“There are good guys, and you’re bad guys,” Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ Valentina Allegra de Fontaine remarks in the new Thunderbolts* trailer. “But there are worse guys.” Before Marvel Studios assembles the anti-Avengers — a motley crew of anti-heroes and reformed villains that includes Black Widow Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh), Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan), John Walker/U.S. Agent (Wyatt Russell), Ava Starr/Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen), AntoniaDreykov/Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko), Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian(David Harbour), and Bob Reynolds/Sentry (Lewis Pullman) — Marvel Comics is assembling the comics that inspired the movie*.
* New trade paperbacks set to release in 2025 include Thunderbolts: The Saga of Yelena Belova, which compiles the earliest appearances of the Red Room’s top assassin-spy in the Marvel Universe, and Thunderbolts: Winter Soldiers, collecting the complete 12-issue run of the Bucky Barnes-fronted Thunderbolts Vol. 3 by Jim Zub and Jon Malin.
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Out March 4th, 2025, Thunderbolts: Winter Soldiers sees the non-lethal Thunderbolts squad led by Winter Soldier —Atlas, Moonstone, Mach-X, Fixer, Kobik, and Songbird — battle S.H.I.E.L.D., the Squadron Supreme, and the original Thunderbolts: Baron Zemo and the Masters of Evil, a group of supervillains who posed as superheroes in the absence of the Avengers.
Thunderbolts: The Saga of Yelena Belova, on sale March 11th, includes Natasha Romanoff/Natalia Romanova’s first self-titled solo series, 1999’s Marvel Knights: Black Widow limited series by Devin Grayson and J.G. Jones, which pit Black Widow against Black Widow when Natasha met Yelena for the first time during a mission to Rhapastan. Also included in the 376-page trade paperback is 2001’s Black Widow Vol. 2, co-starring both Black Widows, the 2020 one-shot comic Widowmakers: Red Guardian and Yelena Belova, the four-issue limited series Winter Guard (featuring White Widow, Red Guardian, and Russia’s premiere super-team), and the four-issue “I Am the Black Widow” arc from Kelly Thompson and Elena Casagrande’s 2020 Black Widow run.
Also slated for release in May is the Marvel Epic Collection Thunderbolts: Targeted for Death, which follows Hawkeye’s Thunderbolts during writer Kurt Busiek and artist Mark Bagley’s run on the ’90s first volume.
Thunderbolts: Winter Soldiers
The Winter Soldier leads a new team of Thunderbolts!
Outof the ashes of AVENGERS: STANDOFF, Bucky Barnes recruits a squad ofrenegades — but are they heroes or villains? Do even they know forsure?! They’re on a rampage across the Marvel Universe, hunting down anddestroying bizarre, mind-bending threats — all the while harboring oneof their own! And among their number is the serial manipulatorMoonstone! What could go wrong? How about a gut-wrenching battle forleadership, an alien threat and super-team showdowns with the All-NewInhumans and the Squadron Supreme?! As CIVIL WAR II rages, the WinterSoldier takes on Spider-Man! But Steve Rogers wants to know whereBucky’s loyalties lie. Plus: The Thunderbolts used to be the Masters ofEvil — and if Baron Zemo has his way, their villainous legacy will bereclaimed with the infinite power of a Cosmic Cube!
COLLECTING: Thunderbolts (2016) 1-12
Thunderbolts: The Saga of Yelena Belova
Yelena Belova’s journey from adversary to ally of the Black Widow!
NatashaRomanoff’s time as the Black Widow may be running out — because YelenaBelova is gunning for the mantle! Yelena is the first student in RedRoom history to exceed Natasha’s skills — and now she’s determined toeliminate her predecessor and claim the title for her own! It’s a war ofthe Widows that will rage from the Middle East’s deserts to New York’sUpper West Side! But Yelena’s path will soon place her square in thecrosshairs of her home country, alongside Alexei Shostakov, the RedGuardian! Together, they face a race across Russia…pursued by the WinterGuard! And Yelena finds her destiny as the White Widow, helping Natashaprotect San Francisco from a terrible threat!
COLLECTING: BlackWidow (1999) 1-3, Black Widow (2001) 1-3, Widowmakers: Red Guardian andYelena Belova (2020) 1, Winter Guard (2021) 1-4, Black Widow (2020) 7-10
Thunderbolts Epic Collection: Targeted for Death
Marvel’s villains turned heroes, the Thunderbolts, continue their quest for redemption!
Forthe good of his team, MACH-1 gave up his liberty to atone for his sins.Now he’s in prison, surrounded by the super villains who used to be hispeers — and who now want him dead! Meanwhile, the Thunderbolts have anew leader in Hawkeye, a new headquarters, a new ship and a new mission:to prove themselves heroes by taking down the biggest villains atlarge! But with Graviton next on their list, will Archangel join theteam? Citizen V returns, the T-Bolts have a rematch with the Hulk,Scourge targets Baron Zemo, and you won’t believe the identity of thenew Beetle! Clint Barton leads the T-Bolts into hell and back for afallen Avenger — but when he locks lips with Moonstone, there’s only oneword for it: uh-oh! Plus: Enter, Sandman!
COLLECTING: Thunderbolts (1997) 26-41, Thunderbolts Annual 2000, Avengers Annual 2000
Marvel’s Thunderbolts* hits theaters on May 2nd, 2025.
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