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A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 228
Here is the latest cool comic book moment in our year-long look at one cool comic book moment a day (in no particular order whatsoever)! Here‘s the archive of the moments posted so far!
The recent look at Kurt Busiek’s Avengers run reminded me that we should take a look at the Thunderbolts #1 reveal by Busiek and Mark Bagley…
To recap, the issue begins with a 15-year-old girl getting kidnapped by some bad guys. We don’t see her again until the very end (setting up next issue), but I’m just mentioning it so the end of the issue makes some sense to you.
Okay, otherwise, the Thunderbolts show up as the newest superhero team to fight the good fight when the Avengers and the Fantastic Four both went missing.
In this issue, they just got done with a very public battle with the Wrecker and the Wrecking Crew.
Then this happened…
The reveal is “the” moment, naturally.
20 Comments
Mark D. White
August 17, 2009 at 7:30 am
Very cool, thanks – I’d heard a lot about this, but had not ever actually seen it.
Lt. Clutch
August 17, 2009 at 7:31 am
The best comic to come out of the whole Heroes Reborn fiasco. And one of THE coolest reveals in comic book history.
Baron Zemo kicks all sorts of ass in this series. A great character all around.
alastair
August 17, 2009 at 8:03 am
could this even happen now, or would the net and overly discriptive marketing wreck the suprise
chad
August 17, 2009 at 8:07 am
cool for i remember how shocked when citizen v removed his mask only to reveal that the thunder bolts were the masters of evil .shocking for villians being heroes. and baron zemo proving to be harder to kill then a cochroach
Brian Cronin
August 17, 2009 at 8:15 am
The net and overly descriptive marketing blew THIS surprise, Alastair – just not to the same extent it would have nowadays.
Michael P.
August 17, 2009 at 9:10 am
Heh. True, Brian. As I recall, Peter David caught a spoil of the twist in the solicit copy for Hulk 449 (the team’s first appearace) and nearly went apopleptic. Fortunately, it was changed before the solicits went out to Diamond.
Jeff Holland
August 17, 2009 at 9:11 am
Actually, one of a few great comics to come out of the Heroes-Reborn void – Ostrander’s Heroes for Hire, Waid’s Ka-Zar, and Kelly’s Deadpool came out at this point, too, as I recall.
The Dude
August 17, 2009 at 9:58 am
@Jeff Holland: Ostrander did Heroes for Hire? Was it a big run?
I have the other 2 you mentioned but never heard about that one.
Dave
August 17, 2009 at 10:19 am
Man, Moonstone has had some really ugly costumes over the years….
Callen493
August 17, 2009 at 10:39 am
I can’t look at that panel with Baron Zemo without imagining him sounding like the Monarch. Maybe because the moment seems a bit over the top.
Callen493
August 17, 2009 at 10:43 am
It’s funny that Speedball is whining that the press doesn’t pay them enough attention.
Is he even still a Thunderbolt?
Andrew Collins
August 17, 2009 at 11:20 am
Ostrander did Heroes for Hire? Was it a big run?
It only lasted around 18 issues or so. I’ve never read it myself, but I’ve always heard good things about it…
The Dude
August 17, 2009 at 11:38 am
Thanks Andrew. I’ll see if I can find some issues of that run.
@Callen493: Speedball is on Avengers : The Initiative now, I think. Except after Civil War he’s gone all emo and calls himself Penance now.
DubipR
August 17, 2009 at 2:29 pm
Still one of the best Marvel moments in the past 20 years.
I remember reading a Wizard article about the Thunderbolts and Busiek giving cryptic clues about each character but I never figured them out until the reveal. Great choice Bee-Cee.
Ellis Wyatt
August 17, 2009 at 4:04 pm
Songbird is currently one of my favorite characters, but it’s hard to take her seriously at times, looking at her first costume.
sgt rawk
August 17, 2009 at 5:04 pm
God, comics were ugly back then, whenever it was. Those costumes are horrible.
Philip
August 17, 2009 at 11:51 pm
The list needs some DC:The New Frontier moments, especially the end of the Losers.
The Dave
August 18, 2009 at 8:42 am
Is the reveal in the top 70 Marvel Panels yet? It needs to be.
Callum
August 20, 2009 at 7:32 am
The moment for me is when Venom bites off the arm of Steel Spi– oh wait, wrong line-up.
wwk5d
September 1, 2009 at 7:25 am
Oh, the art isn’t THAT bad.