as explained above, she felt pretending to be heroes was more profitable and comfortable than Zemo's idiotic scheme to TakeOverTheWorld.
* PsychoPsychologist: Sofen is practically the ur-example for the Marvel Universe. She used to enjoy convincing suicidal patients to kill themselves.
* PutOnABus: After the events of ''Avengers / Thunderbolts''. She woke up again just at the end of Nicieza's run, and remained through 'till the end of ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'', when she shuffled off to ''Dark Avengers''.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Her epic chewing out of Baron Zemo for blowing their cover as the Masters of Evil during her CurbStompBattle with him in issue 12 of the original run:
-->'''Meteorite:'''Let me '''explain''' something, Zemo. Let me tell you '''why''' I undermined your leadership at every turn. I've got a pretty '''simple''' philosophy of life. You want to '''hear''' it? It's this: '''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Don't. Get.]] [[SuddenlyShouting CAUGHT!]]''' Oh, I was '''stupid''' at first - I thought my powers made me '''invincible'''... so I ended up getting a '''record''', getting '''caught'''. I was willing to ride it '''out''', serve my sentence and start '''anew''' -- but you press-ganged me into your '''scheme''', and there went '''that'''. Still, it was a '''good''' scheme -- posing as heroes -- and we made it '''work'''. We had it all -- public support, adulation; the perfect cover to pull any '''number''' of scams -- and you went and '''blew''' it over '''just one'''! '''Who CARES about ruling the world?! Who wants to do that much WORK?''' We could have run this con out for '''years''' before it got old! But no, you couldn't be '''smart''' -- not when you could play '''Hitler''' like your idiot '''father'''!
* SanitySlippage: She went completely mad during the events of ''Avengers / Thunderbolts''.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: She has a tendency of being the only woman when recruited into villain teams, being the only female of Norman Osborn's first Dark Avengers. When recruited by Zemo and Kingpin for their newest incarnation of the Thunderbolts, she was the only woman, and the same when Fisk hired her as personnel at Ravencroft, being the only female villain specifically brought.
* TheStarscream: Karla's greatest ambition is to be the one in charge - as much as she likes messing with peoples' heads for fun, it's pursuit of power that drives her manipulations and treachery first and foremost.
* StatuesqueStunner: She stands at 5'11"/180cm, the same height as Carol Danvers.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: She ''hated'' having to play Ms. Marvel for Norman, muttering angrily about Carol's old, revealing outfit.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Amongst the Thunderbolts, she's the most manipulative, sadistic and amoral member of the team. She even makes Zemo more likable.
* VillainExitStageLeft: Related to the FatalFlaw above, she knows when to run away instead of fighting. Sometimes it doesn't work and she's captured.
* WarriorTherapist: She's a warrior, a therapist, and she's evil.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Losing her powers and becoming an ordinary person again.
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[[folder:Songbird / Screaming Mimi]]
!!Songbird / Screaming Mimi
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[[caption-width-right:281:Songbird]]
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->'''AKA:''' Melissa Joan "Mel" Gold
->'''Debut:''' ''Marvel Two-in-One'' #54 (August 1979) [[note]]As Screaming Mimi[[/note]]; ''The Incredible Hulk'' #449 (January 1997) [[note]]As Songbird[[/note]]

Formerly the super villain Screaming Mimi, Songbird is a founding member of the original Thunderbolts. Melissa Gold grew up in a trailer park with her drunken father, her mother in prison for theft, and was tormented constantly by her peers. She had to develop a tough personality and ended up living on the street after running away from home. After being set up and sent to prison herself, she joined the super-human wrestling scene, being forcibly given surgical implants to give her super-sonic screams. After a brief stint with the Masters of Evil, she partnered up with fellow sound-themed villain Angar.

After the death of Angar, Mel feel into despair and ended up destroying her vocal cords. Approached by Zemo and Fixer, she was given a new set of cybernetic vocal cords which not only returned her screams to her, but allowed her to manipulate sound into hard objects. Becoming the "hero" Songbird, she agreed to help them in their plans. Seeing her Songbird persona as the second chance she so desperately needed, she recreated herself fully, embracing the new mantle she had been given and, as more former villains joined the team, sought to give them the same chance that she had been given at a new life.
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* AmicableExes: Even after breaking up with Abe, they still care about each other deeply.
* BarrierWarrior: One of the use she has of her powers as Songbird.
* BreakoutCharacter: As Screaming Mimi, Melissa was an infrequently occurring bad guy. Tough, but definitely not an a-list threat. As Songbird, her popularity exploded. As of 2016, she is officially a member of the Avengers.
* TheCameo: After not being seen in a couple of years, she's seen [[spoiler:at the wedding reception of Hulkling and Wiccan]] during the epilogue of ''Empyre'' along with many other heroes.
* DarkActionGirl: Became just an ActionGirl when she turned good.
* DePower: More than once.
** Aforementioned incident with Angar the Screamer.
** During her stay as a "guest" of John Garret in 2015's ''New Avengers'', her powers were deactivated. Good thing she knew some friendly mad scientists who managed to get them back.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: During her Screaming Mimi days, Melissa once used her scream on ComicBook/{{Dazzler}}. Y'know, the Dazzler whose mutant powers are fueled by ''sound''. Once Alison managed to work through the pain, she had a handy power-up ready to go.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: Her partner Angar, causing her to be so wracked with guilt that she proceeded to scream for ''43 minutes straight'' destroying the surrounding area and wrecking her vocal cords.
* DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent: During her stint on [[ComicBook/{{Sunspot}} Roberto Da Costa]]'s ComicBook/{{New Avengers|2015}}, she claimed to be working for A.I.M., but was actually [[spoiler:working for ComicBook/{{SHIELD}}, except she was ''really'' working for Roberto all along]].
* {{Flight}}: Her most common use of her sound constructs is a pair of wings that allow her to fly.
* HeelFaceTurn: Eventually decides to actually make one after enjoying pretending to be a hero.
* MakeMeWannaShout: Her original power. As Songird, she has a mantle allowing her to channel it onto something of a GreenLanternRing.
* MulticoloredHair: As Songbird her signature style are her white locks with pink streaks.
* OnlySaneMan: During Ellis' run, shared with Dr. Chen Lu (and even he had a slight wobble thanks to some bad guys).
* SkunkStripe: Inverted; it's white with [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair pink]] streaks.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: With Moonstone, during the Ellis run. That Melissa is more popular than Moonstone, and with a greater audience (young girls, as opposed to Karla's smaller audience of single men), has something to do with this.
* TheStarscream: To Zemo.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: A former pro-wrestler.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Techno / Fixer]]
!!Techno / Fixer
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[[caption-width-right:242:Techno]]
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->'''AKA:''' Paul Norbert "Bert" Ebersol
->'''Debut:''' ''Strange Tales'' #141 (February 1966) [[note]]As Fixer[[/note]]; ''The Incredible Hulk'' #449 (January 1997) [[note]]As Techno[[/note]]

A technological genius, Fixer pursued a life of crime as a partner to Mentallo and later a member of the Masters of Evil. He later became a founding member of the heroic Thunderbolts and despite hating the idea of being a hero has remained a mainstay ever since.
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* BaldOfEvil: Usually appeared bald headed, although recently he has regrown his hair.
* BeardOfEvil: He has a goatee, and he's easily one of the more amoral Thunderbolts.
* BrainUploading: He escapes dying when he is seemingly killed by the Elements of Doom by transferring his brainwaves to a recording device in his tech-pack and then using it to create a new cybernetic body for himself.
* CaptureAndReplicate: Secretly returned to help the team disguised as Ogre, who he found in Mt. Charteris and decided to impersonate.
* {{Cyborg}}: He made himself a robotic body after his organic body was ruined, and could assimilate any technology into himself.
* DeadpanSnarker: To Mentallo and his more eccentric teammates.
* DoNotCallMePaul: Literally. He prefers to being referred to by his middle name or just Bert rather than Paul.
* GadgeteerGenius: Techno's original power set is his incredible aptitude for mechanics and seemingly endless stream of ideas for new inventions, which includes his own armor.
* NeckSnap: The Elements of Doom break his neck to kill him. It doesn't stick.
* PowerArmor: He wears one of these, not just for protection but also to walk.
* ScienceRelatedMemeticDisorder: Prior to his transferal to a robot body, Paul seems to be actually compelled to invent new things, to the point that early on, he gets into an argument with Baron Zemo about not being allowed to indulge his need to make new devices to spruce up their initial lair.
* VillainousFriendship: He had one with Mentallo. With Zemo he was betrayed and they fought over it. Yet they teamed up again in recent years, making it a bit complex.
* WildCard: He's on his own side nowadays.
[[/folder]]

!Original Series Members

[[folder:Jolt]]
!!Jolt
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->'''AKA:''' Helen "Hallie'' Takahama
->'''Debut:''' ''Thunderbolts'' Vol. 1, #1

