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Thunderbolts (1997 Marvel) Annual comic books 1997

  • Issue #1997
    Thunderbolts (1997 Marvel) Annual 1997

    "The Origin of the Thunderbolts" Script by Kurt Busiek. Art by Mark Bagley (ch. 1), Al Milgrom (ch. 1 inks), Bob McLeod (ch. 2), Will Blyberg (ch. 2 inks), Tom Grummett (ch. 3), Scott Koblish (ch. 3 inks), Ron Randall (ch. 4), Jim Sanders III (ch. 4 inks), Gene Colan (ch. 5), Tom Palmer (ch. 5 inks), Darick Robertson (ch. 6), Bruce Patterson (ch. 6 inks), George Pérez (ch. 7), Karl Kesel (ch. 7 inks), Chris Marrinan (ch. 8), and Andrew Pepoy (ch. 8 inks). Wraparound cover by Mark Bagley and Vince Russell. After the events of Thunderbolts #4, Marvel's Most Wanted return to Four Freedoms Plaza...and Jolt asks Citizen V (aka Baron Zemo) a simple question: "How did you find and recruit the Thunderbolts?" Oh boy, the Prussian baron is taken aback by the inquiry and schedules a meeting with Hallie to answer her question. A while later when Jolt stops by Citizen V's office, he spins a lengthy tale of half-truths and half-lies. Which explains or explains away how Erik Josten, Abner Jenkins, Melissa Gold, Norbert Ebersol, and Dr. Karla Sofen -- all former Masters of Evil -- became the Thunderbolts! Flashback cameos by Daredevil and Angar the Screamer. Thunderbolts Lineup: Citizen V, Atlas, Jolt, MACH-1, Meteorite, Songbird, and Techno. (Notes: This annual includes a one-page text feature (by Kurt Busiek) with background information on each member of the T-Bolts. This story was reprinted in 2001 in the trade paperback: Thunderbolts Justice Like Lightning; and again in 2011 in the TPB: Thunderbolts Classic #1.) 48 pages. Cover price $2.99.