Thunderbolts

In the late 2000s, Panini Deutschland brought the Thunderbolts to German readers with this nine-issue series, reprinting key storylines from the Marvel team's tenure as government-sanctioned villains-turned-antiheroes. Written by Warren Ellis and later Andy Diggle, with art by Mike Deodato, this run captured the brutal, morally ambiguous era of Norman Osborn's Dark Reign, where the Thunderbolts served as his personal strike force. It matters as a compact, high-impact introduction to one of Marvel's most cynical and compelling team concepts.