Thunderbolts #159

Written by Last Angry Geek Tuesday, 19 July 2011 22:50

(46 votes, average 4.83 out of 5)

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Comments (30)

07.20.2011 - 00:13 | Robert the Kid

Good review. I should really checkout Thunderbolts at my lcs

07.20.2011 - 00:29 | Damonashu

..."It's on like Mao Zeodong"? When I saw that text bubble it stuck with me till the end of the review.

I don't know much about thunderbolts (or comic books for that matter) but what did that Mario guy really expect when he helped Crossbone?

07.20.2011 - 00:54 | Majin47

Yeah, slap dat ass!

(Not wrong in the slightest, and I say that because it was - it was so wrong!)

07.20.2011 - 02:37 | Grimm

NOOOOO everything you saw on cinemax was true!!!

please let it be true..

07.20.2011 - 05:25 | sandell124

why did he do a sylvester stallone voice when doing a fight club joke? sylvester stallone wasn't in fight club...

07.20.2011 - 21:40 | August M.

Don't worry, it was still funny. I would love to see Stallone in Fight Club.

07.20.2011 - 06:40 | timotaka

Living Laser gets taken out by a boomerang to the head? Didn't that guy used to go toe to toe with Iron Man? Talk about power decay. And on that topic, I sincerely hope Marvel stops playing ping pong with Juggernaut's power level and allegiance.

07.20.2011 - 07:02 | Mysterious One D

I really like the Thunderbolts and have been a fan since the first issue, with the exception of the crappy superhuman fight club issues. This version of the Thunderbolts is interesting and has some good stories, but it is also the weakest of any version of the Thunderbolts, aside from the aforementioned fight club stuff. The one thing I don't care for is how Moonstone's character has changed drastically from her roots in the early books. She was a very intelligent and manipulative character, but somehow in the current line she has become a whiny and annoying b*$%&. Though the Fear Itself story has fixed something that was lacking in the current run by making the Juggernaut awesome again.

07.20.2011 - 08:41 | Skyscraper

I can't say I was ever an ardent follower of Thunderbolts- that being said I wonder if THIS was the best choice of issue to review. I don't know, maybe this is a recent release and thus topical, but I've always gotten the impression that LAG is for reviews of trades or issues that for one reason or another stand out as big or important. This... not so much.

I know, it's a nitpicky argument- I'm just wondering why choose THIS issue, a comparatively weak issue that to my knowledge had NO hype surrounding it, of all the Thunderbolts issues.

07.20.2011 - 08:52 | Shinigami

This could be considered to be like tasty snack. Tastes good but dosen't satisfy hunger.

07.20.2011 - 09:44 | Cafeterialoca

Did you just do an entire Thunderbolts review and history, mention EVERY character...but left out Songbird completely?! Even the fact that she's LEADING the team now?!
For shame Last Angry Geek! For SHAME! You dishonor Thunderbolts fans everywhere!

07.20.2011 - 21:38 | August M.

I agree, especially on the Dark Reign run where he admitted he knew nothing about.

07.20.2011 - 21:36 | August M.

Well they announce a Season 1 for many of their popular series(Spider-Man, X-Men, Fantastic 4, etc) where new and unknown writers and artist(Which I heard) will be updating the origins for a modern audience. But don't worry, it ain't a reboot.

07.20.2011 - 22:00 | Shadowflame66

I thought this was your funniest review yet. Every joke worked, and I laughed out loud at most of them. Great job!

This comic didn't attract me, really. Nothing I saw made me want to know more. Guess it's just not my thing?

07.20.2011 - 23:11 | fauxnamn

Fun Review. I honestly feel that LAG is one of the more underrated reviewers on this site. Linkara gets a lot of attention because he's been on the site longer and he has overarching story-lines, but the LAG's work is nothing to sneeze at. The reviews are in-depth, interesting and fun. Perhaps if he incorporated some story elements he'd get more views.

If you're reading this LAG, I think you should also try to do some more comic book animated direct to video DVD reviews. Planet Hulk was a great review and I would like to see you review others like "All-Star Superman" or "Batman: Under the Red Hood."

07.21.2011 - 00:05 | Zekermeme

I remember Civil War Thunderbolts. That was the only thing I liked about Civil War.

07.21.2011 - 11:52 | Cafeterialoca

But seriously, LAG, you picked this issue to review? Over stuff like the Scourched Earth Tie-in?!
COME ON! You're supposed to show why people should buy Thunderbolts, not pick the ONE BAD ISSUE!!!

07.22.2011 - 00:07 | mtaylor6842 - your brand of comedy always makes me laugh thanks

i always enjoy your reviews i am new to comics and have based a lot of my buys on your reviews always funny and informative

07.31.2011 - 08:49 | The Real Hero

Good job! I loved the recaps. Especially because I read the Thunderbolts. Also all your jokes are on the ball now!

08.18.2011 - 17:16 | Wolf92

You forgot to mention that Thunderbolts/Avengers was before New Thunderbolts

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