THUNDERBOLTS
PREPARE TO HIT THE ROAD WITH THE MCU’S MOTLIEST CREW YET
WORDS CHRIS HEWITT
Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh), John Walker (Wyatt Russell), Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen) and Red Guardian (David Harbour) take a road trip. Below: Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) waits in the wings.
Illustration: Russell Moorcroft
WHEN KEVIN FEIGE first announced Thunderbolts* (the asterisk, which is officially part of the title, and about which nobody involved is saying adamn thing, was added later) at the San Diego Comic-Con in July 2022, it felt somewhat paradoxical. In that nobody quite knew what to expect from the movie, which throws together a ragtag bunch of some of the MCU’s most intriguing supporting characters… but yet, everyone seemed to instantly understand what it might be: Marvel’s answer to The Suicide Squad.