List of Thunderbolts members

The Thunderbolts is a team of comic book supervillains and superheroes, as published by Marvel Comics.

The roster of the team has changed a great deal for many years. This page consists of the list of members during the team's history.

Roster list

The codenames listed under Character are those used during the time the character was a member; under the notes section, super-villain codenames are listed if applicable. Many characters changed their codenames upon joining. Characters with multiple codenames during their membership have them listed in order of appearance, separated by a slash (/), and listed after their leader.

Thunderbolts I

The following are members of the original Thunderbolts:

• Citizen V / Baron Helmut Zemo (leader)
• Atlas / Goliath
• MACH-I / MACH-II / MACH-III / MACH-IV / MACH-V / MACH-X / Beetle
• Meteorite / Moonstone
• Songbird / Screaming Mimi
• Techno / Fixer (Paul Ebersol)
• Jolt
• Hawkeye
• Charcoal
• Ogre
• Amazon / Man-Killer
• Blackheath / Plantman
• Cyclone (Pierre Fresson)
• Harrier / Cardinal
• Skein / Gypsy Moth
• Vantage
• Cobalt Man  – This was a disguise of Tony Stark when he infiltrated their ranks.

Thunderbolts II

The following were members of second incarnation of the Thunderbolts:

• Atlas
• Songbird
• Blizzard (Donnie Gill)
• Photon
• Joystick
• Speed Demon
• Radioactive Man
• Nighthawk

Thunderbolts Army

During the "Civil War", apprehended villains were given a choice to either help the Thunderbolts or go to jail. The project occurred three weeks earlier with the threat of the Grandmaster and his Squadron Sinister. Some of them reformed and joined the Thunderbolts in the end, returned to a life of crime, or joined The Initiative. Here is a list of them:

• Ajaxis
• Aqueduct
• Batroc the Leaper
• Blacklash
• Bloodstrike
• The Beetles
  • Gary Quinn
  • Joaquim Robichaux
  • Elizabeth Vaughn
• Boomerang
• Bullseye
• Bushmaster
• Death Adder
• Doctor Octopus
• Eel
• Green Goblin
• Iron Maiden
• Jack O'Lantern
• Jester
• Killer Shrike
• King Cobra
• Lady Deathstrike
• Machete
• Mongoose
• Overmind
• Ox II (Ronald Bloch)
• Porcupine (Roger Gocking)
• Primus
• Psionex
  • Coronary
  • Mathemanic
  • Pretty Persuasions
• Quicksand
• Rattler
• Red Ronin
• Scarecrow
• Silk Fever
• Slyde
• Smiling Tiger
• Snake Marston
• Taskmaster
• Tatterdemalion
• Texas Twister
• Unicorn
• Venom (Mac Gargan)
• Vermin
• Whiplash
• Whirlwind
• U-Foes
  • Ironclad
  • Vector
  • X-Ray
  • Vapor
• Wrecking Crew
  • Bulldozer
  • Piledriver
  • Thunderball
  • Wrecker
  • Zaran

Thunderbolts III

The following are members of the third incarnation of the Thunderbolts following the "Civil War" storyline:

• Green Goblin (leader)
• Moonstone
• Bullseye
• Penance
• Radioactive Man
• Songbird
• Swordsman (Andreas von Strucker)
• Venom

Thunderbolts IV

During the "Dark Reign" storyline, the following were members of this incarnation of the Thunderbolts that was overseen by H.A.M.M.E.R.:

• Ant-Man
• Black Widow - Revealed to be Natasha Romanoff in disguise.
• Paladin
• Ghost
• Headsman
• Mister X
• Scourge
• Grizzly

Thunderbolts V

During the "Heroic Age" storyline, the following members are members of this incarnation of the Thunderbolts:

• Luke Cage (leader)
• Fixer
• Moonstone
• MACH-V
• Songbird
• Ghost
• Crossbones
• Juggernaut
• Man-Thing
• Hyperion
• Satana
• Underbolts
  • Boomerang
  • Centurius
  • Mister Hyde
  • Shocker
  • Troll
• Dark Avengers
  • Barney Barton
  • Ai Apaec
  • June Covington
  • Ragnarok

