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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: Marvel
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 Daredevil (Matt Murdock) hero
CBR Scale: M Catholic
Marvel Knights; Weapon X (Exiles) Marvel 1,801
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
Speed Demon Speed Demon (James Saunders) villain
  Hood's Army; Sinister Syndicate...  Marvel 86
Radioactive Man Radioactive Man (Dr. Chen Lu) villain hero
CBR Scale: U Communist Buddhist
Asian; People's Defense Force...  Marvel 187
Orka Orka villain hero
CBR Scale: R Atlantean Greco-Roman
classical religion
Atlantean; Deep Six...  Marvel 62
Hydro-Man Hydro-Man (Morrie Bench) villain
  Sinister Syndicate; Sinister Twelve Marvel 84
Armadillo Armadillo (Antonio Rodriguez) hero
CBR Scale: I Catholic
Hispanic; Hood's Army...  Marvel 52
Wizard Wizard (Bentley Wittman) villain
  Hood's Army; The Frightful Four (founder)...  Marvel 202
Angar the Screamer Angar the Screamer (David Alan Angar) villain
CBR Scale: D Hippie
Redeemers
[activist; singer]
Marvel 42
Vector Vector (Simon Utrecht) villain
  Hood's Army; Thunderbolts Army...  Marvel 61
Ironclad Ironclad (Mike Steel) villain hero
  Hood's Army; Thunderbolts Army...  Marvel 33
X-Ray X-Ray (Jimmy Darnell) villain hero
  Hood's Army; Thunderbolts Army...  Marvel 59
Vapor Vapor (Ann Darnell) villain
  Femizons; Hood's Army...  Marvel 57
Mandrill Mandrill (Jerome Beechman) villain
  Black Spectre (leader); Crossfire's Mind Control Gang...  Marvel 61
Kaine villain hero
  [murderer; unstable clone of Peter Parker] Marvel 90
Captain America Captain America (Steve Rogers)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Redeemers; Secret Defenders...  Marvel Timely 5,992
The Hulk The Hulk (Bruce Banner)
(cameo)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: I Catholic (lapsed)
Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Marvel 4,551
The Sub-Mariner The Sub-Mariner (Namor)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: S Atlantean Greco-Roman
classical religion
Atlantean; Dark X-Men...  Marvel 1,864
The Thing The Thing (Ben Grimm)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: S Jewish
Fantastic Five; The Avengers...  Marvel 5,017
Human Torch Human Torch (Johnny Storm)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: I Episcopalian
Fantastic Five; Fantastic Force...  Marvel 4,393
Mr. Fantastic Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)
(cameo)
hero scientist
CBR Scale: SCBR Scale: I humanist; portrayed alternatively as explicitly believing in God and as atheist
Fantastic Five; Illuminati...  Marvel 4,661
Falcon Falcon (Sam Wilson)
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: S Baptist
black; SHIELD Super-Agents...  Marvel 531
Vision Vision
(cameo)
hero
CBR Scale: MCBR Scale: I synthezoid; Catholic (temporary)
A-Next; Galactic Guardians...  Marvel 1,393
Onslaught
(cameo)
villain
  [dark side of Xavier and Magneto] Marvel 56
Madcap Madcap
(cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: S Protestant (devout)
[philosopher; student...] Marvel 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.