Source: marvel.wikia.com
10. “Heroes’ Reward”
Writer: Kurt Busiek
Artist: Mark Bagley
I’m always surprised by how quickly stuff happens in this book. Elsewhere in the Marvel Universe, Heroes Return has just happened and the Avengers and Fantastic Four are back. During a press conference, the Thunderbolts are interrupted by SHIELD breaking in and publicly revealing them as the Masters of Evil. Zemo and Techno immediately jump into action and wipe out the platoon while the rest of the squad is in disarray.
Jolt is horrified and flees, Mach-1 and Songbird wonder if they should’ve betrayed Zemo when Black Widow told them to and Zemo returns to his old costume. What interested me was that Moonstone seems to actually kind of want to reform. That will change but it seems now that Techno has taken up the role as other evil teammate with Zemo. The Thunderbolts flee to a secret satellite base Zemo had been preparing and blow up their former headquarters of Four Freedoms Plaza on the way out. And, with Baron Zemo and Techno ready for world domination, Jolt stowing away in the cargo hold, and the rest of the team unsure where their loyalties lie… that is where we leave this series.
If you enjoyed this and want to see where it goes next, I highly recommend checking out the complete series. Thunderbolts is a phenomenal comic book and I’d be thrilled to see where it could go if ever adapted to the MCU. Please give it a read, it’s a fantastic comic book.
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