Thunderbolts VI

The following are members of this incarnation of the Thunderbolts:

• Red Hulk (leader)
• Deadpool
• Elektra
• Punisher
• Agent Venom
• Red Leader
• Mercy
• Ghost Rider

Thunderbolts VII

Following the "Avengers: Standoff!" storyline, the following are members of this incarnation of the Thunderbolts:

• Winter Soldier (leader)
• Fixer
• Atlas
• Moonstone
• MACH-X
• Kobik

Thunderbolts VIII

The following are members of this incarnation of the Thunderbolts that hunted Punisher:

• Citizen V / Baron Zemo (leader)
• Moonstone
• Ghost
• Fixer
• Radioactive Man
• Jigsaw - He posed as Paladin.

Thunderbolts IX

During the "King in Black" storyline, Mayor Wilson Fisk formed this incarnation of the Thunderbolts to help deal with the invasion from Knull

• Taskmaster (leader)
• Mister Fear (Larry Cranston)
• Batroc the Leaper
• Rhino
• Star
• Ampere - A villain with electrical gauntlets. Killed by Mister Fear for trying to leave the group.
• Snakehead - A villain in a snake mask. Devoured by a Symbiote Dragon.
• Figment
• Foolkiller
• Grizzly
• Man-Bull
• Mister Hyde

Thunderbolts X

During the "Devil's Reign" storyline, Mayor Wilson Fisk passed a law that forbids superhero activities and forms the Thunderbolts units to apprehend any superheroes who break the law. Assisted by agents sporting the thunder bolt icon on their armor, the following are members of this incarnation of the Thunderbolts:

• U.S. Agent (leader)
• Agony (Gemma Shin)
• Electro (Francine Frye)
• Shocker
• Rhino
• Doctor Octopus
• Taskmaster
• Whiplash (Anton Vanko)
• Kraven the Hunter - This version was formerly known as the "Last Son of Kraven".
• Coachwhip
• Puff Adder
• Abomination

Thunderbolts XI

This group assembles in the aftermath of the Devil's Reign storyline:

• Hawkeye (leader)
• Spectrum
• America Chavez
• Power Man
• Persuasion
• Gutsen Glory - A new character whose background is classified.
• Eegro the Unbreakable - A new character from Monster Isle who is said to have an ultimate attack which involves him growing to gigantic size.

Thunderbolts XII

Following the events of "Captain America: Cold War" Bucky Barnes assembles a new lineup consisting of the world's best spies and assassins to permanently eliminate the Red Skull.

• Revolution (Bucky Barnes) (leader)
• Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Life Model Decoy)
• The Destroyer (Sharon Carter)
• Red Guardian (Alexei Shostakov)
• Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)
• White Widow (Yelena Belova)
• Gamemaster / Shang-Chi
• U.S. Agent
• Songbird
• Ghost Rider (Sal Romero)
• Midnight Angels
  • Ayo
  • Aneka

Thunderbolts XIII

During "One World Under Doom", after Revolution rejects Doctor Doom's offer to lead Latveria's own Thunderbolts team, Doom creates his own Thunderbolts called the Fulgar Victoris with the still alive Valentina Allegra de Fontaine leading the team as the new Citizen V.

• Citizen V (Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine) (leader)
• Fixer
• Mach-Doom (Abner Jenkins)
• Moonstone
• Atlas

Marvel Cinematic Universe

See also: Thunderbolts* and Avengers (Marvel Cinematic Universe) § Restarting

In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), publicly rebrands the Thunderbolts team as the New Avengers during a press conference. The members are:

• Black Widow (Yelena Belova) (leader)
• James "Bucky" Barnes
• Ghost (Ava Starr)
• Red Guardian (Alexei Shostakov)
• U.S. Agent (John Walker)
• Sentry (Bob Reynolds)

While the character Taskmaster (Antonia Dreykov) is featured prominently in the marketing material, she never officially becomes a member of the team.