Thunderbolts (Earth-20919)

"Strike fast, and strike hard. You're thunderbolts."

- Nick Fury

The Thunderbolts are a team formed by Nick Fury, Phil Coulson, Maria Hill, Melinda May, Tony Stark, and Natalia Romanova to go on covert missions that the Avengers simply can't do. Agent Venom was selected as leader and the twelve criminals were chosen from a database with over 300 possible candidates.