COMICS: First Look Inside Thunderbolts #163 Ushers In A New Status Quo!

COMICS: First Look Inside Thunderbolts #163 Ushers In A New Status Quo!

The criminal team are on the run and they've taken Thunderbolts Tower with 'em! And what's all this about Captain America and Namor joining the team? Hit the jump for your first look inside the issue...

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By JoshWilding - Aug 09, 2011 08:08 PM EST
Filed Under: Marvel Comics
Source: Comic Book Resources

YOUR EYES DO NOT DECEIVE YOU! The Thunderbolts have pulled off THE GREATEST ESCAPE IN HISTORY – and joining the powerful ex-cons are CAPTAIN AMERICA and NAMOR the SUB-MARINER! This new era takes the kings of supercrime to a whole new level- at light speed!! By Jeff Parker (INCREDIBLE HULKS) and Kev Walker (SECRET AVENGERS)
















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ClarkFarley2012
ClarkFarley2012 - 8/9/2011, 8:52 PM
Wtf is this??
KaneVonDoom
KaneVonDoom - 8/9/2011, 8:56 PM
hmmm... Could be interesting. Thunderbolts have always been a pretty damn good read
gangbuster
gangbuster - 8/9/2011, 9:08 PM
Did they give some 5 year old the artist job?
cable23
cable23 - 8/9/2011, 9:12 PM
I absolutley loved The Thunderbolts during the Secret Invasion, Dark Avengers, and the Siege. Dont know if Im picking this copy up.
WannabeSpiderMan
WannabeSpiderMan - 8/9/2011, 9:23 PM
From this preview it would appear that they went back in time to WWII, and will present themselves as heroes to the younger Invaders-era Captain America and Namor, which is why the heroes decide to help them, having no idea who they are.... maybe? Just a wild guess. But I guess that doesn't explain the primitive cave-woman?
ScionStorm
ScionStorm - 8/9/2011, 9:23 PM

"I'ma kill 'em all!" lol . . .classy.

Remind me never to walk around Austria wilderlands without my gun. . . and maybe a camera.
cable23
cable23 - 8/9/2011, 9:32 PM
I wish they would get Norman Osborn back as leader of The Thunderbolts. He was kicking ass and taking numbers. And it was cool to see Norman Osborn as the threat to the world rather than the Green Goblin.
STYGR8dotCOM
STYGR8dotCOM - 8/9/2011, 9:37 PM
is that my hyde?
jjmeylar
jjmeylar - 8/9/2011, 9:43 PM
It seems like the creators just drew names out of a hat.
MRVN
MRVN - 8/9/2011, 10:30 PM
I can't speak on the cover, but I think Fixer and his back-up group of Thunderbolts (mockingly called the Underbolts) used what should've been a rescue mission to cover up a successful jailbreak. And the cave girl is a feral asgardian nicknamed Troll.
UltimateTypeface
UltimateTypeface - 8/9/2011, 11:00 PM
Boomerang? Really?
batmanrises
batmanrises - 8/9/2011, 11:08 PM
This looks shitty as hell. They're all dressed like Liefeld rejects.
JackJNapier
JackJNapier - 8/9/2011, 11:36 PM
lol this isn't a new status quo, this lineup has been in the book for the last 6 books atleast. read comics, plus the artist is amazing
Jefferys
Jefferys - 8/9/2011, 11:58 PM
I have no idea who half of those guys are!
JackJNapier
JackJNapier - 8/10/2011, 12:39 AM
then read the comic and you will find out.
DocManhattan
DocManhattan - 8/10/2011, 1:00 AM
@ WannabeSpiderMan
That makes sense, it would explain why they can only pick up radio waves and why Captain America and Namor would be working with them. Plus why Namor is back to just the trunks.
Thats Troll she is part of the beta team of Thunderbolts. She is half Asgardian and half Troll.
DocManhattan
DocManhattan - 8/10/2011, 1:00 AM
@ WannabeSpiderMan
That makes sense, it would explain why they can only pick up radio waves and why Captain America and Namor would be working with them. Plus why Namor is back to just the trunks.
Thats Troll she is part of the beta team of Thunderbolts. She is half Asgardian and half Troll.
DarrkEvil
DarrkEvil - 8/10/2011, 2:51 AM
ok...who are these guys ????
ScionStorm
ScionStorm - 8/10/2011, 3:12 AM
Half-Asguardian and Half-troll?? NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL REAL DIVERSITY.
ScionStorm
ScionStorm - 8/10/2011, 3:13 AM
^Take THAT Bi-Racial Spider-Man!
ScionStorm
ScionStorm - 8/10/2011, 3:30 AM
Namor has the coolest eyebrows in the Marvel universe.
Jefferys
Jefferys - 8/10/2011, 4:47 AM
@JackJNapier - You know what. Just for you I'll place this comic book on my order. In all seriousness.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 8/10/2011, 4:58 AM
its obvious that most of you guys commenting don't read Thunderbolts and probably never have.

