Fabian Nicieza reveals the secret history of Marvel's ultimate anti-heroes: the THUNDERBOLTS!

One of the writers who defined Marvel Comics in the 1990s, the ever-genial FABIAN NICIEZA, returns to Forbidden Planet TV to chat with Andrew Sumner about his lengthy run scripting Baron Zemo's ultimate band of Marvel anti-heroes: the THUNDERBOLTS, now being collected in a beautiful series of Marvel Omnibus editions and coming to the big screen their own MCU movie in 2024!

THUNDERBOLTS OMNIBUS VOLUME TWO

Fabian Nicieza kicks off his run with a bang! Tragedy strikes the Thunderbolts as a ruthless killer targets the team. But who - and why?! Meanwhile, Citizen V is unmasked at last! Moonstone learns far too much about the source of her power! And is the team ready for Mach-2?

As the Thunderbolts join forces with the Avengers to face Count Nefaria, old friends return, sacrifices are made and secrets are revealed! But will the T-Bolts finally earn their redemption - or go their separate ways? And what schemes is Baron Zemo concocting in the shadows? Featuring Graviton, the V-Battalion and the Thunderbolts of Counter-Earth!

Collecting THUNDERBOLTS (1997) #34-63 and ANNUAL 2000, AVENGERS (1998) #31-34 and ANNUAL 2000, THUNDERBOLTS: LIFE SENTENCES, THUNDERBOLTS: FROM THE MARVEL VAULT, CITIZEN V AND THE V-BATTALION #1-3 and CITIZEN V AND THE V-BATTALION: THE EVERLASTING #1-4.

THUNDERBOLTS OMNIBUS VOLUME THREE

The Thunderbolts have been divided between two worlds! Can they find their way back onto the road to redemption? Trapped on the ravaged Counter-Earth, Baron Zemo and his team of semi-reformed villains must choose between returning home… or becoming this planet’s unlikely champions! Meanwhile, Hawkeye and Songbird assemble a new crew to face the Masters of Evil!

But will the Thunderbolts reunite only to fall apart? An encounter with the Avengers changes everything for the T-Bolts, and a new day dawns but not if Baron Strucker, the Purple Man and the Squadron Sinister have anything to say about it! Plus, the superhuman Civil War throws the team’s heroic hopes into disarray!

And when the cosmic Grandmaster strikes, can Zemo rise to the occasion or is he forever tainted by his legacy of evil?

COLLECTING: Thunderbolts (1997) 64-75, 100-109; Avengers/Thunderbolts (2004) 1-6, New Thunderbolts (2004) 1-18, Thunderbolts Presents: Zemo - Born Better (2007) 1-4

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