Thunderbolts*
Summary
Warning : comprise SPOILERS for retaliator : Twilight # 2!TheThunderboltsare about to make their MCU debut , which could spark off an evolution fans are currently seeing in Marvel Comics that really turned the team of antiheroic misfits intoAvengers - degree gamechangers . This development completely redefine the team ’s forthcoming part in the MCU , raising the question : does Valentina Allegra de Fontaine want her own superhero team , or her own deadly avenger ?
InAvengers : Twilight#2 by Chip Zdarsky and Daniel Acuña , the world is in a province of cyberpunk dystopia . The people are rule by corporations whose chief operating officer are mystic dictator pulling the strings of a false republic - and no one seems to care . So long as their living are n’t noticeably bear on , the masses could n’t care less about the true horrors of their public . That ’s why Captain America - now an old human race - put the suit on once again , to endure up against this corrupted government . And that ’s why the government call in the Thunderbolts to stop Captain America .
When the President of the United States ( and , more importantly , the people assure him ) got word ofCaptain America ’s efforts as a vigilante freedom - fighter(aka terrorist ) , there ’s a moment where they consider yell in the new , regime - hold Avengers . But then , it ’s decided that Captain America is someone they do n’t want to mess around with , as they needed him take out rapidly , quietly , and overall more proficiently than if the Avengers were assigned the missionary work , which is why they called in the military spec - ops team consisting of the great killer awake : the Thunderbolts .
Captain America waggle warfare on the Avengers , team up with another superhero to take them down - and now , his architectural plan to put down them has been revealed .
The Thunderbolts’ Legacy is a Team That’s Deadlier Than the Avengers
The Thunderbolts are the proverbial sword to the Avengers’ shield.
This future landscape impersonate the Thunderbolts as a team that ’s pernicious than the Avengers , which creates an interesting duality . Both teams are controlled by the United States government , and they seem to play off each other as the brand and the buckler - the Avengers protecting America , the Thunderbolts put down its enemies . Even the President was reluctant to use the Thunderbolts on American dirt , indicating that this modest mathematical group may as well be a go warzone .
The magnate - that - be in this world trust the technique of the Thunderbolts over those of the Avengers , which is a startling legacy , indeed . The Thunderbolts , in the current landscape of Marvel Comics , are a deadly team of government - contracted superhumans , to be indisputable , but they are nothing compared to the Avengers . So , for their legacy to be one that put the team in a position where they ’re in reality the deadlier counterpart to the Avengers is sincerely exciting , especially since the MCU now has the chance to do the same thing .
The MCU Can Make the Thunderbolts a ‘Deadlier Avengers’, Just Like in Marvel Comics
In projects such asBlack WidowandFalcon and the Winter Soldier(and a little flake inBlack Panther : Wakanda Forever ) , Valentina Allegra de Fontaine is ground her own team of governing - verify superhumans that fans know will become the Thunderbolts . TheThunderboltsmovie is limit to release in May 2025 , and that will be the squad ’s prescribed entry . This mean the MCU has every chance to shape the Thunderbolts into what they would become inAvengers : Twilightright aside , pose them as a true Avengers - level gamechanger .
So , does the MCU ’s Valentina Allegra de Fontaine want her own superhero team , or her own deathly avenger ? In other words , will the MCU conform the Thunderbolts as they currently are in the comics , or as they will become inAvengers : Twilight ? As of now , it ’s impossible to forecast , but one thing that ’s sure is that Marvel Comics ’ new phylogenesis of theThunderboltsgives the MCU the chance to reverse this squad of misfit into anAvengers - level gamechanger .
retaliator : Twilight # 2by Marvel Comics is usable now .
