How does the new Thunderbolts comic compare to the upcoming MCU movie?
The Thunderbolts are back in Marvel Comics with a whole new mission and a line-up that resembles the roster of the upcoming Thunderbolts film, with Winter Soldier and Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine taking the lead and Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff), White Widow (Yelena Belova), US Agent, Destroyer (Sharon Carter), and Shang-Chi along for the ride.
So how does the new Thunderbolts team stack up to the MCU version that's been slowly built over the course of films and series such as Black Widow, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Hawkeye, and more? And what does the new team's mission say about what may be coming in the MCU?
Thunderbolts #1 by writers Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing, artist Geraldo Borges, color artist Arthur Hesly, and letterer Joe Sabino sets up the new team's foundations and its first mission. After taking down the villainous group known as the Outer Circle from within, Bucky Barnes, the Winter Soldier, shows up with a proposition for Countess Val: help him assemble a team to kill the Red Skull.
For their first mission, the new Thunderbolts recruit Sharon Carter, the current Destroyer, and Red Guardian, who shows up complete with his own shield. And from there, the team does exactly what they say they're gonna do.
They kill the Red Skull.
Or at least, they kill Aleksander Lukin, former leader of the Red Room, whose body has been taken over by the Red Skull's consciousness. From there, they vow to track down and destroy the rest of the Red Skull's legacy, wherever their quest for justice may lead them.
As for where it takes them next, it will next take them into the crosshairs of the Kingpin, with Winter Soldier recruiting both Black Widow, who is currently Natasha Romanoff with her own symbiote
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