Thunderbolts Annual (2000)

[Janne Pietikainen]

Thunderbolts 2000 Annual
2000

<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/4images/details.php?image_id=5781" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/4images/data/thumbnails/604/tbolts-2000a.jpg" align=left></a>Story Title: Under the Surface

Writer: Fabian Nicieza (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14660)
Artist: Norm Breyfogle (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?t=11830)
Letter: RS (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13024)/Comicraft’s Jason L. (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?t=14163)
Color: Joe Rosas (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?t=14164)
Editor: Tom Brevoort (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11824)
Editor-In-Chief: Bob Harras (http://x-mencomics.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14684)

Guest-Starring: Daimon Hellstrom, Enchantress, Scarlet Witch, Pluto, Gargoyle
Cameo: Crusader I, Thunderbird I, Captain America, Mockingbird
Return: Hellcat
Villains: Mephisto

Daimon Hellstrom manipulates Hawkeye and the Thunderbolts into going to Mephisto’s hell to save Hellcat’s soul in order to prevent a nether-realm war. Daimon was warned about Mephisto’s plans by the soul of Hawkeye’s late wife Mockingbird and he uses her soul as a bait for Hawkeye. Moonstone realizes that there’s a spirit inside the Kree moonstone that gives her her powers.

CHARACTERS:
Hawkeye I (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=22446)
A Bailiff of Madness
Anton Devine
Daimon Hellstrom
Atlas II
Charcoal
Mach-2
Moonstone II
Songbird
Techno II
Enchantress (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=23465)
Scarlet Witch (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8100)
Pluto
Mephisto
Hellcat
A deceased western hero (soul only)
Crusader I (soul only)
Thunderbird I (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?t=10041) (soul only)
Captain America (soul only)
Mockingbird (soul only)
Jaine Cutter
Gargoyle

Story Title: Physician, Heal Thyself?

Writer: Fabian Nicieza (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14660)
Penciler: Mark Bagley (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11710)
Inker: Al Vey (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13891)
Letter: Comicraft (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12948)
Color: Joe Rosas (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?t=14164)
Editor: Tom Brevoort (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11824)
Editor-In-Chief: Bob Harras (http://x-mencomics.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14684)

Moonstone is wondering whose spirit is inside her and if it is affecting her.

CHARACTERS:
Moonstone II

Notes: This annual takes place between Thunderbolts #37 & 38 (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?t=32820).

[Chris Day]

interresting how Mephisto pretended to be defeated by an arrow imbued with Chaos magic.

Mephisto has since been seen in the X-men: Magik LS where Hades was torn apart, so he wasn't defeated by Hawkeye.

and Chaos magic apparently doesn't exist anyway, Hawkeye only thought it did because of Wanda... interesting how this particular event is important to understanding Avengers Dissassembled...

[Janne Pietikainen]

I got the impression he was defeated. He just is reborn after enough evil has passed through his domain, so he just came back afterwards.

Then again, if it wasn't Chaos magic, what was it? Or would Chaos magic just been a way to infect the arrow with pure goodness. Wanda could have done it and just thought she was using Chaos magic to do it.

Anyway, it gives me a headache. :)

Any idea who the western hero was? I'm thinking Two-Gun Kid but I wasn't sure.