Osborn wasted no time in disbanding SHIELD, declaring himself the leader of a new organization known as HAMMER (with no actual acronym behind the name). Seizing Stark's tech, Osborn became the armored anti-hero the Iron Patriot, going on to form a hand-picked team of villains and anti-heroes to serve as his personal Dark Avengers.

Populated by the schlubs of the superhero world, "Thunderbolts*" is another step in the right direction for the Marvel Cinematic Universe as it continues extricating itself from the mess of the Multiverse Saga.

The answer, of course, is that “Thunderbolts” has no more indie cred than “Avatar.” What it is, though, is the best Marvel movie in years. “Thunderbolts,” about a group of MCU rejects who band together after CIA director Valentina Allegra de Fontaine ( Julia Louis-Dreyfus ) tries to erase them and their covert program,