I've enjoyed the Bolts through many differant rosters, many differant leaders, many differant incarnations. While I'm still picking it up, so far this one appears to be lined up to be the least enjoyable.
It's like K4 said, this is basically Code Red revisited. The team could be enjoyable in their own right, but they are not the Thunderbolts. The core difference in the Thunderbolts title right from issue #1 was that Thunderbolts Are Villains. Even if they may be a little questionable, a roster of Punisher, Electra, Deadpool, Flash Thompson, and Red Hulk does not constitute villains.
The Thunderbolts have had several differant goals over the years, but (even when the team was trying to reform and go legit) there was always an element of "These are the bad guys". This version of Thunderbolts is made up a heroes. The only similarity it bares to the title it's trying to continue is the name. Even if the stories are good, I believe it will go down in history like Fight-bolts, where it doesn't count as 'real' Thunderbolts because it deviates too far from the theme of the comic.
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