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Issue Details

Issue #76
Published April 2003
Cover Price $2.25; $3.75 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Andrew Lis

Cover Details

Characters Armadillo; Daniel Axum
Genre Super-hero
Pencils Francisco Ruiz Velasco
Inks Francisco Ruiz Velasco
Colors Francisco Ruiz Velasco
Reprinted In Thunderbolts: How to Lose (Marvel, 2003 series) #[nn]

1 page Thunderbolts recap "Welcome to the Fights!"

Genre Super-hero
Script John Arcudi
Pencils Francisco Ruiz Velasco
Inks Francisco Ruiz Velasco
Colors Francisco Ruiz Velasco
Letters Typeset
Notes Introduction to the characters.

23 page Thunderbolts story "Bare Knuckle"

Characters Daniel Axum [The Battler]; Axum's Mother; Rey Trueno; Coach Cady; Armadillo; Jason; Amber; T-Bone
Synopsis It's "Fight Club" meets Marvel as writer John Arcudi (JLA) and penciler Francisco Ruiz Velasco (Lone Wolf 2100) kick off a new direction for THUNDERBOLTS! No jail breaks; no stolen moneybags with dollar signs on them; no running away to strike another day. This is what happens to super-villains without hope. Take a voyeuristic look at a world of bloody fights in abandoned warehouses, the lure of easy money, and the desperate smell of sweaty losers. If you're trying to do the right thing, do you stay bitter in your lousy day job - or make one last grab for fame -- by busting heads? [per solicitation]
Genre Super-hero
Script John Arcudi
Pencils Francisco Ruiz Velasco
Inks Francisco Ruiz Velasco
Colors Francisco Ruiz Velasco
Letters David Sharpe
Reprinted In Thunderbolts: How to Lose (Marvel, 2003 series) #[nn]