As revealed in this story, the Thunderbolts are the Masters of Evil: Baron Helmut Zemo disguised as Citizen V; Moonstone as Meteorite; Goliath as Atlas; Beetle as MACH-1; Fixer as Techno; Screaming Mimi as Songbird.
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Baron Zemo, disguised as Citizen V, is interviewed by reporters and then confronted by Colonel St. Lawrence who is surprised that he knows who she is.
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The Thunderbolts intervene when the Thinker's android kidnaps Franklin Richards; the Thunderbolts are offered the Baxter Building as a headquarters.
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When Spider-Man is implicated in a series of burglaries, the Thunderbolts are asked by the mayor's office to apprehend him. Mach-1 is eager to comply, as he has an old score to settle.
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The Thunderbolts are surprised to find that a new Masters of Evil has formed to help consolidate the New York underworld; the Black Widow announces her intention to bring all of the Avengers' old foes to justice.
Notes:
Wraparound cover; this is the first Thunderbolts annual. Background is made up of cover images from Avengers (1963 series) #22; 79; 270; 274; 277; Daredevil (1964 series) #140; Incredible Hulk (1968 series) #228 [partially obscured]; Spectacular Spider-Man (1976 series) #16; 49; Captain America (1968 series) #277; 278; Micronauts (1979 series) #25
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The Thunderbolts stop a breakout at the Vault in their first public appearance; however, the breakout is mainly a cover for recruiting Moonstone, the final original member of the team.
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The days before the dawn of the Marvel Age are eventful for the future Thunderbolts: Baron Zemo squashes an uprising of his Indian laborers, as his son Helmut and Erik Josten watch. The Fixer joins HYDRA and helps to subdue the amnesiac Sub-Mariner.
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Advertisement for Daring Comics (Daring Mystery Comics #8), featuring Citizen V, Rudy the Robot, the Li'l Prof, the Blue Diamond, the Silver Scorpion, the Fin, Captain Daring, the Thunderer.