Thunderbolts* (2025)

These are not your average, everyday, run-of-the-mill antiheroes

Sometimes villainous and sometimes virtuous, these highly skilled specials have been selected very carefully. Studied, chosen, and set on assignment by the Contessa, Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, the Thunderbolts are the ragtag rogues that the agencies turn to in the absence of the Avengers. Winter Soldier, Bucky Barnes, continues his long-running redemption arc and is the de facto leader of the Thunderbolts. U.S. Agent, John Walker, could be looking to make amends for past mistakes by joining the Thunderbolts. Super-spy Yelena Belova and her super soldier father-figure, Red Guardian are also in the lineup. Joining them is Taskmaster, a superhuman capable of perfect mimicry, and Ghost, a quantum jumping intangible being. With most superheroes dispersed on all forms of intergalactic and multiversal missions the market for superhuman defense is wide open. This assemblage of sometimes corrupt but persuadable mercenaries is now the most reliable outfit for the task at hand. But can they stick it out together or will the appearing cracks split them open before the end?