SONGBIRD OF DOOM SERIES

Here are thirty of my favorite moments in the series from the days of Busiek and Mark Bagley to the days of Acker, Blacker, and Carlo Barberi.Īfter the Avengers and Fantastic Four disappeared in the battle against Onslaught, a new superhero team called the Thunderbolts hit the scene to fill in the void. Fabian Nicieza and Jeff Parker wrote the longest runs of the series and were both fantastic, but towards the end they each felt like they simply ran out of stuff to say and had to move on.īut again, Thunderboltshas persevered because it’s a damn good series with an amazing batting average of writers and runs.

While Fantastic Four, Superman, Batman, and just about any major superhero comic are capable of holding onto the same status quo and existing with no problem, Thunderboltsis ultimately driven by character development and has to keep up momentum or it stops working. Meanwhile, it’s a rare Big Two comic series that can’t stand still for too long or it falls apart. Other than Warren Ellis and Chris Gage’s runs with the Norman Osborn/Venom/Bullseye team, Thunderboltshas rarely had any major influence in the greater Marvel universe and has mostly existed on the sidelines. The series was born out of the unfortunate one-two punch of Onslaught and Heroes Reborn, so the fact that it stood the test of time is nothing less than miraculous. All together, the series has run for well over 200 issues since debuting in the ’90s amidst the sea of famously bad comics of the time.

Marvel Comics staple Thunderboltsjust started up its latest run under the pen of Ben Acker and Ben Blacker.

Songbird of doom