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Marvel confirmed today (via Marvel.com ) that they'll be launching a new Thunderbolts comic in the aftermath of Avengers: Standoff. The new team will feature a cast of familiar Thunderbolts players but an entirely new leader - The Winter Soldier.

Thunderbolts #1 cover by Jon Malin

Thunderbolts #1 variant cover by Mark Bagley

Thunderbolts will be written by Jim Zub (Samurai Jack, Wayward) and drawn by Jon Malin (Youngblood). Alongside the Winter Soldier, the new team lineup will include Moonstone, the Fixer, Atlas and MACH-V.“Doing the right thing is different than being ‘good,’” Zub told Marvel.com. “We’ve assembled a potent mix of characters to explore that theme with big drama, big action, and unexpected twists along the way. The new team is stacked with powerful personalities and a mission that’s going to tear them up and get right to their core. I’m excited about putting them in tough spots and letting the sparks fly.”“Jon’s line work is bursting with excitement and intensity but never at the expense of solid panel-to-panel storytelling,” said Zub of Malin's artwork. “It’s a great balance of dynamic action and fine line detail. I think he’s on the cusp of breaking through as a major talent at Marvel and I’m thrilled to collaborate with him on Thunderbolts. I can’t wait for people to see what he’s capable of.”Look for Thunderbolts #1 to be released at some point after Avengers: Standoff Omega #1 hits stores in April.The original story is below:

Marvel has released a new teaser image that suggests the Thunderbolts might be returning later this year. The teaser features a group of silhouetted figures (and one mysterious girl) and the tagline "From the Ashes of Avengers: Standoff... Injustice, Like Lightning."The teaser is clearly inspired by the cover to 1997's Thunderbolts #1, while the tagline is a riff on the traditional Thunderbolts slogan "Justice Like Lightning."Based on all of that, we can infer that Marvel will be launching a new Thunderbolts comic in the aftermath of the Avengers: Standoff crossover (which runs through the various Avengers comics in March and April). The mysterious girl in this teaser is the same girl will be at the heart of the Avengers: Standoff conflict. As for the identities of the other characters, we can only speculate until Marvel reveals the full image.For those not familiar with the Thunderbolts, the original team was a group of supervillains (including Baron Zemo, Moonstone, Songbird and Swordsman) who masqueraded as heroes and served as a more morally ambiguous counterpart to the Avengers. Later the team became a government sponsored group led by Norman Osborn and consisting of various incarcerated supervillains like Venom and Bullseye. The most recent incarnation of the series saw Red Hulk lead a team of assassins that included Deadpool, Punisher and Elektra.It would make sense to bring back the Thunderbolts in the build-up to Civil War II given how integral an earlier incarnation of the team was to the original Civil War. There's also the fact that original Thunderbolts leader Baron Zemo is playing a big role in the movie Captain America: Civil War. Marvel included Zemo in his Citizen V disguise in one of their All-New, All-Different Marvel teasers last year, but so far he has yet to put in an appearance.We'll keep you updated as Marvel reveals more about their 2016 plans.

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