Dark Reign tie-in - "Widowmaker": Part 4 of 4 - Written by ANDY DIGGLE. Art by POP MAHN & CARLOS RODRIGUEZ. Cover by FRANCESCO MATTINA.
This is it, the finale to writer Andy Diggle's run! Who is Scourge? What is Black Widow II's game? Who answers Songbird's cry for help? All the answers are supplied here, in the latest shocking installment of the book that ComicPants.com calls 'Bold and awesome...One of the best books Marvel puts out. Period.'
32 pages, full color. Cover price $2.99.
Dark Reign tie-in - Written by RICK REMENDER. Art by MAHMUD ASRAR and REBECCA BUCHMAN. Cover by FRANCESCO MATTINA.
Meet the newest Thunderbolts...Power Man and Iron Fist?! Norman Osborn, in need of a powerful duo to send on a top secret mission, makes the former Heroes for Hire a deal they can't refuse! Luke Cage and Danny Rand have no choice but to become Osborn's personal assassins! What could have caused all this? Fan favorite writer Rick Remender spills all the secrets-and some blood--in this 100 proof double-sized blow-out!
48 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.
"In the Courts of Kosmos!" Part 1 of 2. Script by Kurt Busiek. Pencils by Mark Bagley. Inks by Scott Hanna. Cover by Mark Bagley and Scott Hanna.
Just as the Thunderbolts were surrendering to the Avengers last issue, they disappeared in a brilliant flash of light! Where did they go? The five T-Bolts have been swept across time and space into another dimension that Atlas knows very well: Kosmos! Why did the Kosmosians abduct them? Evidently, the alien race fears an invasion from Kang the Conqueror! And their ruler thinks the Thunderbolts are agents of Kang! And all allies of the Conqueror must be killed! Oh boy, what a mess! How will the T-Bolts survive on Kosmos, much less get back to Earth? Cameo appearances by Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, and the Thing. Thunderbolts Lineup: Atlas, Jolt, MACH-1, Moonstone, and Songbird. (Notes: Atlas previously escaped from Kosmos in Thunderbolts Annual 1997. This issue features a gatefold cover.)
32 pages. Cover price $1.99.
Becoming Villains 3: Souls in the Balance - Written by Fabian Nicieza. Art by Stefano Caselli and Rich Perrotta. Cover by Patrick Zircher and Scott Koblish.
Mach-3 must make a tough decision on Counter-Earth. Characters in this issue: Thunderbolts [Atlas [Eric Josten; Dallas Riordan]; Baron Zemo [Helmut Zemo]; Fixer [Paul Norbert Ebersol]; Jolt [Hallie Takahama]; Mach-3 [Abe Jenkins]]; Chaos; Order; Anomaly.
32 pages, full color. Cover price $2.25.
cover by patrick zircher & al vey fabian nicieza (w)/chris batista (p)/rich perotta (i)
Two issues a month, two parallel story tracks, two chances for new readers to jump on board! A vicious murder on Counter Earth puts Moonstone and Dallas Riordan on the hunt for a psychotic superhuman. But in order to stop him, will Moonstone repeat the sins of her past? This is THUNDERBOLTS, baby, so the answer is: watch out Phantom Eagle!
Cover price $2.25.
"Heroes' Reward" Script by Kurt Busiek. Pencils by Mark Bagley. Inks by Vince Russell. Cover by Mark Bagley and Vince Russell.
The Thunderbolts assemble at City Hall to receive their Avengers-level security clearance! And what a proud moment this is for Atlas, Jolt, MACH-1, and Songbird! But then out of the blue, G.W. Bridge and his SHIELD agents bust into the room... with an arrest warrant for the Masters of Evil! Oh no, is the gig up for the Justice like Lightning heroes? It certainly appears so! Citizen V quickly orders his team to break into small groups and fight their way back to Four Freedoms Plaza! The Masters of Evil (minus Jolt) do as they're told and rendezvous at their headquarters! And then the T-Bolts blast off into outer space as Four Freedoms Plaza explodes! Wow, what a day! And what a particularly great one for Baron Helmut Zemo!
32 pages. Cover price $1.99.
"Life Lessons" Guest-starring the Black Widow. Script by Kurt Busiek. Pencils by Mark Bagley. Inks by Vince Russell. Cover by Mark Bagley and Vince Russell.
On a rainy night in Manhattan, MACH-1 and Songbird defeat a large creature called Ogur! And on their way back to the T-Bolts' headquarters, they run into the Black Widow! Apprehensively, the erstwhile Masters of Evil stop to talk to her. The widow tells MACH-1 and Songbird about an early battle fought between the second roster of avengers (Captain America, Hawkeye, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch) and the Radioactive Man. A fight in which Clint, Pietro, and Wanda showed that they could leave their criminal pasts behind and become heroes! Why is Natasha telling this tale to the former Beetle and ex-grappler? Is time running out on the Thunderbolts' ruse?
32 pages. Cover price $1.99.