Thunderbolts has always been known to have B-C list villains on their team. Thats why we see the likes of Mr. Hyde and Boomerang. The fact that most of you don't know who any of these people are proves that.

It wasn't until Civil War that they started putting some bigger name villains on the team when Warren Ellis was writing it. That was just to get new readers, because there were always a few B-C listers.

CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 8/10/2011, 4:59 AM
Anyway, Thunderbolts is one of the best books Marvel puts out. and its consistently good, which is whats important. Way better than any Avengers book except maybe Secret Avengers.
JackBauer
JackBauer - 8/10/2011, 5:20 AM
The Thunderbolts was a great read when it debuted way back when. The WTF?!? moment at the end of issue #1 is epic.
MRVN
MRVN - 8/10/2011, 5:26 AM
@DarrkEvil (Clockwise)Fixer, Namor, Moonstone, Ghost, Boomerang, Centurius, Capt. America (obviously), Mr Hyde
marvel72
marvel72 - 8/10/2011, 5:32 AM
the thunderbolts is one of the best team books that marvel turn out every month.
longbowhunter
longbowhunter - 8/10/2011, 5:39 AM
So this is what Fixer has been up to. Awesome. I will picking this up.
marvel72
marvel72 - 8/10/2011, 5:49 AM
@ jackbauer

i never got into the thunderbolts until warren ellis started writing & i think that is still the best run i've read of the thunderbolts.
DocManhattan
DocManhattan - 8/10/2011, 5:51 AM
What makes Thunderbolts interesting is that they take b-c list villains and they expand upon their stories, something that has never really been done before with these characters. The Thunderbolts prove that you don't really need a team full of a-list characters to write a good story, you just need a to make your characters interesting.
comicb00kguy
comicb00kguy - 8/10/2011, 6:39 AM
Is that Mr. Hyde? I actually LIKE that look for him.

JackBauer: I also enjoyed the early run of Thunderbolts. The end of #1 was one of the great moments in comic history, imo. What a twist! What about when Jolt discovered their secret?
JackBauer
JackBauer - 8/10/2011, 7:38 AM
@Marvel - Unfortunately, I stopped reading around issue #32 I believe, but Busiek did some great work on the early stuff.

@comicb00kguy - I don't remember Jolt's reaction, but I do remember mine :) It was a stroke of genius though. Introduce the team in a couple issues of the Incredible Hulk and then give these "heroes" their own book right after the Avengers and FF are "killed" by Onslaught, only to reveal to the readers that they are the Masters of Evil. Best surprise twist in a comic that I can remember.
JackBauer
JackBauer - 8/10/2011, 7:40 AM
FriendlyNeighborhoodSpidey
FriendlyNeighborhoodSpidey - 8/10/2011, 11:35 AM
I don't care for this......
comicb00kguy
comicb00kguy - 8/10/2011, 4:01 PM
Marvel72: When was Ellis' run on Thunderbolts? I've got a few runs of the title, and I may have the Ellis books. I'd need to reread them if I had them, it's been a while.
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