Thread:ADour/@comment-3965848-20180109185029/@comment-4651179-20180117204651

The distinction isn't made based on the leader, but if the teams have no connection at all or sense of continuity. As far as I know, Taskmaster's Thunderbolts and Baron Zemo's Thunderbolts are completely different teams that just happen to share name.

For a similar reason we make distinctions between:
 * Avengers and Avengers (Hydra)
 * New Avengers and New Avengers (A.I.M.)
 * Mighty Avengers and Mighty Avengers (Cage)
 * Secret Avengers (Civil War) and Secret Avengers (Black Ops Unit) and Secret Avengers (S.H.I.E.L.D.)
 * X-Men and X-Men (Osborn) and X-Men (New Charles Xavier School) and X-Men (Magneto's)
 * Defenders and Defenders (Manhattan)
 * Cabal (Dark Illuminati) and Cabal (Namor's)
 * Alpha Flight and Alpha Flight (Space Program)