Series: Comic Type: ONE-SHOT
The end of Norman Osborn's Dark Reign rocks his team of killers! The ruthless Wolverine foe known only as Mr. X joins the Thunderbolts! He's just in time to help the squad target former team member Songbird, but she has plenty of tricks up her sleeve — and enough experience fighting dirty to know that attack is the best form of defense! But who will answer her cries for help? What is the Black Widow's deadly game? And how are Nick Fury and his band of Secret Warriors involved? Then, Osborn targets Power Man and Iron Fist! Is he trying to kill them, recruit them — or both? Plus: It's on as the Thunderbolts set their sights on 1950s heroes the Agents of Atlas! And as Osborn begins his insane siege of Asgard, his team of psycho killers will clash with the Mighty Avengers! Collecting THUNDERBOLTS (1997) #132-143 and SECRET WARRIORS (2009) #7-9.
About Artists & Writers:
Andy Diggle is a British writer known for stints on such high-profile titles as Judge Dredd, Hellblazer and Swamp Thing, as well as being a former editor of 2000 AD. In addition to a mature re-imagining of The Losers for DC’s Vertigo line, he has written the Punisher: Silent Night one-shot, Thunderbolts and Daredevil for Marvel. Diggle and artist Davide Gianfelice gave classic Marvel gunslingers a modern makeover in the pages of Six Guns.Beginning his career in animation working on such films as The Iron Giant, Anastasia and Titan A.E., Rick Remender has become a comic-book triple threat — writing, penciling and inking numerous fan-favorite series. Remender served as writer on hit video games Dead Space and Bulletstorm, while providing art for punk/metal bands like NOFX and 3 Inches of Blood. He’s co-created many popular independent titles, including the critically acclaimed Fear Agent with longtime collaborators Tony Moore and Jerome Opeña. His time at Marvel started on Punisher, and has since led to well-received runs on Uncanny X-Force, Venom, Captain America and Uncanny Avengers. Remender made headlines by promoting Sam Wilson, the Falcon, to full-fledged shield-slinger in All-New Captain America.Jeff Parker began his career as a comic artist and Hollywood storyboard artist. In 2003, he self-published the acclaimed graphic novel The Interman and began writing regularly, notably launching Marvel Adventures: The Avengers. Though the series was aimed at younger readers, Parker’s use of offbeat characters such as MODOK and Ego the Living Planet quickly developed a vocal and passionate following among all ages. Parker next revived a classic group of 1950s-era Marvel characters in Agents of Atlas, which quickly became the sleeper hit of 2006. Parker is one of Marvel’s most prolific writers; his credits also include X-Men: First Class and Thunderbolts.Artist Roberto De La Torre is a veteran of storyboarding, animation and character design for several European animated TV series. He delivered his first comics pencils for Image Comics’ Seal Team Seven graphic novel. De La Torre’s expressive work on Ms. Marvel soon catapulted him into the position of artist on Iron Man and Thunderbolts. With writer Andy Diggle, De La Torre illustrated Daredevil during the Shadowland saga.The gorgeous pencil work of Miguel Sepulveda graced Roy Thomas’ Marvel Illustrated adaptation of Homer’s epic poem The Iliad, his elegiac tone also making him a perfect candidate for the jam issue of Matt Fraction’s Thor: God-Sized Special. His further Marvel credits have included Thanos: The Imperative and Thunderbolts.A student under Jim Lee while breaking into the industry at Wildstorm, artist Pop Mhan has been making comics his career at Marvel, DC, Top Cow and Dark Horse for more than fifteen years. Early efforts included the Wildstorm series Union; Peter David’s Spyboy for Dark Horse; and series work for DC on The Demon: Driven Out, Batgirl and Flash. During the late ’90s, he drew Ghost Rider for Marvel; in the new century, he returned to the House of Ideas for Robert Kirkman’s Punisher 2099, Marvel Adventures Spider-Man, Ender’s Game: Mazer in Prison and Orson Scott Card’s Ender in Exile.