Receiving her powers from Arnim Zola's cruel experimentation, Helen Takahama joined the original Thunderbolts team as Jolt, unaware of their hidden agenda. She still managed to become a fine hero in her own right, and helped several other members of the Thunderbolts do likewise.
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* {{Ascended Fan|boy}}girl: Was a superhero fan long before becoming one herself.
* BadassAdorable: A young, cute, good-natured teenage girl who serves as the team's MoralityPet... and also happens to have ''very'' powerful lightning abilities.
* BrokenBird: Her entire family died horribly during the ComicBook/{{Onslaught}} event (on her ''birthday'' no less), she was forced to live in the street with other kids only for them to get captured and offered to Arnim Zola as guinea pigs (which is where she got her powers), and when she escaped, then came back to free her friends with the Thunderbolts, turned out they had all been turned into monsters who could only receive a MercyKill. Poor girl got it ''harsh''.
* MoralityPet: Became one for the team, as they developed a soft spot for her, and she was eventually crucial into convincing them to turn on Zemo; even Karla is rather fond of her despite herself.
* PutOnABus: She went off to Franklin Richards' Counter-Earth, and stayed there for a good long while.
* ShockAndAwe: Her powers.
* StepfordSmiler: She is good at acting cheerful and upbeat, but her backstory is really tragic, and as revealed during her therapy with Karla, she had ''huge'' issues.
* TokenGoodTeammate: While her teammates eventually reformed for the most part, she was the first member of the team to not have any villainous past.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Hawkeye]]
!!Comicbook/{{Hawkeye}}
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->'''AKA:''' Clinton "Clint" Barton
->'''Debut:''' ''Tales of Suspense'' Vol. 1, #57

Who better to reform a group of criminals than a criminal-turned-Avenger?

After the Thunderbolts were outed as villains, the team was split between those who wished to remain heroes and those loyal to Zemo. Hawkeye, having just left the Avengers, infiltrated the group, wanting to know if the rumors of their change of heart was really true. If so, he wanted to help the Thunderbolts in their quest for redemption.

At first reluctant, the team eventually accepted him and he once more accepted a leadership role for the first generation of the Thunderbolts, whom had broken from the influence of Baron Helmut Zemo. Hawkeye trained the team in the fashion of former teammate and good friend ComicBook/CaptainAmerica. He shapes the team into a major fighting force.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Charcoal]]
!!Charcoal
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/charcoal_1.jpg]]

->'''AKA:''' Charles "Charlie" Burlingame
->'''Debut:''' ''Thunderbolts'' Vol. 1, #19

Charles Burlingame's father moved around a great deal and had trouble finding work, until he attended a rally of the Imperial Forces of America. The elder Burlingame joined that organization and took his son with him. Arnim Zola, working for the Imperial Forces, discovered that Charlie possessed the genetic potential to develop superhuman powers and facilitated the youngster's transformation into Charcoal, the Burning Man. As part of a group called the Bruiser Brigade, Charcoal fought the Thunderbolts as an enemy, but joined the team soon after.
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* ElementalShapeshifter: Charcoal's primary power is to switch between his human form into a {{golem}}-like form of animate carbon, the precise makeup of which he can adjust to any specific carbon formation, from blazing coal to solid diamond.
* {{Flight}}: By selectively igniting his feet, Charcoal can generate blasts of flame that propel him through the air like a rocket.
* HealingFactor: Downplayed. Charcoal has the ability to replace lost mass from his monstrous form; this allows him to sustain his fiery battle mode and lets him launch flaming projectiles by literally throwing chunks of his own carbon body-mass at his enemies.
* KilledOffForReal: He bites it during a battle with Gravitron. Due to [[ScrewedByTheLawyers rights issues]], he is one of the few superhero comic characters this can be said to truly apply to.
* MundaneUtility: One of the perks of being in monster form is that it shields him from the cold. He also used a piece of his carbon-form's finger as a tracking device to follow Hawkeye to pitch himself as a new Thunderbolt recruit.
* NighInvulnerability: Shifting into diamond form makes him incredibly durable.
* RubberMan: Downplayed. Part of his monster form's abilities is to extend his arms and reshape them into different structures.
* SuperStrength: Charcoal is vastly stronger than a normal man when in his monstrous form.
* WreathedInFlames: As his moniker suggests, Charcoal's primary ability is to ignite his carbon body, engulfing himself in flame which he can use to make himself more dangerous. Doubles as ElementalArmor.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ogre]]
!!Ogre
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->'''AKA:''' Brian Dunlap
->'''Debut:''' ''The X-Men'' Vol. 1, #28

Ogre is a human inventor who has been classified as a genius. Ogre worked with the Factor Three out of Mt. Charteris, and, after the teams disbanding, remained there awaiting their return. Years went by, and the base was commandeered by many different villains, with Ogre surviving by stealing food and supplies. After the Thunderbolts claimed Mt. Charteris as their base of operations, Ogre took a liking to the group and, using his vast intellect, created a number of devices and upgrades for them, leaving them as gifts when nobody was around. Upon the team discovering him, the Thunderbolts welcomed him to the team as their strategist and technical support.
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* BadassBeard: When he reappeared he had a very full beard.
* GadgeteerGenius: Once he discovered Mt. Charteris, decided to fiddle with the local machinery and even make trinkets for the Thunderbolts in secret.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: He hoped to be embraced by the Thunderbolts for helping them. Instead, Techno got the laurels once he [[CaptureAndReplicate knocked out Ogre, put him in a hypersleep chamber and took his identity]]. Ogre didn't take it well, as once he woke up, he hid deep into Mt. Charteris and angrily told the Thunderbolts that he wasn't willing to take any risks.
* PurpleIsPowerful: His costume is mostly purple and violet.
%%* SuperIntelligence

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Citizen V III / Atlas II / Vantage]]
!!Citizen V III / Atlas II / Vantage
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[[caption-width-right:281:Dallas Riordan]]
[[caption-width-right:281:[[labelnote:Click here to see as Citizen V]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/3513399_thunderbolts04201.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:281:[[labelnote:Click here to see as Vantage]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vantage_atlas_citizen_v_marvel_comics_thunderbolts_dallas_riordan_e.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]

->'''AKA:''' Dallas Riordan
->'''Debut:''' ''Thunderbolts'' Vol. 1, #1

Dallas Riordan's father and most of her family were police officers so it was natural for her to go into the 'family business'. After some time with the NYPD she became an aide to the mayor of New York City. When the Thunderbolts appeared after the disappearances of ComicBook/TheAvengers and the ComicBook/FantasticFour, the city embraced them as their new hero team so the mayor appointed Dallas as liaison between his office and the new team of "heroes".

Dallas quickly began a flirtatious relationship with Atlas, and the two were dating when the team was outed as villains. In order to save face, the mayor chose to blame Dallas for leading him astray and promptly fired her. A short time later, Dallas was approached by Roger Aubrey of the V-Battalion and he offered her the role as their main field operative Citizen V (the original Citizen V, John Watkins, was a Golden Age hero murdered by Helmut's father Baron Heinrich Zemo). Furious over the way her life had been destroyed by the Thunderbolts, Dallas decided to take down Zemo and the Thunderbolts herself.

After coming into conflict with the Thunderbolts many times, and changing identities more than once, she came to acquire a mutual respect for the team members (except Zemo), and would eventually end up joining the team as Vantage (ostensibly to keep an eye on Zemo, and kill him if he gave her reason to).
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* DatingCatwoman: Gender Inverted, but she technically was doing this when she was in a relationship with Erik, who at the time was still pretending to be a hero.
* FieryRedhead: She has red hair and can be hot-tempered when angered enough.
* LegacyCharacter: Third Citizen V after Zemo's exposure.
* {{Meganekko}}: Wears round glasses.
* StatuesqueStunner: She's 5'10"/178cm tall, and while shorter than Erik, she's still taller than Melissa and barely shorter than Karla.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Amazon / Man-Killer]]
!!Amazon / Man-Killer
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[[caption-width-right:281:Amazon]]
[[caption-width-right:281:[[labelnote:Click here to see as Man-Killer]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/667622_man_killer.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]

->'''AKA:''' Katrina van Horn
->'''Debut:''' ''Marvel Team-Up'' Vol. 1, #8

Katrina was a professional skier with what seemed to be a highly promising career ahead. She was challenged to a race by Karl Lubbings, a rival skier that wanted to prove her supposed inferiority to the males of the field. Karl "accidentally" crashed into her, sending them both off a cliff, with Karl dying in the fall and Katrina left scarred and crippled. She was contacted by a militant group of feminists who provided her with an exoskeleton, allowing her to walk again and increasing her strength tremendously. Taking the name Man-Killer, she sought to take revenge against the world of men.

