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New Thunderbolts (Collected Editions)
New Thunderbolts, Volume 2: Modern Marvels
Flushed with success, the big Apple's newest heroes have to face their greatest challenge yet: an adoring public and the reflections in their mirrors An old friend asks Speed Demon to pull off a huge heist - will he do it? And does Blizzard want to stop him - or get in on the action? Meanwhile, Photon tries very, very hard to remember why he should be mad at Atlas. Radioactive Man gets - a publicist? And a resignation threatens to tear the team apart before it's even come together Plus: Everyone in Atlantis is dying and only one man can save them - the person responsible for their poisoning Which T-Bolt was willing to kill thousands of people - and is unwilling to stop the carnage? Also, Photon vs. Photon in a battle you won't believe And what's up with Songbird's new boyfriend? He looks a little... purple...
Collecting: New Thunderbolts 7-12
Collecting: New Thunderbolts 7-12
144 pages, Paperback
First published December 7, 2005
About the author
Fabian Nicieza
2,030 books430 followersFabian Nicieza is a writer and editor who is best known as the co-creator of DEADPOOL and for his work on Marvel titles such as X-Men, X-Force, New Warriors, and Robin.
His first novel, the Edgar Award-nominated SUBURBAN DICKS, a sarcastic murder mystery, is on sale now from Putnam Books.
The Dicks will return in THE SELF-MADE WIDOW, coming June 21st.
His first novel, the Edgar Award-nominated SUBURBAN DICKS, a sarcastic murder mystery, is on sale now from Putnam Books.
The Dicks will return in THE SELF-MADE WIDOW, coming June 21st.
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June 15, 2023
The Purple Man a villain specializing in mind control is about, manipulating everybody. I never liked the Purple Man, even when he was a minor Daredevil villain. I don't think Radioactive Man would be a hero right now.
Not too bad.
Not too bad.
March 28, 2018
Ultimately, I didn't buy that Zemo was behind all of that. How can anyone really control the Purple Man?
I'm not sure I liked the thing with Atlas and Genis-Vell.
Also, the House of M issue was pretty flat and nonessential.
Finally, I'm probably docking this book for how gross the Purple Man is. It's just unpleasant to read.
That said, the stuff with Songbird, Abe Jenkins, Speed Demon, and Blizzard was pretty good. This isn't a terrible book; it's not clear to me if it really meant to do anything, though.
I'm not sure I liked the thing with Atlas and Genis-Vell.
Also, the House of M issue was pretty flat and nonessential.
Finally, I'm probably docking this book for how gross the Purple Man is. It's just unpleasant to read.
That said, the stuff with Songbird, Abe Jenkins, Speed Demon, and Blizzard was pretty good. This isn't a terrible book; it's not clear to me if it really meant to do anything, though.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 20, 2025
New Thunderbolts continua ad essere piacevole e interessante. E non lo dico solo perché Joystick mi fa sangue.
Certamente, la presenza tra i T-Bolts di personaggi nuovi per il team (Blizzard, Uomo Radiattivo, Speed Demon e, appunto, Joystick), affiancati a un nocciolo duro di veterani, vale a dire i membri fondatori Mach-IV, Atlas e Songbird, continua ad offrire delle situazioni interessanti.
Proprio Melissa, però, sembrerebbe non aver preso affatto bene la notizia di come (o, meglio, da chi) Abe abbia ottenuto i finanziamenti per la squadra, e questo potrebbe compromettere non solo la sua permanenza nei New Thunderbolts, ma anche il rapporto tra i due.
Intanto, Capitan Marvel (Anzi, Photon... Anzi... Oh, facciamo Genis-Vell e basta?) continua ad acclimatarsi ai suoi poteri, e Speed Demon cerca di "tenere il piede in due staffe"... Ancora, in un episodio che approfondisce psicologicamente il personaggio di Chen Lu, l'Uomo Radioattivo dovrà decidere se lasciar morire un intero popolo purché sia fatta giustizia per l'eccidio compiuto da un gruppo terrorista atlantideo ai danni del suo paese.
Probabilmente, la parte più interessante ai fini della serie sono gli ultimi episodi, facenti parte dell'arco Purple Reign, godibile ma un po' penalizzato dal fatto che il numero 11 è un tie-in di House of M, che quindi (essendo ambientato in un universo alternativo) presenta vicende completamente slegate dalla storia narrata fino a quel momento, di fatto interrompendola.
Peccato, perché sviluppare questo story-arc in tre episodi anziché (di fatto) due l'avrebbe probabilmente migliorato, ma magari era stato concepito sin dal principio così.
Nel complesso, comunque, promosso. Soprattutto per il colpo di scena durante l'epilogo, che senz'altro invoglia il lettore a continuare la serie.
Certamente, la presenza tra i T-Bolts di personaggi nuovi per il team (Blizzard, Uomo Radiattivo, Speed Demon e, appunto, Joystick), affiancati a un nocciolo duro di veterani, vale a dire i membri fondatori Mach-IV, Atlas e Songbird, continua ad offrire delle situazioni interessanti.
Proprio Melissa, però, sembrerebbe non aver preso affatto bene la notizia di come (o, meglio, da chi) Abe abbia ottenuto i finanziamenti per la squadra, e questo potrebbe compromettere non solo la sua permanenza nei New Thunderbolts, ma anche il rapporto tra i due.
