Thunderbolts (vol. 1) #-1 (July 1997):
“Distant Rumblings!”
by Kurt Busiek, Steve Epting, Bob Wiacek

Thunderbolts (vol. 1) #-1

Title: “Distant Rumblings!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: July 1997

Publisher:
Written by: Kurt Busiek
Art by: Steve Epting, Bob Wiacek

17 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
The Sub-Mariner (Namor)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Atlantean; Dark X-Men...  human; Illuminati; The All-Winners Squad; The Avengers; The Cabal; The Defenders; The Invaders; The Order; X-Men		1,864
Dr. Leonard Samson	Jewish	E.D.I.T. (leader); Initiative		304
Karla Sofen	Buddhist	Dark Avengers; Femizons...  The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		235
HYDRA	HYDRA	[largest worldwide subversive organization]		283
Helmut Zemo		Redeemers; The Masters of Evil...  The Thunderbolts; Thunderbolts (Counter-Earth)		142
Erik Josten		Emissaries of Evil (Egghead); Initiative...  Lethal Legion; Mandarin's Minions; The Defenders; The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		197
Abner Jenkins		black; Initiative...  Sinister Six; Sinister Syndicate; The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		152
Melissa Joan Gold	Jewish	Femizons; Grapplers...  The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts; Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation		229
Fixer (Norbert Ebersol)		HYDRA; Initiative...  New Enforcers; Redeemers; The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		136
Hallie Takahama		Asian; Redeemers...  The Thunderbolts; Young Allies (Counter Earth)		83
Citizen V (John Watkins Sr.)		V-Battalion		6
Baron Zemo (Dr. Heinrich Zemo)	Nazi	The Masters of Evil (founder); Thunderbolts (Counter-Earth)		121
Stan Lee	Jewish	[principal Marvel Comics creator]		258
Jane Takahama		[Jolt's mother]		2
Robert Takahama		[Jolt's father]		2
unnamed Indian laborers	Native American	[Baron Zemo quashed uprising of his Indian laborers]		1
Mr. Carruthers	prob. indeterminate	[1st app: Thunderbolts (vol. 1) #-1 (July 1997)]		1

This publication is also known as: Thunderbolts: Distant Rumblings. This issue really does feature the issue number "minus 1" (i.e., "-1" or "negative one") on the cover. This was published as part of a special "Flashback" month at Marvel wherein all regularly-published series featured a "-1" issue which depicted events before the series began. Alternatively, we have seen this issue indexed as a special Thunderbolts: Distant Rumblings "one-shot," outside of regular Thunderbolts volume one publishing. But listing this issue that way does not best reflect what actually happened. Thunderbolts #-1 fits solidly within the collection of comics published as part of the first (and, at that time, the only) volume of the Thunderbolts comic book series.

This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. Webpage for Thunderbolts #-1 (July 1997) created 22 December 2009. Last modified 26 December 2013.

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