Later she would resurface, now free of her exoskeleton, facing off against the Thunderbolts as a member of the reformed Masters of Evil. After the group dissolved, she was offered a position on the Thunderbolts, where she hit it off with fellow teammate Skein.
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* AmazonianBeauty: A 7'0" tall, 282 lb. red haired, blue-eyed beauty.
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: After Zemo gives her some Pym Particles.
* BrawnHilda: She's not that attractive as Man-Killer, although her appearance improves a bit as Amazon.
* ButchLesbian: Later revealed to be this, and has a clear attraction to her teammate Skein.
* CareerEndingInjury: A champion skier forced out of the sport when a rival caused her to crash off a cliff, breaking her back.
* {{Cyborg}}: originally used an exoskeleton to grant her mobility and superhuman strength and durability.
* DeadlyDisc: Man-Killer formerly carried razor-edged discs that she threw with great force and accuracy.
* DependingOnTheWriter: Her sexuality, and her hatred of men.
** In her initial pre-T-Bolts appearances, she was portrayed as a misandrist, even going so far as to destroy her own exoskeleton (which allows her to walk) upon discovering it was designed by a man. All subsequent writers have toned this down, but the extent to which they do varies. Taken to the opposite extreme in the [[DorkAge Fight Club Era]], where she become a StrawHypocrite, where despite her [[DoesNotLikeMen claims to the contrary]], she very clearly has a sexual attraction to her male teammates and seems to [[InLoveWithYourCarnage get off]] to the violence they make. Fans (and writers) [[FanonDiscontinuity tend to ignore this portrayal]] in particular.
** Fabien Nicieza wrote her as having an attraction to her teammate Skein, despite her showing no clear attraction to women (or anyone) previously.
* DoesNotLikeMen: Atlas being the only exception.
* EvilRedhead: A fanatical man-hater with fiery red hair.
* FieryRedhead: Often lets her anger overwhelm her.
* FreudianExcuse: Her hatred for men was spawned by an encounter with a misogynistic athlete which led to her being paralyzed. That the athlete in question died of his injuries before she could confront him prevented her from getting any kind of closure, causing her to shift her hatred from him to all men in general. That she was given help by a StrawFeminist terrorist group at the time probably influenced her as well.
* TheLadette: After joining the Masters of Evil, having ditched the StrawFeminist angle, she is portrayed as this. She was even a member of the [[DorkAge Fight-Club Era]] team because she loved fighting so much, and while more prone to picking fights with them, she does seem to be somewhat receptive to some of her male teammates advances.
** Upon joining the T-Bolts, these elements are toned down somewhat. [[{{Retcon}} Also she's only attracted to women]].
* LesbianJock: Used to be a professional skier.
* SizeShifter: Thanks to her use of Pym Particles, she can increase her size at will.
* StatuesqueStunner
* SuperStrength: Man-Killer possesses superhuman strength, enabling her to lift around 75 tons at her normal size.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Tomboy to Skein's girly girl.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Blackheath / Plantman]]
!!Blackheath / Plantman
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[[caption-width-right:281:Blackheath]]
[[caption-width-right:281:[[labelnote:Click here to see as Plantman]]:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/plantman_marvel_comics_b.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]

->'''AKA:''' Samuel "Sam" Smithers
->'''Debut:''' ''Strange Tales'' Vol. 1, #113

Samuel Smithers wanted to try to find a way for humans to communicate with plant life. With his work not taken seriously, Smithers was reduced to taking a job as a gardener. [[LightningCanDoAnything When a bolt of lightning struck Smithers' experimental device, he developed the ability to control and animate plant life.]] Seeking revenge against those who laughed at him and took his job away, Smithers became Plantman.

Blackheath eventually joined up with the Thunderbolts for some time before they disbanded. At this time, his plantlike powers had taken a new take and Samuel had become more plantlike. He then changed his name into Blackheath.
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* AlliterativeName: '''S'''amuel '''S'''mithers.
* GreenThumb: Is able to control plants.
* PlantPerson: His powers have evolved so much he's nowadays more plant than human.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Cyclone III]]
!!Cyclone
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->'''AKA:''' Pierre Fresson
->'''Debut:''' ''Thunderbolts'' Vol. 1, #3

The third person to bare the name Cyclone, Fresson was a member of Justine Hammer's first incarnation of the Masters of Evil and battled the Thunderbolts and other heroes on numerous occasions. He also has his own family in the Maggia organization. He later joined the Thunderbolts when most of the team were presumed dead.
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* BlowYouAway: His suit gives him the ability to generate and control cyclonic winds.
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: All of his powers are derived from his suit.
* FrenchJerk: French and not particularly nice.
* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: His powers are based on cyclones.
* LegacyCharacter: Fresson is the third villain to use the Cyclone name and suit.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Harrier / Cardinal]]
!!Harrier / Cardinal
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[[caption-width-right:281:Harrier]]
[[caption-width-right:281:[[labelnote:Click here to see as Cardinal]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/7fad11dccd03f14b400b3316aa695cfa.png[[/labelnote]]]]

->'''AKA:''' Donald "Don" Clendenon
->'''Debut:''' ''The New Warriors'' Vol. 1, #28

A veteran of the Vietnam War, Donald Clendenon was able to procure a powerful suit of armor and takes up the name Cardinal and worked as a bodyguard and mercenary, where he and his employers frequently came into conflict with the Comicbook/NewWarriors. Later, after the death of his daughter, he was tricked by the Crimson Cowl into believing that Hawkeye was responsible for her death. Hawkeye was able to prove his innocence and convinced Donald to give up his life of crime. He took on the name Harrier to distance himself from his old life.
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* AnimalThemeNaming: The Cardinal, and later the Harrier.
* BlackAndNerdy: Is an engineer who is very interested in the technical specs of his suit.
* HeelFaceTurn: As a member of the ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}.
* HiredGuns: Is purely a mercenary.
* OldSoldier: A Vietnam Vet.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: His daughter Valerie Bernhart was killed during a fight with Graviton.
* PowerArmor: Derives all of his powers from it.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: His Cardinal armor is black and red.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Skein / Gypsy Moth]]
!!Skein / Gypsy Moth
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[[caption-width-right:281:Skein]]
[[caption-width-right:281:[[labelnote:Click here to see as Gypsy Moth]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/90964_135738_gypsy_moth.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]
->'''AKA:''' Sybil Dvorak
->'''Debut:''' ''Spider-Woman'' Vol. 1, #10

Sybil Dvorak was born in Focşani, Romania. She was raised by Gypsies and spent much of her time alone gardening. She was born a mutant, with the ability to telekinetically manipulate and control materials with her mind. She especially liked manipulating fiber, as it felt pleasant to her mental touch while hard objects felt uncomfortable to her. A loner, she wove herself gossamer wings. At one point she served as the leader of her own cult, calling herself Sybarite, but she was thwarted by ComicBook/SpiderWoman.

She has served on many super villain teams over the year, including the Nightshift and the Masters of Evil. It was as a member of the latter that she encountered Hawkeye's Thunderbolts, where she decided to switch sides because [[ItAmusedMe she thought it would be fun]]. She left the team shortly after for the same reason, as it stopped "amusing her."
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* AmazonBrigade: For a time she served at the Femizons and later she was part of the Initiative team the Women Warriors.
* AnimalThemeNaming: The Gypsy Moth
* DepravedBisexual: Has shown sexual interest in both sexes.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Her Skein costume was designed to have this effect.
* FemmeFatale: Often uses her looks to seduce targets.
* TheHedonist: She once took on the name of Sybarite and started a hedonistic cult. "Sybarite" paid her followers illegal drugs in return for soft garments and animal bodies, which they stole and scavenged from various sources.
* HotGypsyWoman: Was originally a naïve Gypsy girl whose beauty was enough to captivate a Hollywood star and make him bring her to America.
* ItAmusedMe: Her reason for joining the Thunderbolts.
* LipstickLesbian: She's bisexual and far more feminine than her teammate Man-Killer.
* MindOverMatter: Has the ability to telekinetically manipulate materials and objects with her mind.
* {{Mutant}}: The source of her powers. She's one of the less than 200 mutants to keep their powers after M-Day.
* PowerFloats: By concentrating, she can levitate herself and move through the air as if she were swimming.
* SecondaryColorNemesis: Her original outfit as Gypsy Moth was mostly orange. As Skein she prefers mostly black costumes.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Her original Skein costume showed so much skin, she's practically topless except for some strategically placed fabric. Subsequent outfits are a bit more modest, but still show a lot of cleavage.
* UsefulNotes/{{Romani}}: Was born in Romania and raised by gypsies.
[[/folder]]

!"New Thunderbolts" Members

After the failed "Fightbolts" {{Retool}}, the comic was relaunched in 2005 with a new #1 as "The New Thunderbolts". The series brought back several longtime series favorites like Atlas, MACH-IV and Songbird and allied them with a brand new team. The series would last for 18 issues before returning to it's original numbering for the landmark 100th issue, with subsequent issues numbered accordingly.

[[folder:Blizzard II]]
!! Blizzard II
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2706097_tumblr_mdlthjgg8h1qiknbco1_500_3.jpg]]

->'''AKA:''' Donald Gill
->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' Vol.1, #223

Constantly striving to prove himself to his peers, Donald Gill has wavered between being a lousy frequently defeated crook and a hero desperate to be worthy of the title. Despite all of this, the man behind the mask has a kind heart and only wants to be accepted by those around him.