Intanto, Capitan Marvel (Anzi, Photon... Anzi... Oh, facciamo Genis-Vell e basta?) continua ad acclimatarsi ai suoi poteri, e Speed Demon cerca di "tenere il piede in due staffe"... Ancora, in un episodio che approfondisce psicologicamente il personaggio di Chen Lu, l'Uomo Radioattivo dovrà decidere se lasciar morire un intero popolo purché sia fatta giustizia per l'eccidio compiuto da un gruppo terrorista atlantideo ai danni del suo paese.
Probabilmente, la parte più interessante ai fini della serie sono gli ultimi episodi, facenti parte dell'arco Purple Reign, godibile ma un po' penalizzato dal fatto che il numero 11 è un tie-in di House of M, che quindi (essendo ambientato in un universo alternativo) presenta vicende completamente slegate dalla storia narrata fino a quel momento, di fatto interrompendola.
Peccato, perché sviluppare questo story-arc in tre episodi anziché (di fatto) due l'avrebbe probabilmente migliorato, ma magari era stato concepito sin dal principio così.
Nel complesso, comunque, promosso. Soprattutto per il colpo di scena durante l'epilogo, che senz'altro invoglia il lettore a continuare la serie.
September 29, 2020
It was good, but the House of M interval makes very little sense in the story.
September 22, 2024
Between the house of M crossover, villains not living up to their potential (why even use purple man?) to Zemo never ending fucking boring return. The only good thing about this arc was songbird.
December 1, 2017
Again, like most Thunderbolts collections, I enjoyed this despite it's glaring flaws. There is something about the Thunderbolts, the idea of flawed people trying for redemption and mostly failing that is infinity attractive to me. And beyond that Songbird just a really awesome character and I feel that she has such charisma on the page that she manages to drive the story even when she's mostly in the background.
By in far the best part of the book was the story surrounding the Atlanteans and Radioactive man. It was nice to have this character that was one a pretty one dimensional villain fleshed out a little more and to once again come back to the theme of some one who's done what they realize as wrong struggling to do right but not quite making it.
Okay, so the flaws. The art work in the very beginning is just awful. Exacerbating things was sub par text/text box placement and use (I know that must have a name but I don't know what it is). The House of M issue was literally an interruption of a 3 part story and it felt like it had very little to with the thunderbolts (as well as not fitting in well with the greater picture of the House of M story). Finally that final story involving Zebediah Killgrave was pretty awful. The story was hard to follow, the villain seemed WAY to powerful (yet for someone reason the rest of the world seemed to shrug at the fact he had taken over the main city in the U.S. and all it's superheroes) and in the end he kind of went down like a chump. I also REALLY disliked the scene where he made Mellisa strip for him for no apparent reason. It seemed a little excessive and unnecessary. They could have as easily had the suggestion of threat of what he was going to do instead of it out right happening. I guess it just bugs me that such a strong female character was so easily overpowered and used a basically a throw away sexual one liner.
By in far the best part of the book was the story surrounding the Atlanteans and Radioactive man. It was nice to have this character that was one a pretty one dimensional villain fleshed out a little more and to once again come back to the theme of some one who's done what they realize as wrong struggling to do right but not quite making it.
Okay, so the flaws. The art work in the very beginning is just awful. Exacerbating things was sub par text/text box placement and use (I know that must have a name but I don't know what it is). The House of M issue was literally an interruption of a 3 part story and it felt like it had very little to with the thunderbolts (as well as not fitting in well with the greater picture of the House of M story). Finally that final story involving Zebediah Killgrave was pretty awful. The story was hard to follow, the villain seemed WAY to powerful (yet for someone reason the rest of the world seemed to shrug at the fact he had taken over the main city in the U.S. and all it's superheroes) and in the end he kind of went down like a chump. I also REALLY disliked the scene where he made Mellisa strip for him for no apparent reason. It seemed a little excessive and unnecessary. They could have as easily had the suggestion of threat of what he was going to do instead of it out right happening. I guess it just bugs me that such a strong female character was so easily overpowered and used a basically a throw away sexual one liner.
June 29, 2012
This gets the series going. Atlantis attacks dry land, and the team get a new member to help deal with them. There's lots of nice character stuff where the new members have to decide whether they are really heroes. A good read.
February 15, 2015
I na druhé přečtení je hlavní příběh s Purple Manem příliš zmatený a zamotaný (oceňuji ale snahu navázat na bendisovské pojetí postavy, což nebylo snadné), stejně jako tie-in k HoM. Nejlepší je tak úvodní část s Atlantidou, kde se Chen ukáže jako solidní zm*d.
February 21, 2015
I love the Thunderbolts but this was a hard trudge. Songbird keeps it going because she's an awesome character. The rest of the 'bolts are pretty boring here. Even Chen Lu who is usually one of my favorites.
November 14, 2015
The Purple Man has to be one of the worst characters in the Marvel Universe, and I find he stops stories cold, as he does in this case. There are some interesting ideas here, but this collection never really gels as well as it could.
January 15, 2013
OK book I guess? A bit confusing at times...
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