The team planned to gain the public trust until they were treated like the Avengers and would have access to S.H.I.E.L.D. secrets, which they would then sell to the criminal underworld.
For those who don’t know, the Thunderbolts are a team of supervillains from Marvel Comics.
However, as the public began to see them as heroes, some of the villains began to do so, as well.
The Thunderbolts were started by supervillains who decided to pose as superheroes to fill a void that was left after the Avengers and Fantastic Four disappeared.