PREVIEW: Thunderbolts #1

[Maidman]

There is NO reason for these characters to be together. Punisher would never be part of a team, he is a lone wolf. The old Thunderbolts had several reasons for their existence. Having said that, I am getting this series!

[TsaiMeLemoni]

There is NO reason for these characters to be together. Punisher would never be part of a team, he is a lone wolf. The old Thunderbolts had several reasons for their existence. Having said that, I am getting this series!

I don't think we can really say this until we've read at least the first issue. Besides, Rulk has proven able to hire three members of this team to work together on a previous occasion, I am willing to assume he can do it again.

[Bionder]

There is NO reason for these characters to be together. Punisher would never be part of a team, he is a lone wolf. The old Thunderbolts had several reasons for their existence. Having said that, I am getting this series!

Well as we seen in the preview the Punisher is in no position to argue... Tied up, some thugs looking for him, Ross offering a way out, let's how this will take...

[IndigoMX9]

There is NO reason for these characters to be together. Punisher would never be part of a team, he is a lone wolf. The old Thunderbolts had several reasons for their existence. Having said that, I am getting this series!

This is what Daniel Way said in an interview. http://www.newsarama.com/comics/marv...aniel-way.html

Way: Yes; this is not "another X-Force." This is also not a covert ops team. When the Thunderbolts hit a target, they'll do so in the loudest way possible. Separately, on their own, these characters were waging open-ended campaigns. Why were they on their own? Why has no one stepped in to help them? Would not the world be a better place if organized crime was eliminated, or The Hand summarily wiped out?

Whether due to indifference, moral quandary or political agenda, there are pockets of infection throughout the MU that have been allowed to fester and grow. This team of Thunderbolts exists to cut out that infection, wherever it is found. They do not recognize boundaries or borders, be they moral, political or geographical. They can and will strike anyone, at any time, without warning. They are the consequence of evil deeds, pure and simple.