Dates
- Cover date
- July 2009
- On sale
- May 20, 2009
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
Story arc: Dark Reign
This is part 31 of 117. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- Dark Reign: New Nation #1
- The Mighty Avengers #20
- New Avengers #48
- Avengers: The Initiative #21
- New Avengers #49
- Dark Avengers #1
- Thunderbolts #128
- Thor #600
- Wolverine: Origins #33
- Wolverine: Origins #34
- New Avengers #51
- Dark Avengers #3
- Secret Warriors #3
- All New Savage She-Hulk #1
- Deadpool: Suicide Kings #1
- Marvel Zombies 4 #1
- Wolverine Weapon X #1
- New Avengers #52
- Thor #601
- Dark Avengers #4
- Marvel Zombies 4 #2
- New Avengers: The Reunion #3
- Dark Reign: Young Avengers #1
- Deadpool: Suicide Kings #2
- Dark Reign: Fantastic Four #3
- Dark Reign: Elektra #3
- Dark Reign: The Hood #1
- Ms. Marvel #39
- New Avengers #53
- The Amazing Spider-Man #595
- Thunderbolts #132
- Deadpool: Suicide Kings #3
- The Amazing Spider-Man #596
- The Amazing Spider-Man #597
- All New Savage She-Hulk #3
- Dark Reign: Hawkeye #3
- X-Men: Legacy #225
- Dark Reign: Lethal Legion #1
- Dark Reign: Zodiac #1
- New Avengers #54
- The Amazing Spider-Man #598
- Dark Avengers #5
- Marvel Zombies 4 #3
- Thunderbolts #133
- Captain America: Reborn #1
- Ms. Marvel #41
- X-Men: Legacy #226
- The Amazing Spider-Man #599
- The Mighty Avengers #27
- All New Savage She-Hulk #4
- Deadpool: Suicide Kings #4
- Ms. Marvel #42
- Dark Reign: The Goblin Legacy #1
- Dark Reign: The Hood #3
- Dark Reign: Young Avengers #3
- Secret Warriors #6
- Thunderbolts #134
- Captain America: Reborn #2
- The Uncanny X-Men #514
- Daredevil #500
- Dark Reign: Mister Negative #3
- Deadpool: Suicide Kings #5
- Wolverine Weapon X #4
- X-Men: Legacy #227
- Dark Wolverine #77
- Ms. Marvel #44
- Dark Avengers / Uncanny X-Men: Exodus #1
- Dark Reign: The List - Avengers #1
- Captain America: Reborn #3
- Vengeance of the Moon Knight #1
- Avengers: The Initiative #28
- Ms. Marvel #45
- New Avengers #57
- Wolverine: Origins #40
- Thor #603
- Dark Reign: Zodiac #3
- Doctor Voodoo: Avenger of the Supernatural #1
- Dark Reign: The List - Hulk #1
- Dark Wolverine #79
- X-Men: Legacy #228
- New Avengers #58
- Thunderbolts #137
- Captain America: Reborn #4
- Dark X-Men #1
- Dark Reign: The List - Amazing Spider-Man #1
- The Mighty Avengers #31
- X-Men: Legacy #229
- Thunderbolts #138
- Dark Avengers Annual #1
- Siege: The Cabal #1
- Captain America: Reborn #5
- The Mighty Avengers #32
- X-Men: Legacy #230
- New Avengers #60
- Origins of Siege #1
- Thunderbolts #139
- Siege: Embedded #1
- Captain America: Reborn #6
- Ms. Marvel #49
- Thunderbolts #140
- Siege: Embedded #2
- Daredevil #505
- Nation X #3
- Thor #607
- The Uncanny X-Men #522
- Thor #608
- New Avengers: Luke Cage #1
- Daredevil #506
- Siege: Captain America #1
- Siege: Loki #1
- Siege: Spider-Man #1
- Secret Warriors #15
- Siege: Secret Warriors #1
- Thor #609
- New Avengers: Luke Cage #2
- Siege: Embedded #4
- New Avengers: Luke Cage #3
Creators
pencils: Francesco Mattina, Roberto de la Torreinks: Francesco Mattina, Roberto de la Torrecolors: Francesco Mattina, Frank Martinscript: Andy Diggleletters: Albert Deschesne
Stories
- Untitled · 22 pages
Black Widow and Paladin go undercover as ballet dancers in Madripoor to recruit the assassin Mister X into the Thunderbolts.
Publisher’s description
A new killer joins the Norman Osborn's terrifying team! Our crazed covert ops squad sets out to recruit one of the world's deadliest fighters: the ruthless Wolverine foe known only as Mr. X! But first they must defeat him in single combat, and that's easier said than done-especially when one of the Thunderbolts is hiding a deadly secret that could spell death for them all!
Characters
Natasha RomanoffBlack WidowPaladinGhostEric O'GradyJessán HoanTyger TigerMister XHeadsmanCleavon Twain
Reprinted in
Thunderbolts: Acceptable Losses (2024), Thunderbolts: Dark Reign Omnibus (2026)