Qwiki-background on this team:
In 2012, a new roster of Thunderbolts emerged under retired General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross to rid the world of the evil powers that be - the ones that heavy-hitters such as the Avengers would never have the time for.
Rather than pull together a team of soldiers, Ross convinced the Punisher, Elektra, Deadpool and Flash Thompson to form a team of killers that had no problem engaging in the kind of wetwork involved in ridding the world of tyrants and their private armies. He also wanted the kind of killers that wouldn't ask too many questions...
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