Joystick

Joystick is a combative mercenary and villain who operates in the morally gray world of the Thunderbolts, a Marvel team where criminals and antiheroes intersect. She is known for her aggressive fighting style and recurring clashes with the team's complicated roster.

Joystick crackles onto the Modern Age Marvel scene with a debut in New Thunderbolts #1 in 2005, brought to life by the powerhouse creative trio of Kurt Busiek, Fabian Nicieza, and Tom Grummett. Her story unfolds across the morally complicated world of the Thunderbolts — that corner of Marvel where villains, antiheroes, and second chances collide — and she shares her pages with the likes of Radioactive Man, Melissa Gold, and Abner Jenkins, a roster that tells you everything about the dangerous, unpredictable company she keeps. With appearances spanning New Thunderbolts, Thunderbolts, and even the All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z, she's earned her place in the canon, including at least one collector-recognized key issue to her name. Eleven catalog appearances may be a compact legacy, but in the Thunderbolts' world of high stakes and shifting loyalties, Joystick is absolutely a name worth knowing.