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