[Boogieman4hire]

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Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel

While I certainly understand where you're coming from, I'm also of the opinion that we're largely splitting hairs here as it regards which category (Hero or Villain) to place almost any Thunderbolt. Redemption for members of the Thunderbolts has always been far more of a sliding scale than any hard and fast adherence to the altruisms and tenets of heroism. The murky fluidity in the alignment of team-members is/was the core of what made the title click for me as a reader.

In keeping with Marvel's roots of relatability, but in a more extreme manner given their former status as villains, the Thunderbolts were marginal personalities trying to turn a different leaf for a host of reasons - some righteous, some practical, some opportunistic, and some completely insincere. In my opinion, the only truly "good" Thunderbolts were Jolt (never a villain), Songbrid, Mach-1 (sorta - was he influenced more by the want to be a hero, or his falling for Songbird?), and Charcoal (maybe). I omit Atlas largely because of his functionally beating Genis-Vell to death for threatening the team via interrupting Abe's love interest in Melissa - Ionic-energy 'roid-rage' aside, that is exactly the kind of self-serving act that typifies the average psyche on the team.

I recall expressing enthusiasm for an all villain wave here years ago, which was met with speculation that it was entirely unlikely given the lack of brand recognition for any characters therein - heh - so I'm obviously very happy with recent reveals. However, while I'm super excited by this wave, I don't really care how the baddies are delivered and will take a Mr. Hyde/Graviton/Count Nefaria/Mephisto/Nightmare/Baron Mordo/D'Spayre etc whichever way they come. The same goes for the remaining T-Bolts, of which Meteorite is an absolute must have. Get them to me in a hero theme, a villain theme, in a wave, in a box-set, or even as an annoying exclusive...it matters not as long as they come.

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Grabbed it the minute it materialized as a precaution against exactly what you've noted...one has gotta be quick and decisive in this toy game

What about Radioactive Man?