See [[Characters/IronManEnemies here]] for related tropes.
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* AnIcePerson

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Genis-Vell]]
!!Genis-Vell
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[[caption-width-right:250:Photon]]
[[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote:Click here to see as Captain Marvel]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/250px_capitanmarvel3.png[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote:Click here to see as Legacy]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/captain_marvel_marvel_comics_genis_vell_legacy_d.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote:Click here to see Solo Series Appearance]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2360824_tumblr_m4fw62wp3h1rtl0c4o1_1280.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]

->'''AKA:''' Captain Marvel, Photon, Legacy, Marv, Fredd
->'''Debut:''' ''Silver Surfer'' Annual #6

Cloned from the DNA of the Kree warrior Mar-Vell, Genis-Vell was implanted with FalseMemories making him believe he was instead Starfox's son and artificially aged to protect him from Mar-Vell's enemies. He inherited the title of Captain Marvel eventually, yet Genis succumbed to madness of Cosmic Awareness as he became nearly omnipotent and sought to "fix" the Universe. He redeemed himself afterwards and became part of the Thunderbolts where he took the title of Photon and was killed by Baron Zemo.
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* DeaderThanDead: Zemo cut him up into pieces, then scattered those pieces throughout time.
* FashionDissonance: Genis is able to change his appearance at will, and does so specifically to try and avoid this. Even he is embarrassed by how he [[IWasQuiteAFashionVictim used to dress]].
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith
* AGodAmI: When you have access to the Power Cosmic, it's not much of a stretch to consider your self as such.
* IWasQuiteAFashionVictim: In series, Genis himself acknowledges what fans had been saying for years -- the Legacy costume was the epitome of tacky.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: By Baron Zemo no less]].
* OutdatedOutfit: The Legacy suit: a high collared, high waisted jumpsuit straight out of a 1980's music video -- in 1994.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Joystick]]
!!Joystick
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->'''AKA:''' Janice Olivia Yanizeski
->'''Debut:''' ''The Amazing Scarlet Spider'' #2

There is hardly any information about Janice Yanizeski's early life or how she got her powers but what is known is that her father was a degenerate gambler who told her the family creed, “always have a card to play.” Before she left for college she assisted a mob boss steal money from her father and in return her life would be spared.

She attended the University of Arizona and led a normal, quiet life that she detested so one day she decided to do something about her boring life. She dropped out of college and disappeared for nearly three years and returned under the name “ Joystick” with enhanced physical abilities.

Joystick joined the new team of Thunderbolts but butted heads with the group while trying to save the world and defeat enemies. She eventually sold out the team to side with the Grandmaster in his plot to take over the world.

For her tropes, see her folder in [[Characters/SpiderManRoguesGalleryIToZ Spider-Man's rogues gallery]] page.
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[[/folder]]

[[folder:Speed Demon]]
!!Speed Demon
[[quoteright:281:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/speed_demon_marvel_comics_spider_man_thunderbolts_a.jpg]]

->'''AKA:''' James Sanders
->'''Debut:''' ''The Avengers'' Vol. 1, #69

Granted extraordinary powers by the Grandmaster, James Sanders was a member of the Squadron Sinister known as Whizzer until he pursued a solo career of crime as Speed Demon. He eventually found himself a member of the Thunderbolts despite being unsure if he even wanted to reform. This indecisiveness came to a head after he was discovered committing crimes in his old guise. He subsequently left the team and rejoined the Squadron Sinister.

See Characters/SquadronSinister for more info.
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[[/folder]]

[[folder:Radioactive Man]]
!!Radioactive Man
[[quoteright:289:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/radioactiveman.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:289:Classic Appearance]]
[[caption-width-right:289:[[labelnote:Click here to see Retool Appearance]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/radioactive_man_marvel_comics_j.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]

->'''AKA:''' Chen Lu
->'''Debut:''' ''Journey Into Mystery'' Vol. 1, #93

A nuclear physicist and Communist agent from the People's Republic of China, Chen Lu is a Chinese superhero who's nationality has seen him come into conflict with American heroes. He has the ability to control and emit deadly forms of radiation.

Originally turning himself into a super being for the [[CaptainPatriotic glory of his country]], he developed a rivalry with [[Comicbook/TheMightyThor Thor]] after the latter formally prevented Chinese expansion into India. Due to his repeated failures in stopping the thunder god, Chen Lu was banished from his homeland, causing him to join up with Zemo's original Master's of Evil. He would eventually be welcomed back to his homeland in order to serve as an agent of Communist expansion, though he still occasionally worked alongside Zemo.

After [[TheGreatPoliticsMessUp the fall of the Soviet Union]] and the coming relations between China and the US, Chen Lu [[PutOnABus disappeared for several years]] only to return again, seeking a new purpose in life. Having never seen himself as a true villain to begin with, Chen Lu made a quick and easy adjustment to the Thunderbolts, often serving as the voice of reason amongst his more hot-headed peers.
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* BaldOfEvil: Radiation made his hair fall off, and he was villainous for a long time.
* CaptainPatriotic: His early appearances had shades of this, with him often rambling on about the superiority of Chinese science and technology, and only initially challenged Thor to show Chinese superiority.
* EvilGenius: He's an expert on radiation and nuclear physics. He is among the world's foremost authorities on the effects radiation has on human anatomy along with Doctor Octopus.
* HazmatSuit: Is wearing one lately.
* ILoveNuclearPower: Well... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin yeah?]]
* PutOnABus: Disappeared for almost a decade in TheNineties once Communist bad guys became a no-go.
* SicklyGreenGlow: His body is always glowing green thanks to gamma radiation.
* TheSpock: To Songbird's TheKirk.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Nighthawk]]
!!Nighthawk
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->'''AKA:''' Kyle Richmond
->'''Debut:''' ''The Avengers'' Vol. 1, #69

Kyle Richmond was a thrill-seeking playboy who became the costumed adventurer Nighthawk. Starting out as a villain, Richmond soon found altruism a greater pursuit. As Nighthawk, he became mainstay of the Defenders, and has also acted alongside the Squadron Supreme, the Redeemers, and the Initiative.

Kyle, after being confronted by former ally Speed Demon, was approached by both Baron Zemo and the Grand Master to join their respective teams. Kyle joined the Thunderbolts for a short time, but, discovering that he was only brought on for his financial support, he left the team.
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See Comicbook/TheDefenders for more information.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Blackout]]
!!Blackout
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/5859727_img_4049.jpg]]

->'''AKA:''' Marcus Daniels
->'''Debut:''' ''Nova'' Vol. 1, #18

Blackout is a super-villain who can manipulate Darkforce matter and energy and open portals to the Darkforce Dimension. He formerly worked alongside Moonstone and subsequently joined the Masters of Evil, then led by Zemo. Presumed dead after a prolonged battle, he was revealed years later to be only brain-dead, and kept by Zemo as a source of power and access to the Darkforce Dimension. He would subsequently, if briefly, join the Thunderbolts.
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See [[Characters/NovaEnemies here]] for more info.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Smuggler]]
!!Smuggler
[[quoteright:290:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/smuggler_marvel_comics_thunderbolts_conrad_josten.jpg]]
->'''AKA:''' Conrad Josten
->'''Debut:''' ''Thunderbolts'' Vol. 1, #16

The younger brother of Eric Josten, aka: Atlas. Being the sibling of a know super villain, Conrad's life wasn't easy, and he was often the one who had to deal with his brother's poor choices. After his brother joined the Thunderbolts, Conrad was approached by Henry Peter Gyrich to join his own team of meta-humans, the Redeemers. Conrad accepted and was given a suit which gave him access to the Darkforce Dimension, allowing him to open portals to and travel through the dimension. After a particularly brutal battle with Graviton in which several of his teammates were [[DroppedABridgeOnHim killed]], Conrad was invited to join the then newly reformed Thunderbolts, which he accepted.
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[[/folder]]

[[folder:Swordsman III]]
!!Swordsman III
[[quoteright:290:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2174689_sp4.png]]
[[caption-width-right:290:Swordsman]]
[[caption-width-right:290:[[labelnote:Click here to see as Fenris]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/84455_60950_fenris.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]

->'''AKA:''' Andreas von Strucker, Fenris
->'''Debut:''' ''The Uncanny X-Men'' Vol. 1, #194

Born to Baron Strucker, Andreas Strucker, and his twin sister Andrea, were treated with nothing but apathy and disappointment by their father. Surrounded by Nazis, terrorists and other war criminals, the twins grew up with a rather twisted view on the world. Later, discovering they were both mutants with the ability to fire bio-electric blasts when they were in contact with each other, the twins became costumed supervillains collectively called Fenris. Andreas and his sister were minor pests and nuisances to various superheroes, namely the ComicBook/XMen.

