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Issue Details

Issue #53
Published August 2001
Cover Price $2.25/$3.50 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Tom Brevoort; Marc Sumerak (assistant)

Cover Details

Characters Charcoal
Genre Super-hero
Pencils Patrick Zircher (signed)
Inks Al Vey (signed)

22 page Thunderbolts story "The Parent Trap"

Characters Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Redeemers [Beetle [Leila Davis]; Charcoal [Charlie Burlingame]; Fixer [Paul Norbert Ebersol]; Jolt [Hallie Takahama]; Meteorite [Valerie Barnhardt]; Scream; Smuggler [Conrad Josten]]; Moonstone [Dr. Karla Sofen; Meteorite]; Clint Barton [Hawkeye]; Ogre; S.H.I.E.L.D.; Sharon Carter; G.W. Bridge; Angie; Calvin Burlingame; Graviton [Franklin Hall]; Mentallo [Marvin Flumm]; Secret Empire
Synopsis Due to the explosive events of issue #50, THUNDERBOLTS is experiencing an information blackout! But we can tell you that the pressures building up inside Charcoal reach the breaking point, with the return of his father - and the Secret Empire! [per solicitation]
Genre Super-hero
Script Fabian Nicieza
Pencils Patrick Zircher
Inks Al Vey
Colors VLM
Letters Richard Starkings and Comicraft

1 page Bullpen Bulletins promo (ad from the publisher) "Bullpen Bulletins"

Script Joe Quesada
Letters Typeset
Notes Cup O' Joe column. Marvel Comics checklist for June 2001.

1 page letters page "Rap Sheet"

Letters Typeset
Notes Letters from readers.