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Charlton Comics character

Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt is a fictional superhero character originally published by Charlton Comics.

Created by Pete Morisi, the character debuted in Peter Cannon Thunderbolt #1 (Jan. 1966), part of Charlton editor Dick Giordano's "Action Heroes" superhero line. The series then took over the numbering of the defunct title Son of Vulcan, and ran from issue #51 through #60 (March/April 1966 – November 1967), after which Pete Morisi, in addition to comic book work a New York City Police Department officer and time pressed with police duties, left the title, which was canceled along with the rest of Charlton's "Action Heroes" comics line. There were several backup series in Thunderbolt. "The Sentinels", by Gary Friedrich (writing his first superhero stories) and penciler inker Sam Grainger, appeared in #54–59, and #60 had the Prankster, written by Dennis O'Neil with art by Jim Aparo. Morisi, who'd done work for Lev Gleason Publications in 1940s, reported in Comic Book Artist #9 (August 2000) that he had attempted to buy the rights to 1940s superhero Daredevil in the early 1960s. Gleason gave him his okay, but the character's primary writer artist, Charles Biro, balked, requesting a percentage of future profits. Morisi declined and went on to create Thunderbolt in a scaled down version of that Daredevil's symmetrically divided, red and blue costume.

After Charlton sold its superhero properties to DC in 1983, Thunderbolt reappeared after almost two decades in the Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover series (April 1985 – March 1986, Thunderbolt appearing in #6, 7, and 10) when he joined the heroes of the Multiverse in their crusade against the Anti Monitor. Introducing him into the new DC Universe, DC published Peter Cannon – Thunderbolt, by writer penciler Mike Collins and inker Jose Marzan Jr. The series ran for 12 issues before cancellation (September 1992 – August 1993). During the series' short run, his recurring foils were the criminal terrorists for hire known as Scorpio. He later discovers that his girlfriend Cairo DeFrey was actually in charge of the organization. The character also appeared briefly with the Justice League.

Dynamite Entertainment published a ten issue series between September 2012 and July 2013. The series was co written by Steve Darnall and Alex Ross, with art by Jonathan Lau. The character later appeared in a new series published since February 2019, written by Kieron Gillen with art by Caspar Wijngaard, Mary Jo Safro and Hassan Otsmane Elhaou. In this series, it is revealed that Peter Cannon and Tabu were lovers. A new series has been announced in July 2022.