Andreas von Strucker abandoned his life of evil following the death of his sister. Choosing to become a better man, he became the superhero Swordsman and joined the Thunderbolts. While Andreas wasn't driven by any desire to be an actual hero, he was determined to be the opposite of everything he had been beforehand.
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* BaldOfEvil: When driven particularly nutty by some psychic infiltrators, he shaves his head.
* IncestSubtext: With his sister Andrea. He even goes so far as the ''wrap the hilt of his sword in her skin'' so that they will never truly be apart (also so that, through skin contact, he still has access to his bio-electric powers). That said, Andreas actually bristles at the suggestion they've slept together.
* KilledOffForReal: In ''Dark Reign: The Cabal'', Norman Osborn runs him through with his own sword, then chucks him down Thunderbolts Mountain.
* TheUnfavourite: Not that Baron Strucker has ''any'' particular favourite kids. They're all the unfavorite. But his reaction to learning Norman Osborn had killed Andreas was just "I owe you for that."
[[/folder]]

!Norman Osborn's Thunderbolts Members

Starting with issue #110, the book saw a massive Retool and were taken in a bold new direction. Coming off of the heels of Marvel's Comicbook/CivilWar, the Thunderbolts were sanctioned by the government as a super-human task force, with it's members hunting down super heroes who fail to comply with the SuperRegistrationAct. Written by Creator/WarrenEllis, the book was given a DarkerAndEdgier overhaul, with several new additions to the team.

[[folder:Green Goblin / Iron Patriot]]
!![[ComicBook/NormanOsborn Green Goblin / Iron Patriot]]
[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/iron_patriot_armor_model_1.jpg]]

->'''AKA:''' Norman Virgil Osborn
->'''Debut:''' ''The Amazing Spiderman'' Vol. 1, #14

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Bullseye / Hawkeye]]
!![[ComicBook/BullseyeMarvelComics Bullseye / Hawkeye]]
[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mvatb71601.jpg]]
->'''AKA:''' Lester, Benjamin Poindexter
->'''Debut:''' ''Daredevil'' Vol. 1, #131

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Venom III / Scorpion I]]
!![[ComicBook/MacGargan Venom III / Scorpion I]]
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/macdonald_gargan_venom__1.jpg]]
->'''AKA:''' Macdonald "Mac" Gargan
->'''Debut:''' ''The Amazing Spiderman'' Vol. 1, #19

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Speedball / Penance]]
!!Speedball / Penance
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/141835_92024_robbie_baldwin.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:Penance]]
[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see as Speedball]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/226489_90493_robbie_baldwin.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]

->'''AKA:''' Robert "Robbie" Baldwin
->'''Debut:''' ''Marvel Age Annual'' #4

Created by Creator/SteveDitko, Robert "Robbie" Baldwin was just your average fun-loving teenager before getting caught in a freak lab accident which granted him kinetic-based superpowers. Calling himself Speedball, he became a teen crimefighter in the view of one of Ditko's more [[Franchise/SpiderMan famous characters]]. He would go on to be one of the founding members of the Comicbook/NewWarriors.

However, the good times were not to last. During the filming of a reality shown Stanford, Connecticut, the New Warriors, in a battle with the villain Nitro, accidentally caused the deaths of over 600 innocent civilians, inadvertently kicking off the Marvel Comicbook/CivilWar. As the only survivor of the accident, Robbie was blamed by the public for what happened, and was sent to prison.

Suffering from sever PTSD, and having lost control of his powers, Robbie fell into a depression and took to cutting himself (the only way he could still tap into his powers). Having sunk to his lowest point, he was contacted by Norman Osborn, then leader of the Thunderbolts who gave him an ultimatum: join the team, or rot in jail. Taking the offer, Robbie dropped himself in a new suit and took the name Penance.

Tropes below refer to the Penance persona. Tropes regarding Speedball and the New Warriors belong on [[Characters/NewWarriors their own page]].
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* BarrierWarrior: As Speedball. As Penance, he is...
* TheBerserker: In contrast to Speedball, who the BarrierWarrior.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: In his Speedball persona, he may look ridiculous with his costume, powers and his attitude but he has proven himself a badass at times. When Hummingbird reads his mind in ''New Warriors'' Vol. 5 (when he's apparently back in full FunPersonified mode), she sees the deadly serious Penance persona warning her never to do that again.
* CharacterDevelopment: After becoming Penance as a harmful way of dealing with his grief, Robbie begins his tenure on the Thunderbolts as a sniveling wreck, nearly unable to even function, let alone be an asset on missions. Over the course of the run he goes to a shrink and learns how to deal with his grief in a productive way, finally tearing down the mental blocks he had created preventing him from using his powers. By the time he has left the Thunderbolts (after Osborn is dethroned) he is back to his old self again. He manages to track down the one truly responsible for the Stanford disaster, Nitro, and forces him to wear the Penance suit as punishment for his crimes. While this does provide some karmic retribution, it does little to alleviate Robbie's grief, further reinforcing the message that the DarkerAndEdgier approach won't actually solve his problems, and only time and self healing will.
* DarkerAndEdgier: To an almost ridiculous extreme.
* DependingOnTheWriter: Warren Ellis depicted him as a quiet, almost entirely shattered wreck. When Jenkins did him for a one-shot during Ellis' run, he wrote Robbie as just being apathetic and kind of ditzy.
* HandBlast: His powers as Penance which he had to hurt himself to work.
* FunPersonified: Used to be this, until he went to prison. Some of his old personality manages to peek through in some of his therapy sessions with Doc Savage.
** MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After the Stamford incident, courtesy of Comicbook/CivilWar, Speedball became the grim & gritty hero Penance, blaming himself for the incident, and becoming a psychological trainwreck. Later though, he gets better to an extent, and this leads to...
** TheAtoner: He becomes Speedball again and joins the Avengers, as an instructor at Comicbook/AvengersAcademy, trying to give the the students the proper guidance they need so that anything like Stamford won't happen again. He still has some issues to work through though. (Such as cutting himself.)
* MeaningfulRename: Speedball to Penance.
* NamesTheSame: ComicBook/GenerationX had a team member named Penance who came and went long before Robbie took the name.
* PsychoactivePowers: Revealed in the Creator/WarrenEllis run; after the Stamford disaster, Robbie discovered [[DiscardAndDraw his powers had changed]] and now only worked when he was in pain. Cue the iron maiden styled combat suit. Except, Doc Samson pointed out that people who cut themselves process pain abnormally; the adrenaline rush of self-mutilation triggers an endorphin reaction, in effect making them ''high''. Thus, his powers have the same trigger as always; he can't use them unless he's happy. As the FunPersonified character he had been before ComicBook/CivilWar, it makes some sense that this had previously not been noticed. Discovering this helps him start overcoming his depression.
* TheQuietOne: In stark contrast to his previous jokester attitude, Penance rarely ever speaks.
* ResetButton: By the end of ''Comicbook/DarkReign'', he is back to his Speedball persona. Considering how poorly his change to Penance was received, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools this was probably for the best]]. See CharacterDevelopment above.
* SadClown: After giving up the Penance persona, he becomes this.
* SelfHarm: Part of the fallout from the Stamford incident was him picking up this habit, with his Penance suit actually being powered by it. Even after he goes back to being Speedball he still does this to cope with his feelings of guilt.
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted, though not through lack of trying. Doc Samson is hired by Norman Osborn and assigned as Robbie's shrink, but only so as to fake his psych evaluation. Unfortunately for Osborn, Samson actually cared about Robbie's condition. He worked with Robbie for several months helping him come to terms with his grief, and helped him regain his Speedball powers (the latter of which he kept hidden from Osborn, hoping that Robbie would use his newfound confidence and returned abilities to undermine Osborn's schemes).
* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: How Robbie Baldwin got his Penance powers. Basically after he had survived the explosion but seemingly lost his Speedball powers, Robbie spent many days tormented in prison until the Penance powers came to life when he had a near-death experience from being shot on the way to court.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Speedball was about 15 when he joined the New Warriors, he looked like he was at least 18 or early 20s when he is in his superhero persona. After joining the Thunderbolts, while he is over 18, due to the trauma he experienced in the months leading up to his transformation into Penance, he looks at least 10 years older.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Andrea von Strucker]]
!!Andrea von Strucker
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/5844059_img_3710.jpg]]

->'''AKA:''' Fenris
->'''Debut:''' ''The Uncanny X-Men'' Vol. 1, #194
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* ClonesArePeopleToo: The version who serves on the team is a clone created by Armin Zola. Andreas treats her as he would the original, which would ''almost'' be a redeeming trait, if not for...
* IncestSubtext: They are ''way'' too close to one another, even if their powers didn't require them to be in physical contact.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: She lasts a few issues. Then Bullseye does what Bullseye does.

[[/folder]]

![[Comicbook/DarkReign Dark Reign]] Members

Post ''Comicbook/SecretInvasion'', Osborn is made the head of all government superheroes, "officially" disbanding the Thunderbolts and setting up his own team of [[Comicbook/DarkAvengers Avengers]] made up of former team members. He assembles an off-the-books black-ops team to perform missions that are considered too sensitive or gritty for his team to carry out. This iteration would end with issue #143.

