Thunderbolts Omnibus Vol. 2
Kurt Busiek · Fabian Nicieza · Mark Bagley · Tom Grummett
Story era 06 · Heroes Return, Modern Dawn
Busiek and Nicieza develop the Thunderbolts from their initial reveal into a sustained story of redemption and difficult moral choices.
Book 2 of 3 in Thunderbolts by Busiek & Nicieza · 0 of 3 owned · 3,520 pages in all
Setup & reading order
1 earlier book in this run comes first
- Thunderbolts Omnibus Vol. 1Unowned
- After Thunderbolts #75 in Omnibus Vol. 3
Switch to Dark Reign for #76–81, return to Vol. 3 for Avengers/Thunderbolts, New Thunderbolts, #100–109, and Zemo: Born Better, then resume Dark Reign at #110.
Optional context & path
Path: Thunderbolts. Related projects that read well in this order; the order is a suggestion, not a requirement.
Only required setup and earlier volumes in the same project affect the queue. Everything here is optional.
About these books · 4 sources
Publisher and reference pages describe the editions. Reviews and reader discussions offer different views of the stories.
- r/OmnibusCollectors — Thunderbolts classic omnibus discussion (opens in a new tab)Readers
- Comic Book Herald — Thunderbolts by Busiek and Bagley Omnibus review (opens in a new tab)Critics and editors
- Penguin Random House (opens in a new tab)Publisher
- Wikipedia — Thunderbolts by Busiek & Nicieza (opens in a new tab)Reference
The books
Thunderbolts Omnibus Vol. 2
Book 2 of 3 · Heroes Return, Modern Dawn
The redemption experiment continues directly without an unrelated book inserted between volumes.
See reading checkpoints9781302931896Planned edition#34–63#2000#31–34#2000#1#1#1–3#1–4Avengers #31–34 and Annual 2000, together with Thunderbolts #42–44, repeat in Busiek and Pérez’s second Avengers omnibus. Read that crossover sequence once as a unit and skip the repeated block in the other book.
Edition sources
Each ISBN identifies a specific printing and cover. “Owned copy” identifies the edition on my shelf; “Planned edition” identifies the edition listed for collecting.
Duplication · Thunderbolts Omnibus Vol. 2
These books share full issues or parts of issues with other books in the plan. Open the lists below to see which stories repeat.
Show exact issues
Avengers Annual (1998) #2000Avengers (1998) #31Avengers (1998) #32Avengers (1998) #33Avengers (1998) #34Thunderbolts (1997) #42Thunderbolts (1997) #43Thunderbolts (1997) #44Things to know
Collecting rule: Vol. 1 begins the story; later volumes continue beyond #33.
- Three large omnibuses continue through a title-numbering gap and the New Thunderbolts relaunch.