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Thunderbolts (vol. 1) #1 (Apr. 1997):
“Justice... Like Lightning!”
by Kurt Busiek, Mark Bagley, Vince Russell

Thunderbolts (vol. 1) #1

Title: “Justice... Like Lightning!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Apr. 1997

Publisher: Marvel
Written by: Kurt Busiek
Art by: Mark Bagley, Vince Russell


22 characters in this story:

Character
(Click links for info about character
and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)
Religious
Affiliation
Team(s)
[Notes]
Pub. #
app.
Moonstone Meteorite (Karla Sofen) villain hero
CBR Scale: U Buddhist
Dark Avengers; Femizons...  Marvel 235
Citizen V Citizen V (Helmut Zemo) villain hero
  Redeemers; The Masters of Evil...  Marvel 142
Atlas Atlas (Erik Josten) villain hero
  Emissaries of Evil (Egghead); Initiative...  Marvel 197
MACH-IV MACH-IV (Abner Jenkins) villain hero
  black; Initiative...  Marvel 152
Songbird Songbird (Melissa Joan Gold) villain hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish
Femizons; Grapplers...  Marvel 229
Techno Techno (Norbert Ebersol) villain hero
  HYDRA; Initiative...  Marvel 136
Jolt Jolt (Hallie Takahama) hero
  Asian; Redeemers...  Marvel 83
Dallas Riordan Dallas Riordan supporting character hero
  Commission on Superhuman Activities; The Thunderbolts...  Marvel 66
Wrecker Wrecker (Dirk Garthwaite) villain
  Hood's Army; Lethal Legion...  Marvel 190
Bulldozer Bulldozer (Henry Camp) villain
  Hood's Army; The Masters of Evil...  Marvel 125
Piledriver Piledriver (Brian Calusky) villain
  Hood's Army; The Masters of Evil...  Marvel 137
Thunderball Thunderball (Eliot Franklin) villain scientist
  black; Hood's Army...  Marvel 151
Megan McLaren supporting character
  [TV reporter] Marvel 10
Rat Pack villain group
CBR Scale: U manifestly non-religious
[hired by Arnim Zola to find people to experiment on] Marvel 3
Number 1 villain
CBR Scale: U manifestly non-religious
Rat Pack (leader) Marvel 3
Number 14 villain
CBR Scale: U manifestly non-religious
Rat Pack Marvel 3
Spider-Man Spider-Man (Peter Parker)
(cameo)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Secret Defenders; Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends...  Marvel 10,664
Black Widow Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I Russian Orthodox Communist (lapsed)
Lady Liberators; Marvel Knights...  Marvel 1,789
Night Thrasher Night Thrasher (Dwayne Taylor)
(cameo)
hero
  black; Psionex...  Marvel 197
Namorita Namorita (Nita Prentiss)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: S Atlantean Greco-Roman
classical religion
Atlantean; Secret Defenders...  Marvel 305
Speedball Speedball (Robbie Baldwin)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I Presbyterian
League of Losers; The New Warriors...  Marvel 359
Nova Nova (Richard Rider)
(cameo)
hero
  Nova Corps; Secret Defenders... 
[attended Harry S. Truman High]
Marvel 427