[[folder:Ant-Man III / Black Ant]]
!!Ant-Man III / Black Ant
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/black_ant.jpg]]
->'''AKA:''' Eric O'Grady
->'''Debut:''' ''The Irredeemable Ant-Man'' #1
----
See the ComicBook/AntMan page.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Black Widow]]
!!Black Widow
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yelena_belova.jpg]]
->'''AKA:''' Yelena [=Belova/Natasha=] Romanova
->'''Debut:''' ''Inhumans'' #5[=/=]''Tales of Suspense'' #52

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ghost]]
!!Ghost
[[quoteright:340:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ghost_2528earth_6162529_from_thunderbolts_vol_1_133_001.jpg]]
->'''AKA:''' "John Morley"
->'''Debut:''' ''Iron Man'' Vol. 1, #219
----
See [[Characters/IronManEnemies Iron Man Villains]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Headsman]]
!!Headsman
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2278768_2278765_thunderbolt_9.jpg]]
->'''AKA:''' Cleavon Twain
->'''Debut:''' ''Untold Tales of Spider-Man'' #8

Headsman was a employee of Norman Osborn. After successive failed attempts at defeating a certain wall-crawling superhero, he joined Norman Osborn's black ops Thunderbolts team.
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* AnAxeToGrind: Fittingly he has a huge executioner's axe as weapon.
* BadassMustache: Beneath the mask he has a long mustache.
* BoomHeadshot: Killed this way by the Scourge when he had an hypnotic suggestion triggered to kill Norman Osborn. Scourge shot through a hologram and hit him instead.
* InTheHood: Has an executioner's hood that also comes with a mask that hides his face.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Wears a purple hood.
* RedeemingReplacement: His brother Cody Twain intended to become one for his brother; [[AbortedArc sadly it never came to be]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Paladin]]
!!Paladin
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1514613_12_h4hv2003__var_cov.jpg]]
->'''AKA:''' Paul Dennis (alias)
->'''Debut:''' ''Daredevil'' Vol. 1, #150

A benevolent and honorable mercenary. Paladin has frequently fought alongside superheroes against some of his dubious employers.
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* BadassNormal: No apparent powers, only lots of skill and training.
* CoolShades: His helmet usually has red tinted shades.
* MysteriousPast: Nobody knows about Paladin's early life, not even his real name.
* NobleDemon: He might be a mercenary, but he prefers to use non-lethal weapons and he's rather honorable most of the time. He even turned on Norman Osborn's agenda during ''Siege''.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Always. Paladin's side is whoever's bankrolling him. Osborn just happens to pay money.
* PurpleIsPowerful: His default outfit has purple in it.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mister X]]
!!Mister X
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mr_x_from_wolverine_vs_mr_x_vol_1_1d.jpg]]
->'''Debut:''' ''Wolverine'' Vol. 1, #159
An assassin and serial killer, Mister X is notably dangerous because he possesses low-level telepathic abilities that allow him to read his opponents' minds in combat and predict their moves accordingly.
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* BerserkButton: Mister X hates being deprived of a kill or defeated, which is the main reason for his vendetta against Franchise/{{Wolverine}}, the one foe he literally ''cannot'' defeat in combat as Wolverine either lets himself go berserk to negate X's advantage or relies on his HealingFactor rather than actually fighting X.
* CripplingOverspecialization: X's reliance on his telepathy means that he can be defeated if facing an opponent who ''doesn't'' think, such as Wolverine provoking himself into a berserker state of mind.
* ForTheEvulz: Mister X has taken on various contract assassinations just because he likes killing people.
* LogicalWeakness: In addition to aforementioned overspecialization, his telepathy also has two other drawbacks - he can read the minds of his enemies, but he's still got the reaction times of a human, and he also has to be able to understand the thoughts he's reading, so if they belong to someone smarter than him, like ComicBook/AmadeusCho... there's not a thing he can really do.
* SinisterShades: He's almost never seen without a pair.
* TattooedCrook: His body is covered in tattoos.
* WeakButSkilled: While a skilled fighter, Mister X is physically only human, with the result that he was [[spoiler:defeated by ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}} because Pietro moves too fast for Mister X to counter him]].
* WouldHurtAChild: Mister X once tried to lure Wolverine in to fight him by taking a kindergarten class hostage.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Nuke / Scourge]]
!!Nuke / Scourge
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thunderbolts_vol_1_131_variant_clint_langley.jpg]]
->'''AKA:''' Frank Charles Simpson
->'''Debut:''' ''Daredevil'' Vol. 1, #232
See [[Characters/DaredevilEnemies here]] for related tropes.
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* AxCrazy
* {{Foil}}: To US Agent, who's also a supersoldier, but while John is a colossal jerkass at the best of times, he's not a complete maniac like Nuke. Appropriately, John's horrified when he learns who Scourge actually is.
* KillItWithFire: US Agent tries doing this to him, but Simpson's too tough.
* TheLeader: Norman makes him the team's leader.
* {{Malevolent Masked M|en}}an: As Scourge.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Grizzly]]
!!Grizzly
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/3477543_grizz.jpg]]
->'''AKA:''' Maxwell Markham
->'''Debut:''' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' Vol. 1, #139

----
See [[Characters/SpiderManRoguesGalleryAToH here]] for more info.
[[/folder]]

![[FanNickname Cagebolts]] Members

Following the downfall of Norman Osborn and his associates at H.A.M.M.E.R., the Thunderbolts, now stationed at the Raft super villain prison, serve as an inmate rehabilitation project. Led by Comicbook/{{Luke Cage|HeroForHire}}, they are a team put together to try to set a number of villains on the path to redemption while giving a place to those who already have switched sides. Starting with issue #175, the book was retitled ''Comicbook/DarkAvengers'' Vol. 2.

[[folder:Luke Cage]]
!!ComicBook/{{Luke Cage|HeroForHire}}
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cage_tbolts.jpg]]
->'''AKA:''' Carl Lucas
->'''Debut:''' ''Hero for Hire'' #1

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Crossbones]]
!!Crossbones
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thunderbolts14602.jpg]]
->'''AKA:''' Brock Rumlow
->'''Debut:''' ''Captain America'' Vol. 1, #359
----
See the [[Characters/CaptainAmericaCentralRoguesGallery Captain America villains]] page.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Juggernaut]]
!!Juggernaut
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/juggernaut43.jpg]]
->'''AKA:''' Cain Marko
->'''Debut:''' ''The X-Men'' Vol. 1, #12
----
See ComicBook/JuggernautMarvelComics.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Man-Thing]]
!!ComicBook/ManThing
[[quoteright:211:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/man_thing_7.jpg]]
->'''AKA:''' Theodore Sallis
->'''Debut:''' ''Savage Tales'' Vol. 1, #1

[[/folder]]

[[folder:U.S. Agent]]
!!ComicBook/USAgent
[[quoteright:237:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/usagent.jpg]]
->'''AKA:''' John Walker
->'''Debut:''' ''Captain America'' Vol. 1, #323
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Hyperion]]
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hyperionzhibran.jpg]]

* AintTooProudToBeg: He pleads with the others when they turn the nanochain on him. Since he's dealing with Moonstone and Ghost, they're not at all sympathetic to his cries.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Pretends to be helpful and friendly. The minute things go wrong, he turns on the team.
* CaptainErsatz: As with all Hyperions, he's one for ''Franchise/{{Superman}}''. Although, since he's an evil Hyperion, this'd probably make him an expy of Superman's EvilCounterpart Ultraman.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Puts on mocking airs after he gets ahold of the nanochain device.
* LaserGuidedKarma: After betraying the team, he's zapped with argonite, and left to the mercies of Man-Thing's touch.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Calls Juggernaut a "mongoloid" (retarded) as he beats him up.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mr. Hyde]]
!!Mr. Hyde
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mr_hyde_2.jpg]]
->'''AKA:''' Calvin Zado
->'''Debut:''' ''Journey into Mystery'' Vol. 1, #99
----
See Characters/TheMightyThorEnemies.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Satana]]
!!Satana
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2941627_satana.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:Satana with the Thunderbolts]]
->'''AKA:''' Satana Hellstrom
->'''Debut:''' ''Vampire Tales'' #2
Satana is half-human, half-succubus. She is the daughter of Marduk Kurios, a high level demon who controls multiple hells and sister of Daimon Hellstrom also known as Son of Satan.
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See [[ComicBook/{{Satana}} here]] for related tropes.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Boomerang]]
!!Boomerang
[[quoteright:218:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/3555127_sinistersix009.jpg]]
->'''AKA:''' Fred Myers
->'''Debut:''' ''Tales to Astonish'' Vol. 1, #81
----
See [[Characters/SpiderManCentralRoguesGallery here]] for related tropes.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Centurius]]
!!Centurius
[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1876194_centurius_by_declan_shalvey.jpg]]
->'''AKA:''' Noah Black
->'''Debut:''' ''Nick Fury, Agent of Shield'' Vol. 1, #2

A genius in numerous fields, Centurius discovered ways to evolve living things at an accelerated rate. Using these methods on himself, he is now virtually ageless and seeks to remake the world as he sees fit.
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* BaldOfEvil: His head is shaved.
* InsufferableGenius: He's very confident in his superior intellect.
* OneSteveLimit: His codename is rather similar to Ghost Rider's foe Centurious.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Shocker]]
!!Shocker
[[quoteright:220:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/herman_schultz_earth_616_from_thunderbolts_vol_1_159_0001.jpg]]

->'''AKA:''' Herman Schultz
->'''Debut:''' ''The Amazing Spiderman'' Vol. 1, #46

A career bank robber, Herman Schultz built a DIY battle suit for himself using a set of "Vibro-Shock Gauntlets" that could launch blasts of concentrated air vibrated to high frequencies. Despite defeating Spider-Man in their first encounter - mostly because Peter had a broken arm - Shocker remained a thief and mercenary, acting as a subordinate to more megalomaniacal villains.

