The Thunderbolts is a team of comic book supervillains and superheroes, as published by Marvel Comics.
The roster of the team has changed a great deal for many years. This page consists of the list of members during the team's history.
Roster list The codenames listed under Character are those used during the time the character was a member; under the notes section, super-villain codenames are listed if applicable. Many characters changed their codenames upon joining. Characters with multiple codenames during their membership have them listed in order of appearance, separated by a slash (/), and listed after their leader.
First group The following are members of the original Thunderbolts:
Citizen V / Baron Helmut Zemo (leader) Atlas / Goliath MACH-I / MACH-II / MACH-III / MACH-IV / MACH-V / MACH-X / Beetle Meteorite / Moonstone Songbird / Screaming Mimi Techno / Fixer (Paul Ebersol) Jolt Hawkeye Charcoal Ogre Amazon / Man-Killer Blackheath / Plantman Cyclone (Pierre Fresson) Harrier / Cardinal Skein / Gypsy Moth Vantage
Second group The following were members of second incarnation of the Thunderbolts:
Atlas Songbird Blizzard (Donnie Gill) Photon Joystick Speed Demon Radioactive Man Swordsman (Andreas von Strucker) Nighthawk
Thunderbolts Army During the "Civil War", apprehended villains were given a choice to either help the Thunderbolts or go to jail. The project occurred three weeks earlier with the threat of the Grandmaster and his Squadron Sinister. Some of them reformed and joined the Thunderbolts in the end, returned to a life of crime, or joined the Initiative.
Ajaxis Aqueduct Batroc the Leaper Blacklash Bloodstrike The Beetles Gary Quinn Joaquim Robichaux Elizabeth Vaughn Boomerang Bullseye Bushmaster Death Adder Doctor Octopus Eel Green Goblin Iron Maiden Jack O'Lantern Jester Killer Shrike King Cobra Lady Deathstrike Machete Mongoose Overmind Ox (Ronald Bloch) Porcupine (Roger Gocking) Primus Psionex Coronary Mathemanic Pretty Persuasions Quicksand Rattler Red Ronin Scarecrow Silk Fever Slyde Smiling Tiger Snake Marston Taskmaster Tatterdemalion Texas Twister Unicorn Venom (Mac Gargan) Vermin Whiplash Whirlwind U-Foes Ironclad Vector X-Ray Vapor Wrecking Crew Bulldozer Piledriver Thunderball Wrecker Zaran
Third group The following are members of the third incarnation of the Thunderbolts following the "Civil War" storyline:
Green Goblin (leader) Moonstone Bullseye Penance Radioactive Man Songbird Swordsman (Andreas von Strucker) Venom
Fourth Thunderbolts During the "Dark Reign" storyline, the following were members of this incarnation of the Thunderbolts, which was overseen by H.A.M.M.E.R.:
Ant-Man Black Widow - Revealed to be Natasha Romanoff in disguise. Paladin Ghost Headsman Mister X Scourge Grizzly
Fifth group During the "Heroic Age" storyline, the following members are members of this incarnation of the Thunderbolts:
Luke Cage (leader) Fixer Moonstone MACH-V Songbird Ghost Crossbones Juggernaut Man-Thing Hyperion Satana Underbolts Boomerang Centurius Mister Hyde Shocker Troll Dark Avengers Barney Barton Ai Apaec June Covington Ragnarok
Sixth group The following are members of this incarnation of the Thunderbolts:
Red Hulk (leader) Deadpool Elektra Punisher Agent Venom Red Leader Mercy Ghost Rider
Seventh group Following the "Avengers: Standoff!" storyline, the following are members of this incarnation of the Thunderbolts:
Winter Soldier (leader) Fixer Atlas Moonstone MACH-X Kobik
Eighth Thunderbolts The following are members of this incarnation of the Thunderbolts, which hunted Punisher:
Citizen V / Baron Zemo (leader) Moonstone Ghost Fixer Radioactive Man Jigsaw - He posed as Paladin.
Ninth Thunderbolts During the "King in Black" storyline, Mayor Wilson Fisk forms a new incarnation of the Thunderbolts to combat Knull.
Taskmaster (leader) Mister Fear (Larry Cranston) Batroc the Leaper Rhino Star Ampere - A villain with electrical gauntlets. Killed by Mister Fear for trying to leave the group. Snakehead - A villain in a snake mask. Killed by a Symbiote Dragon. Figment Foolkiller Grizzly Man-Bull Mister Hyde
Tenth Thunderbolts During the "Devil's Reign" storyline, Mayor Wilson Fisk passes a law that forbids superhero activities and forms another version of the Thunderbolts to apprehend any superheroes who break the law.
U.S. Agent (leader) Agony (Gemma Shin) Electro (Francine Frye) Shocker Rhino Doctor Octopus Taskmaster Whiplash (Anton Vanko) Kraven the Hunter - This version was formerly known as the "Last Son of Kraven". Coachwhip Puff Adder Abomination
Eleventh Thunderbolts This group assembles in the aftermath of the Devil's Reign storyline:
Hawkeye (leader) Spectrum America Chavez Power Man Persuasion Gutsen Glory - A new character whose background is classified. Eegro the Unbreakable - A new character from Monster Isle who is said to have an ultimate attack which involves him growing to gigantic size.
Twelfth Thunderbolts Following the events of "Captain America: Cold War", Bucky Barnes assembles a new lineup consisting of the world's best spies and assassins to permanently eliminate the Red Skull.
Revolution (Bucky Barnes) (leader) Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Life Model Decoy) Destroyer (Sharon Carter) Red Guardian (Alexei Shostakov) Black Widow (Natasha Romanova) White Widow (Yelena Belova) Gamemaster / Shang-Chi U.S. Agent Songbird Ghost Rider (Sal Romero) Midnight Angels Ayo Aneka
Fulgar Victoris During "One World Under Doom", after Revolution rejects Doctor Doom's offer to lead Latveria's own Thunderbolts team, Doom creates his own Thunderbolts called the Fulgar Victoris, with the real Valentina Allegra de Fontaine leading the team as Citizen V.
Citizen V (Valentina Allegra de Fontaine) (leader) Fixer Mach-Doom ("Abner Jenkins") - Later revealed as a Doombot posing as him. Moonstone Atlas
Marvel Cinematic Universe
In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), publicly rebrands the Thunderbolts team as the New Avengers. The members are: Yelena Belova / White Widow (leader) James "Bucky" Barnes / Winter Soldier Ava Starr / Ghost Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian John Walker / U.S. Agent Bob Reynolds / Sentry While the character Taskmaster (Antonia Dreykov) is featured prominently in the marketing material, she never officially becomes a member of the team, and dies early into the film.
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