THUNDERBOLTS #127

Review by: Tork

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I shall say that I’ve haven’t been the biggest Thunderbolts fan of late.  Before Civil War, I really liked the idea of a team that nobody, even superheroes, trusted while they tried to make the world a better place.  It was a good concept and I liked a lot of the characters.  Then, Civil War and Warren Ellis came and switched it around. Suddenly, it became a team of psychos being forced into hunting D-list heroes for the Green Goblin of all people.  Many of the team members were unlikable or people who should be in their nemesis’ books rather than hanging around Colorado.  It was a team with no cohesion, no unity, and no logic which Ellis obviously realized since half his run was the team running around trying to kill each other.  Then Christos Gage came on for the obligatory Secret Invasion tie-in.  So now, Andy Diggle’s on for the present.  Coming out of The Losers, Diggle clearly has a knack for the kind of black-bag ops stories the team will soon be on. As such, this and last issue were a sort of farewell for this team’s incarnation.   

The issue is essentially Songbird attempting to flee from the likes of Bullseye, Venom, and Moonstone.  As Chen-Lu left last issue, Songbird’s remained the only likable character on the book, the last remnant of the old guard.  There’s action and violence galore as Songbird takes apart each of her assailants as another character grabs a fleeting moment of heroism amidst an ocean of character assasination.  The art by De la Torre is crisp and dynamic.  While staying close to the tone of the last two years (former vilains looking to kill each other on their mountain), Diggle thankfully gives a couple nods to the days of Zemo and MACH-IV by both raising the respect level of the aformentioned disrespected character and by acknowledging how corrupted and broken this last incarnation was to the legacy of the former team.  I appreciate that Diggle knows how this last team stripped the book of its themes of redemption and selfishless even if the next incarnation will drag it down evn further.  Nevertheless, knowing Diggle made a lot of people happy with the Losers, it’ll least be worth an issue or two to check out.  Still, this was a nice farewell to two eras of this book.  With a little luck, the next one will be fun to watch.

Story: 4 - Very Good
Art: 4 - Very Good

Comments

  1. (Didnt read this issue, but read the spoilers)

    Let me ask you a random question Tork:

    If I stabbed you full force with a huge broadsword, threw the heart; then kick you out of a window and let you fall on the highest mountain on the state. Would you just walk it off with no visible markings and loss of blood?

    Just curious if you know that answer 😉

  2. Praise Editorial for that I’m sure, TheNextChampion.

     

    I figure that either a) the books are just out of sequence or b) Diggle had no idea about the killing of said character in Dark Reign…

  3. Yes, I would… but I’ve been the product of Canadian genome experiments…

    It was pretty clear to me that this was pre-impalement, and honestly, after all the s–t the character’s been wading through lately, I appreciated that Diggle gave him a noble little last hurrah.

  4. But why would Swordsman go back to the mountain after he left with Songbird? That makes no sense….I guess the idea of Diggle not knowing what Bendis did makes the most sense.

  5. Well, A.) He has to pull the Stanley Goodspeed and say she was vaporized to cover for her or the team is just going to assume she escaped alive.  B.) He wanted a facedown with Norman and probably didn’t figure Osborn was going so apes–t as to impale him like that.  An unwise move on his part but it is what it is.

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