Shocker has allied himself with dozens of villains, which only made it inevitable that he'd run into the Thunderbolts. Initially enemies (he worked with Speed Demon while the latter was pulling jobs on the side), he found himself running into them again and again (most prominently as a member of ComicBook/TheHood's criminal organization). After the Hood's gang was disbanded, Herman was offered a chance at rehabilitation alongside other costumed villains at the Raft prison.

See [[Characters/SpiderManCentralRoguesGallery here]] for related tropes.
----

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Troll]]
!!Troll
[[quoteright:283:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/83f22a2d1471ef7c18fdb3f19d9b0cbf_6.jpg]]

->'''AKA:''' Gunna Sijurvald
->'''Debut:''' ''Thunderbolts'' Vol. 1, #145

Gunna's mother was an Asgardian and father was a Troll. Though her mother died, Gunna lived with a wild pack of Trolls and was one day captured by the people of Asgard. Unable to integrate her into civilized life, she was kept in a jail cell with the rest of the trolls until Asgard crashed to the Earth, allowing her to escape. After being captured by the Thunderbolts and taken to the Raft, she formed an attachment with Songbird and was made a part of the B-team.
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* AnAxeToGrind: She uses a magic axe as her main weapon.
* BareYourMidriff: After joining the team.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Only joins the team because Songbird was the first person to not treat her with condescension, anger, or pity.
* TheBerserker: Her main mode of fighting, and her general attitude when [[MoralityChain Songbird]] isn't around.
* BewareTheCuteOnes: Don't let her fuzzy clothes and simple speech fool you, she'll kick your ass and feed it to you.
* FantasticRacism: Troll really hates Asgardians, despite being partly Asgardian herself.
* ImAHumanitarian: While being teased by some of the other female prisoners, she's chidingly asked if she eats humans. Her response? "Aye." Given the circumstances, she might have been joking. Maybe.
* LittleMissBadass: She's small yet hits very hard.
* {{Moe}}: DependingOnTheArtist, she can either come off as this or UglyCute.
* MoralityChain: Songbird serves as her's, and it's thanks to her that she begins to make connections with other people.
* PeltsOfTheBarbarian: Her usual manner of dress.
* TheQuietOne: Troll doesn't say much.
* UglyCute: See {{Moe}} above.
* WolverineClaws: Her suit has a pair of claws, made from the finger bones of monsters she's slain.
* YouNoTakeCandle: Troll speak in small sentences of broken English.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Troll, due to her viciousness and [[PeltsOfTheBarbarian style of dress]], was initially mistaken for much older (and human), and is sent to an all-female prison. After Thor explains her origins (and age), the guards are left in a difficult situation as it would be unethical (and illegal) to keep a minor imprisoned with adults, but [[BewareTheCuteOnes as she has already established herself a top dog]] of the prison, it would be just as unethical to ''release'' her.

[[/folder]]

!ComicBook/MarvelNOW Members

In 2012, following the Comicbook/AvengersVsXMen comic event, Marvel relaunched and [[{{Retool}} retooled]] a number of it's titles, the Thunderbolts being among them. This new black-ops team, formed by former general [[Comicbook/RedHulk Thunderbolt Ross]], consists of mostly A-list anti-heroes and assassins, selected for their experience in dealing with the worst-of-the-worst and their affinity for "getting the job done." [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Also they're all red.]] The book lasted for 32 issues and an annual.

[[folder:Agent Venom]]
!!Agent Venom
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/agent_venoms_thunderbolts_uniform.jpg]]
->'''AKA:''' Colonel Eugene "Flash" Thompson
->'''Debut:''' ''Amazing Fantasy'' Vol. 1, #15

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Deadpool]]
!!ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/deadpool_11.jpg]]
->'''AKA:''' Wade Wilson
->'''Debut:''' ''The New Mutants'' Vol. 1, #98

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Elektra]]
!!ComicBook/{{Elektra}}
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/elektra.png]]
->'''AKA:''' Elektra Natchios
->'''Debut:''' ''Daredevil'' Vol. 1, #168

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Punisher]]
!!ComicBook/ThePunisher
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/punisher.png]]
->'''AKA:''' Frank Castle
->'''Debut:''' ''The Amazing Spiderman'' Vol. 1, #128

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Red Hulk]]
!!ComicBook/RedHulk
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/red_hulk.jpg]]
->'''AKA:''' Thaddeus E. "Thunderbolt" Ross
->'''Debut:''' ''The Incredible Hulk'' Vol. 1, #1

[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Leader]]
!!The Leader
[[quoteright:340:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thunderbolts_vol_2_28_textless.jpg]]
->'''AKA:''' Samuel Sterns
->'''Debut:''' ''Tales to Astonish'' Vol. 1, #62
----
See Characters/IncredibleHulkCentralRoguesGallery
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mercy]]
!!Mercy
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->'''AKA:''' Abigail Mercy Wright
->'''Debut:''' ''The Incredible Hulk'' Vol. 1, #338
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See Characters/IncredibleHulkCentralRoguesGallery
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!!ComicBook/GhostRider
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->'''AKA:''' Jonathan "Johnny" Blaze
->'''Debut:''' ''Marvel Spotlight'' #5

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!Comicbook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel Members

Starting in 2016, a new team of Thunderbolts has assembled, this time led by Comicbook/BuckyBarnes and featuring the entire founding cast line-up (minus Zemo), as well as new member Kobik. The book serves as a companion piece to ''Comicbook/CaptainAmericaSteveRogers'', as well as a prequel to ''Comicbook/SecretEmpire''.

[[folder:Bucky Barnes]]
!!ComicBook/BuckyBarnes
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->'''AKA:''' James Buchanan Barnes Junior, The Winter Soldier
->'''Debut:''' ''Captain America Comics'' #1

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!!Kobik
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->'''Debut:''' ''Comicbook/AvengersStandoff: Welcome to Pleasant Hill'' #1

A combination of Cosmic Cube fragments that assumed the shape of a little girl. Initially used by S.H.I.E.L.D. to create Pleasant Hill. She was later "reunited" with the ComicBook/RedSkull who, under the guise of her father, manipulates her into reshaping reality to his liking. She is later "recovered" by S.H.I.E.L.D. and placed under the care of Bucky Barnes, the leader of the reformed Thunderbolts team.
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* LegacyCharacter: She was the psychiatrist of the original Moonstone, [[Characters/CaptainAmericaEnemies Lloyd Bloch]]. Karla messed with his head, then took the moonstone for herself.

See the [[Characters/CaptainAmericaEnemies Captain America villains]] page.

* FrickinLaserBeams: One of the many weapons his armor is equipped with.

* AmicableExes: Even after breaking with Melissa, they still care deeply for each other.

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* TheSmurfettePrinciple: When recruited by Zemo and Kingpin for their newest incarnation of the Thunderbolts, she was the only woman. The same when Fisk hired her as personnel at Ravencroft, she was the only female villain specifically brought.

