Anyone who remembers the first Guardians of the Galaxy movie will recognize some of the narrative techniques here: establish the grimy backstory of the roguish heroes, force them to become allies, and transform them into an ersatz family by the end. However, in contrast to the rainbow-coloured, cosmic goofiness of the Guardians movies, Thunderbolts* is decidedly more grim and dour. All of these lead characters have lots of blood on their hands, and they’re pretty depressed about it.

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