Thunderbolts (vol. 1) #100 (May 2006):
“The Origin of the Thunderbolts!”
by Kurt Busiek, Mark Bagley, Bob McLeod, Tom Grummett, etc.

30 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.
Daredevil (Matt Murdock)	Catholic	Weapon X (Exiles); Marvel Knights		1,801
Meteorite (Karla Sofen)	Buddhist	The Masters of Evil; Femizons...  The Thunderbolts; Dark Avengers		235
Citizen V (Helmut Zemo)		The Masters of Evil; Thunderbolts (Counter-Earth)...  The Thunderbolts; Redeemers		142
Atlas (Erik Josten)		The Masters of Evil; The Defenders...  The Thunderbolts; Emissaries of Evil (Egghead); Lethal Legion; Initiative; Mandarin's Minions		197
MACH-IV (Abner Jenkins)		The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts...  Sinister Six; Sinister Syndicate; Initiative; black		152
Songbird (Melissa Joan Gold)	Jewish	The Masters of Evil; Femizons...  The Thunderbolts; Grapplers; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		229
Techno (Norbert Ebersol)		HYDRA; The Masters of Evil...  New Enforcers; The Thunderbolts; Redeemers; Initiative		136
Speed Demon (James Saunders)		Hood's Army; Squadron Sinister...  The Thunderbolts; Sinister Syndicate		86
Radioactive Man (Dr. Chen Lu)	Communist Buddhist	The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts...  Titanic Three; People's Defense Force; Asian		187
Orka	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Heroes for Hire; Deep Six...  Atlantean		62
Hydro-Man (Morrie Bench)		Sinister Syndicate; Sinister Twelve		84
Armadillo (Antonio Rodriguez)	Catholic	Hood's Army; The Rangers...  Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation; Hispanic		52
Wizard (Bentley Wittman)		The Frightful Four (founder); Hood's Army...  Wizard's Warriors (leader)		202
Angar the Screamer (David Alan Angar)	Hippie	Redeemers [activist; singer]		42
Vector (Simon Utrecht)		Thunderbolts Army; Hood's Army...  U-Foes		61
Ironclad (Mike Steel)		Thunderbolts Army; Hood's Army...  U-Foes		33
X-Ray (Jimmy Darnell)		Thunderbolts Army; Hood's Army...  U-Foes		59
Vapor (Ann Darnell)		Thunderbolts Army; Femizons...  Hood's Army; U-Foes		57
Mandrill (Jerome Beechman)		Black Spectre (leader); Hood's Army...  Mutant Force; Crossfire's Mind Control Gang		61
Kaine		[murderer; unstable clone of Peter Parker]		90
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (cameo)	Protestant	The Avengers; The Invaders...  Secret Defenders; The Ultimates; Weapon Plus; Redeemers		5,992
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (cameo)	Catholic (lapsed)	The Avengers; Secret Defenders...  Weapon X (Exiles); The Defenders; The Ultimates; The Order; Hulkbusters; Pantheon; X-Saviours; Warbound		4,551
The Sub-Mariner (Namor) (cameo)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	The Avengers; The Invaders...  X-Men; Dark X-Men; The All-Winners Squad; The Defenders; The Order; Illuminati; Atlantean; human; The Cabal		1,864
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (cameo)	Jewish	The Fantastic Four; The Avengers...  U.S. Air Force; The Yancy Street Gang; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation; Fantastic Five		5,017
Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (cameo)	Episcopalian	The Fantastic Four; Fantastic Force...  Metro College; Fantastic Five		4,393
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) (cameo)	humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist	The Fantastic Four; The Avengers...  Illuminati; Fantastic Five		4,661
Falcon (Sam Wilson) (cameo)	Baptist (lapsed)	The Avengers; SHIELD Super-Agents...  black		531
Vision (cameo)	synthezoid; Catholic (temporary)	The Avengers; Guardians of the Galaxy...  Young Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles); A-Next; Galactic Guardians		1,393
Onslaught (cameo)		[dark side of Xavier and Magneto]		56
Madcap (cameo)	Protestant (devout)	[student; philosopher...]		19

"The Origin of the Thunderbolts!" story in Thunderbolts #100 (May 2006) collects the 8-chapter story originally published in Thunderbolts Annual '97, presenting it as a single story.

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