History ComicBook / AvengersThunderbolts

* CoversAlwaysLie: The cover shows Zemo wearing his classic pink hood... but, as his face had been restored in previous arcs, he does not wear during most of the story.

* EvilPlan: In what became a consistent MO for Zemo, he tries to "save" the world with approximately the most supervillainous style possible. He may have changed his motives, but his methods have not changed.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Averted. Zemo had a HeelFaceTurn, became a full superhero (and not merely posing as a superhero, as in the early Thunderbolts issues), and organized a great plan to save the world from the weapons of mass destruction. Everybody was so damn sure that, when the moment was due, Zemo would reveal himself as EvilAllAlong and reveal that his plan to save the world was actually and EvilPlan to TakeOverTheWorld. But no. Zemo was doing good things for real, and never changed his mind.
** HeelFaceDoorSlam

* ScrewDestiny: According to ComicBook/AvengersForever, Songbird will be an Avenger sometime in the future. At the end of this story, she was offered membership... and rejected it.
** She does finally join the ComicBook/NewAvengers2015 11 years later.
* SwitchingPOV: Each issue is narrated by a different character.
* TakingTheBullet: The most unexpected example. [[spoiler:Baron Helmut Zemo saved Captain America's life! Heinrich Zemo must be turning in his grave]]
* TheBusCameBack: The return (and departure again) of [[spoiler:Jolt]]
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Cobalt Man]]
* TheSpock: Blackheath.
* YouShallNotPass: Harvin Zemo, the first Baron Zemo, stopped an army over a bridge all by himself in 1480, during the introductory fashback.

''Avengers/Thunderbolts'' is a 2004 BatFamilyCrossover between the ComicBook/{{Avengers}} and the ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}, written by Kurt Busiek and Fabian Nicieza. The series lasted for 6 issues (May-September, 2004). The Thunderbolts comic book was cancelled at that time, but the success of the crossover allowed a new comic book, ''New Thunderbolts'', which retrieved the original title some time afterwards.

'''Avengers Thunderbolts''' was a 2004 BatFamilyCrossover between the ComicBook/{{Avengers}} and the {{Thunderbolts}}, written by Kurt Busiek and Fabian Nicieza. The series lasted for 6 issues (May-September, 2004). The Thunderbolts comic book was cancelled at that time, but the success of the crossover allowed a new comic book, ''New Thunderbolts'', which retrieved the original title some time afterwards.

!!''Avengers / Thunderbolts'' provides examples of:

'''Avengers Thunderbolts''' was a 2004 BatFamilyCrossover between the ComicBook/{{Avengers}} and the {{Thunderbolts}}, written by Kurt Busiek and Fabian Nicieza. The Thunderbolts comic book was cancelled at that time, but the success of the crossover allowed a new comic book, ''New Thunderbolts'', which retrieved the original title some time afterwards.

* BerserkButton: Atlas is a good friend and can't bring himself to attack his teammates... but when Moonstone attacks Vantage (a FlyingBrick against a mere acrobat, that ends just as expected), then that's it: let's grow more than 30 meters, and crush Moonstone like an ant!

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: The Thunderbols, led by Zemo, forced a BananaRepublic to give up their secret atomic plans. The PresidentEvil sent his navy, to no avail. He kept nagging, that he would gather allies, go to the UN... and Zemo interrupted him showing him and his cabinet a porn video of the president having sex with the wife of his minister (standing right next to him). Vantage asks, WhatTheHellHero. Well, Zemo ended the conflict swiftly, decisively, and... let's hope... without loss of life. [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Isn't that what heroes do?]]

In the end, the machine is destroyed, Moonstone is left in a coma, the Thunderbols break up... and Zemo escapes with the moon stones that made Moonstone so powerful.

* TheSpock: Black Heart

'''Avengers Thunderbolts''' was a 2004 BatFamilyCrossover between the ComicBook/{{Avengers}} and the {{Thunderbolts}}, made by Kurt Busiek and Tom Grummer. The Thunderbolts comic book was cancelled at that time, but the success of the crossover allowed a new comic book, ''New Thunderbolts'', which retrieved the original title some time afterwards.

* BreakingTheFellowship: The Thunderbolts broke up after this fiasco, but Match IV organized a new team just one month later.

* DoNotAdjustYourSet: Averted. Captain America began the fight before the Thunderbolts could announce the use of the Liberator.

* TheSpock: Black Heart

* TheBusCameBack: The return (and departure again) of [[spoiler:Jolt]]

* TakingTheBullet: The most unexpected example. [[spoiler:Baron Helmut Zemo saved Captain America's life! Heinrich Zemo must be turning in his grave]]

* TakingTheBullet: The most unexpected example. [[spoiler:Baron Zemo saved Captain America's life! Heinrich Zemo must be turning in his grave]]

!!''Avengers / Thunderbolts'' provides examples of:

'''Avengers Thunderbolts''' was a 2004 BatFamilyCrossover between the ComicBook/{{Avengers}} and the {{Thunderbolts}}, made by Kurt Busiek and Tom Grummer. The Thunderbolts comic book was cancelled at that time, but the success of the crossover allowed a new comic book, ''Nw Thunderbolts'', which retrieved the original title some time afterwards.

In the end, the machine is destroyed, Moonstone is left in a coma, the Thunderbols break up... and Zemo escapes with the moon stones that made Moonstone so powerful.