Thunderbolts…..assemble!

Marvel announced that Bucky Barnes will led a new team of Thunderbolts in a new ongoing series launching in December from the writing duo of Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing and artist Geraldo Borges. The new team will feature some familiar Marvel superheroes, including Black Widow, Sharon Carter as her new Destroyer persona, White Widow, Red Guardian, U.S. Agent, and Shang-Chi. Co-leading the team with Bucky will be the one and only Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine.

From the publisher:

Bucky Barnes, the Revolution, just inherited a mountain of covert intel and he has one objective: justice… like lightning! He’s going after the establishment, the people no one else is willing or able to take down, and he’ll do whatever it takes to win. Teaming with the mysterious Contessa Valentina Allegra De Fontaine, Bucky assembles a team of black-ops heavy hitters to pursue high-profile targets like the Red Skull, Kingpin, and even Doctor Doom himself. No one is safe from the Thunderbolts!

Speaking to Marvel on the new series, Kelly and Lanzing shared the following message: "Welcome to Operation: Worldstrike! The Hivemind is wildly excited to continue the saga we began with Carmen Carnero in CAPTAIN AMERICA: SENTINEL OF LIBERTY—while also starting anew with a dangerous and unpredictable cast from across the Marvel Universe. The call has gone out to all those who call the shadows their home; every spy, assassin, and renegade has a part to play in Bucky Barnes' all-encompassing and uncompromising hit on the singular, monstrous living symbol of fascism: the Red Skull. Alongside our old friend Geraldo Borges, we're taking this opportunity to tell a very different kind of team book. This is a whole new era for the Thunderbolts and it starts with a four-part espionage epic, an ever-shifting cast and a single overarching goal: to tear down a century of Nazi evil with justice like lightning."

Check out one of the variant covers from Mahmud Asrar below and stay tuned for more cover reveals in the coming weeks!