You can join me and be a part of something far greater than you have ever experienced before... or defy me and be ground beneath the crushing power of inevitability. Choose, or have your fate chosen for you. 
Appearing in "...Like Lightning: A Prologue"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Jolt (Hallie Takahama) (Main story and flashback)
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (Referenced)
- Winter Soldier (Bucky Barnes) (Referenced)
- Fixer (Bert Ebersol) (Referenced)
- Thunderbolts (Referenced)
- Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (Mentioned)
- Young Allies (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Atlantean-Human Hybrids
Locations:
- Prime Marvel Universe (Main story and flashback)
- Milky Way (Main story and flashback)
- Sol (Main story and flashback)
- Earth
- Counter-Earth (Mentioned)
- Sol (Main story and flashback)
- Hell (Invoked)
- Milky Way (Main story and flashback)
Items:
Synopsis for "...Like Lightning: A Prologue"
- Synopsis not yet written
Appearing in "Return of the Masters: Part One - Bonds Unbroken"
Featured Characters:
- Thunderbolts
- Moonstone (Karla Sofen)
- Mach-X (Abe Jenkins)
- Songbird (Mel Gold)
- Fixer (Bert Ebersol)
- Winter Soldier (Bucky Barnes)
- Atlas (Erik Josten) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Kobik
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- S.H.I.E.L.D. (Mentioned)
- Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Only in recap)
- Avengers (Mentioned)
- Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff) (Only in recap)
- Dr. Erik Selvig (Mentioned)
- God (Yahweh) (Invoked)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and recap)
- Inhumans (Mentioned)
- Cyborgs
- Atlantean-Human Hybrids
- Cosmic Cubes
Locations:
- Prime Marvel Universe (Main story and recap)
- Earth (Main story and recap)
- Arctic Circle
- United States of America (Only in recap)
- New York (Only in recap)
- Upstate New York (Only in recap)
- Holding Facility Obfirmo-4 (Only in recap)
- Upstate New York (Only in recap)
- Pleasant Hill, Connecticut (Mentioned)
- New York (Only in recap)
- Russia (Only in recap)
- Moscow (Only in recap)
- Iosef's cabin (Only in recap)
- Moscow (Only in recap)
- Hell (Invoked)
- Earth (Main story and recap)
- Kobik's Timeline (Past)
Items:
- Moonstone
- Winter Soldier's Bionic Arm
- Captain America's Uniform and Shield (Only in recap)
- Sonic Disruptor
- Wrecker's Crowbar
- Whiplash Armor
- Fixer's Tech-Pac
- Mobile Armored Cyber-Harness (Mentioned)
Synopsis for "Return of the Masters: Part One - Bonds Unbroken"
- Synopsis not yet written
Solicit Synopsis
20TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE!
• Once upon a time the Thunderbolts were the Masters of Evil… and if Baron Zemo has his way, their legacy will be reclaimed… with the infinite power of a Cosmic Cube!
• Captain America’s sinister plan for Bucky and Kobik begins to unfold.
• “Return of the Masters,” the Thunderbolts 20th anniversary event, begins here! Along with our pulse-pounding lead story, this special oversized issue includes a brand-new Thunderbolts tale by series co-creators Kurt Busiek and Mark Bagley!
