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

Thunderbolts (vol. 1) #100

Title: “The Origin of the Thunderbolts!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: May 2006

Publisher:
Written by: Kurt Busiek
Art by: Mark Bagley, Bob McLeod, Tom Grummett, Ron Randall, Gene Colan, Darick Robertson, George Pérez, Chris Marrinan, Al Milgrom, Will Blyberg, Scott Koblish, James Sanders III, Tom Palmer, Bruce D. Patterson, Karl Kesel, Andrew Pepoy

Number of Pages: 38

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 Thunderbolts; The Masters of Evil...  Femizons; Dark Avengers		235
Citizen V (Helmut Zemo)		The Thunderbolts; The Masters of Evil...  Redeemers; Thunderbolts (Counter-Earth)		142
Atlas (Erik Josten)		The Defenders; The Thunderbolts...  The Masters of Evil; Initiative; Lethal Legion; Emissaries of Evil (Egghead); Mandarin's Minions		197
MACH-IV (Abner Jenkins)		The Thunderbolts; The Masters of Evil...  Initiative; Sinister Syndicate; Sinister Six; black		152
Songbird (Melissa Joan Gold)	Jewish	The Thunderbolts; The Masters of Evil...  Femizons; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation; Grapplers		229
Techno (Norbert Ebersol)		HYDRA; The Thunderbolts...  The Masters of Evil; Initiative; Redeemers; New Enforcers		136
Speed Demon (James Saunders)		The Thunderbolts; Hood's Army...  Squadron Sinister; Sinister Syndicate		86
Radioactive Man (Dr. Chen Lu)	Communist Buddhist	The Thunderbolts; The Masters of Evil...  People's Defense Force; Titanic Three; Asian		187
Orka	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Atlantean; Heroes for Hire...  Deep Six		62
Hydro-Man (Morrie Bench)		Sinister Syndicate; Sinister Twelve		84
Armadillo (Antonio Rodriguez)	Catholic	The Rangers; Hood's Army...  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...  Crossfire's Mind Control Gang; Mutant Force		61
Kaine		[murderer; unstable clone of Peter Parker]		90
Captain America (Steve Rogers) (cameo)	Protestant	The Avengers; The Invaders...  Secret Defenders; Redeemers; Weapon Plus; The Ultimates		5,992
The Hulk (Bruce Banner) (cameo)	Catholic (lapsed)	The Avengers; The Defenders...  Secret Defenders; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Saviours; Hulkbusters; Pantheon; Warbound; The Ultimates; The Order		4,551
The Sub-Mariner (Namor) (cameo)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Atlantean; The Avengers...  X-Men; The Invaders; The Defenders; The All-Winners Squad; Dark X-Men; Illuminati; The Order; human; The Cabal		1,864
The Thing (Ben Grimm) (cameo)	Jewish	U.S. Air Force; The Fantastic Four...  The Yancy Street Gang; The Avengers; Fantastic Five; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		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...  Fantastic Five; Illuminati		4,661
Falcon (Sam Wilson) (cameo)	Baptist (lapsed)	The Avengers; SHIELD Super-Agents...  black		531
Vision (cameo)	synthezoid; Catholic (temporary)	The Avengers; A-Next...  Guardians of the Galaxy; Young Avengers; Weapon X (Exiles); Galactic Guardians		1,393
Onslaught (cameo)		[dark side of Xavier and Magneto]		56
Madcap (cameo)	Protestant (devout)	[philosopher; student...]		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.

This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. Webpage for Thunderbolts #100 (May 2006) created 19 December 2009. Last modified 5 June 2014.

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