* AbusiveParents: According to him, his mother sold his dog for drug money.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Challenged Joystick to a fight, thinking his super speed made it a surefire victory. She proceeded to defeat him handily, using his temper against him causing him to strike blindly at her, giving her the [[KneeCapping opening she needed]].
* DirtyCoward: When danger breaks out, there's a good chance that Speed Demon will run.
* EvilKnockOff: Of the heroic Whizzer from the Comicbook/SquadronSupreme Universe.
* FragileSpeedster: Oh does he know it. In a bit of CharacterDevelopment, after [[ALessonInDefeat having his leg broken]], Speed Demon lost his SmugSuper attitude and was more prone to caution when dealing with other super beings. If he's not completely sure he can take someone, he runs.
* FreudianExcuse: It's implied that his mom was a real asshole.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: During his tenure on the Thunderbolts, he was constantly switching sides between Zemo's team, Songbird's team, and the Squadron Sinister.
* {{Jerkass}}: Kind of comes with the territory, but Speed Demon is still a jackass. He spent a good portion of ''The Deadly Foes of Spider-Man'' limited series trying to hit on Boomerang's girlfriend, even when Boomerang was in jail.
* LaserGuidedKarma: After spending the entire book as a {{Jerkass}}, in the pages of ''Thunderbolts'', Speed Demon gets his leg broken by Joystick [[DisproportionateRetribution just because he bet her she couldn't]].
* ManChild: Tends to throw childish fits when he doesn't get his way and acts incredibly immature at times, once getting into a petty argument with a little girl.
* MilesGloriosus: He talks big, but he's always the first person to run for the hills when fights start. Downplayed somewhat in ''Thunderbolts'' as he is just as likely to ''start'' fights as run away from them. Not so much after Joystick [[KneeCapping beats him]].
* PetTheDog: In ''ComicBook/TheSuperiorFoesOfSpiderMan'', Speed Demon ends up growing attached to a puppy [[KickTheDog he stole from a girl]]. When said girl's family put a reward for the puppy's return, he reluctantly returned the dog, but not before making sure that the dog is well-supplied.
* PokeThePoodle: A lot of his crimes come off as this.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Started out fighting Comicbook/TheAvengers and Comicbook/TheDefenders, before moving into Spidey's Rogues Gallery.
* SinisterShades: The goggles on his outfit.
* SmugSuper: Early in his career, due to his super speed, he acted very smug and tended to pick fights with people knowing they could never land a hit on him.
* SoreLoser: Tends to throw fits over being one-upped.
* SuperSpeed: His main power is to run at extreme speeds.

See Characters/IncredibleHulkVillains

See Characters/IncredibleHulkVillains

** Fabien Nicieza wrote her as having an attraction to her teammate Skein, despite her showing no clear attraction to women (or anyone) previously. Whether or not this is a case of SuddenlySexuality, NoBisexuals, etc. is anyones guess.

See Characters/XMenBrotherhoodOfMutants.

See [[Characters/SpiderManRoguesGalleryAToH here]] for related tropes.

See [[Characters/SpiderManRoguesGalleryIToZ here]] for related tropes.

A costume-wearing criminal who is rumored to have cannibalistic tendencies. He went on to join the Masters of Evil and was later appointed to Norman Osborn's Thunderbolts squad to aid them during the Siege of Asgard.

* AlliterativeName: '''Ma'''xwell '''Ma'''rkham.
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: The Grizzly bear, and he wears a power suit that looks like a realistic bear.
* TheAtoner: Recently he's been shown wanting to atone for his past deeds, voluntarily remaining at Ravencroft Institute.
* BearsAreBadNews: His costume gives the appearance and strength of a bear.
* CoolOldGuy: He's one of the older super-villains, and while only middle aged, he's surprisingly pleasant.
* FurAndLoathing: When out of costume he wore furred suits.
* ImAHumanitarian: At least rumored to have cannibalistic tendencies.
* OneSteveLimit: Shared codename with Theodore Winchester, a member of Cable's Six Pick.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: For a time he had a partnership with fellow animal rogue Gibbon.

The 13th Baron in the Zemo bloodline. Helmut followed in the footsteps of his father before him, becoming an enemy of Captain America and the Avengers. In what could be his greatest scheme ever, Helmut masqueraded as Citizen V and led the Thunderbolts to public acclaim in order to conquer the world. In the end, he failed only because his cohorts desired to remain heroes and rebelled against him.

* AristocratsAreEvil: He is an aristocrat and a supervillain, it comes with the territory.
* BrainUploading: He only survived being decapitated because Techno uploaded his consciousness to a computer.
* ButterFace: A RareMaleExample. Zemo has the physique of a handsome and well-proportioned young man, but his face is (''usually'') horrifically disfigured. He gets better once he hijacks the body of his alternate self from Counter-Earth... only for the miniseries ''Avengers/Thunderbolts'' to disfigure his face again. He used Karla's Moonstone to fix that, but when Melissa broke it again...
* TheChessmaster: His position as the leader of the Thunderbolts stems from the fact that he has a brilliant strategic mind, which usually keeps him one step ahead of his enemies.
* DisneyVillainDeath: Many, many times (see NeverFoundTheBody below).
* TheFaceless: He rarely ever removes his mask, due to his [[FacialHorror face being horribly scarred in a accident.]]
* FacialHorror: His head has been slashed up so badly that it's practically a skull, with ribbons of flesh draping over his eyes and sliced-off cheeks and lips. The sight of his face visibly disgusts everyone in the original Thunderbolts.
* GrandTheftMe: After becoming a "ghost", his mind was transferred to the actual son of Citizen V (Techno noted it was basically him playing a joke). That is, until an energy conflict - the V-Batallion tried to teleport Citizen V as the body was being sucked into a portal - made his mind be expelled into Techno's machinery. But given he arrived at Counter-Earth, this meant Zemo could do a literal case of the trope, and took the body of his self from this world.
* JokerImmunity: Unlike his father, he can never seem to be put down for long.
* LegacyCharacter: To his father, Baron Heinrich Zemo XII.
* ManipulativeBastard: Often, but especially during his well-intentioned phase.
* MasterSwordsman: One of the best in the Marvel Universe.
* NeverFoundTheBody: During the run of Thunderbolts alone he was declared dead on ''four separate occasions'', all of which turned out to be false. In each instance, his body was never found. By the fourth time, most of the team just assume he'll turn up eventually [[TheFriendNobodyLikes (not that they want him to)]].
* TokenEvilTeammate: Alongside Techno, he serves as this for the first iteration of Thunderbolts. While most members of the team fall somewhere between TheHero and the AntiHero, Zemo shows no signs of having softened whilst playing-hero, and alongside Techno manages to almost conquer the world and turn it into a [[TheSocialDarwinist Darwinist nightmare]]. He also constantly mocks his teammates for wanting to be heroes, calling them "weak" and "traitors to the cause" when they show the smallest signs of heroism outside of their pubic duties.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: In his mind, at any rate, after some CharacterDevelopment, he becomes determined to take over the world for its own good.

->'''AKA:''' Helmut Zemo
->'''Debut:''' ''Captain America'' Vol.1, #168

->'''Debut:''' ''Strange Tales'' #123 (August 1964) [[note]]As Beetle[[/note]]; ''Incredible Hulk'' #449 (January, 1997) [[note]]As Mach-1[[/note]]; ''Thunderbolts'' #37 (April, 2000) [[note]]As Mach-2[[/note]]; ''Thunderbolts'' #57 (December, 2001) [[note]]As Mach-3[[/note]]; ''New Thunderbolts'' #1 (December, 2004) [[note]]As Mach-IV[[/note]]; ''Thunderbolts'' #144 (July, 2010) [[note]]As Mach-V[[/note]]; ''The Superior Foes of Spider-Man'' #2 (October, 2013) [[note]]As Mach-VII[[/note]]; ''Thunderbolts'' Vol 3 #1 (July, 2016) [[note]]As Mach-X[[/note]]

->'''Debut:''' ''Captain America'' #192 (December 1975) [[note]]As Karla Sofen[[/note]]; ''Incredible Hulk'' #228 (October 1978) [[note]]As Moonstone[[/note]]; ''Incredible Hulk'' #449 (January 1997) [[note]]As Meteorite[[/note]]; ''Dark Avengers'' #1 (March 2009) [[note]]As Ms. Marvel[[/note]]

->'''Debut:''' ''Marvel Two-in-One'' Vol. 1, #54

->'''Debut:''' ''Strange Tales'' Vol. 1, #141

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[[caption-width-right:281:MACH-IV]]

->'''AKA:''' Abner "Abe" Jenkins
->'''Debut:''' ''Strange Tales'' Vol. 1, #123

Growing tired of his mechanic job, Abe Jenkins created a suit of armor and became the Beetle. Originally a criminal, he changed his ways as a member of the Thunderbolts, becoming MACH-1 and achieving legitimacy as a superhero. Serving as a mainstay of the group, he would continue to upgrade his armor, eventually becoming MACH-X (and counting).

* HeelFaceTurn: One of the very few Thunderbolts for whom this has been a genuine success.
* OfficialCouple: With Songbird in the original run.

* PoweredArmor: His trademark, which he continually reinvents over the years.
* PutOnABus: Left the team for a while when Hawkeye convinced him to surrender to the authorities and spend his time in jail as a way to show the Thunderbolts were serious about wanting to be real heroes. He later returned to the team after the Commission on Super-Human Activities tried to use him as a deniable agent.

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[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see as Meteorite]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/6853702_giantman2019003_cov.jpg [[/labelnote]]]]

->'''Debut:''' ''Captain America'' Vol. 1, #192

* CurbStompBattle: In issue 12 of the first series, she's the one who goes after Baron Zemo when the the Thunderbolts try to free Earth's heroes from his control. In a rare case of RealityEnsues, her SuperStrength and his lack of a pre-established edge means that she effortlessly handles him; she crushes his hand so badly the bones are described as snapping like twigs, breaks his jaws, pulverizes three of his teeth, and crumples his ribcage.

* LegacyCharacter: She was the psychiatrist of the original Moonstone. Karla messed with his head, then took the moonstone for herself.

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See [[Characters/{{Nova}} here]] for more info.

->'''AKA:''' Lester, Benjamine Poindexter