There's a new sheriff in town: Luke Cage! The Marvel Universe enters the Heroic Age - and the Thunderbolts program gets a much-needed facelift with a new setting, a new lineup and a new tough-as-nails boss man! The Avenger known as Luke Cage takes the reins of the T-Bolts, recruiting his team from the scores of incarcerated super criminals in the ultra-high-security Raft prison - but the new members are deadlier than ever, and not everyone is ready...

At the request of Steve Rogers, Luke Cage must lead his hardened team into battle to deal with a doomsday scenario unleashed in the pages of HULK! With the squad a man short, Cage recruits another prisoner to duty - and his pick will shock you! Will the Thunderbolts accept this new member, or will this heavy-duty wildcard tip the balance of power? Plus: An old friend breaks the Man-Thing out of the Raft to return to duty at the borders of our world....