spankymac314's Thunderbolts #157 - None Shall Survive the Incarsicus! review

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    Ehhhh......

    I dunno, something about this issue felt......off, to me. I love the B-Team Thunderbolts idea, and the recruits thereof, but I don't know, this issue fell flat for me up until the end. They followed up on the "occult" storyline of the A-team, and it was really unsatisfying, to be honest with you. The formation of the B-team and their first mission, along with the T-Bolts writing team clearing Juggernaut up for being involved in Fear Itself was okay, but I'm not sure, I was just underwhelmed with all of it. Maybe with a little time and development, they'll win me back, but hopefully, this  isn't the start of a downward trend in the T-Bolts. Also, the "Incarsicus" that was touted on the cover is an interesting concept, but I wasn't a huge fan of it. Overall, unless you're a diehard T-Bolts fan like me, I'd say give this one a miss. It's good, but it's not great. The art was up to the usual standard, though, so if you're big into that, it works.

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    Feel the same way about this month issue, but I thought it was still great. I didn't get the Incarsicus thing either although it was entertaining. So the B-team was Shocker, Gunna Troll, Hyde, Boomerang. There was one more I could not identify though, Does anybody know who that was?

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    It's a guy named Centurius. To be honest with you, I don't know jack about him, either. Even his Comic Vine article is REALLY vague as to who he is and what he does.

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    thanks i still haven't found anything about him either, what series does he usually appears in?
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    Well, just digging around through his appearance list here, the only books he's ever appeared in more than once are an old Hulk book, and the Thunderbolts.

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    wow talk about a very low key villain, he looks like a c-lister to me

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    Centurious: First appeared in Ghost Rider #74. He's really old, can summon demons, has magical powers and he can steal souls through a magical crystal. The person you couldn't identify Combat was Shocker, who's fought Spider-Man several times.

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