So I pretty much finished reading the original run of Thunderbolts.
I’ve explained, at length, my love of the original Busiek run, and that holds as true now as it ever was. Busiek is a GOAT comic writer, and Thunderbolts is, while not his greatest accomplishment, pretty high up there. Really just goes to full express how good his other stuff is honestly.
The Nicesza run, comparatively, was a big step down. Which, again, is more indicative of how good Busieks stuff is as it really only suffers in comparison. Setting aside stuff like Frank trying to work out stuff that Kurt clearly set up without the same frame work with mixed success. Big props to the final arc, which split the team into two groups and, unknowingly had them working against one another while keeping the themes of the book going in different directions; that was some excellent stuff and it all ends with a double sized Where Are They Now and sequel hook ending…
And then the last half dozen issues are this;
I’ve explained, at length, my love of the original Busiek run, and that holds as true now as it ever was. Busiek is a GOAT comic writer, and Thunderbolts is, while not his greatest accomplishment, pretty high up there. Really just goes to full express how good his other stuff is honestly.
The Nicesza run, comparatively, was a big step down. Which, again, is more indicative of how good Busieks stuff is as it really only suffers in comparison. Setting aside stuff like Frank trying to work out stuff that Kurt clearly set up without the same frame work with mixed success. Big props to the final arc, which split the team into two groups and, unknowingly had them working against one another while keeping the themes of the book going in different directions; that was some excellent stuff and it all ends with a double sized Where Are They Now and sequel hook ending…
And then the last half dozen issues are this;
