Thunderbolts#8
Thunderbolts#18
Thunderbolts#20
Thunderbolts#0
Thunderbolts#23-25
Thunderbolts#40
Thunderbolts#42
Thunderbolts#64-65
Thunderbolts#67
Thunderbolts#69
Thunderbolts#73
Most people assumed that the Crimson Cowl was Baroness Zemo. Dallas Riordan was another suspect. Oddly enough, Justine used Dallas as a decoy to fool the Thunderbolts into thinking that they had captured the real Cowl. I must admit that Dallas had been my first choice as a suspect up until the fake-out revelation in Thunderbolts#25. When the T-Bolts found the Cowl and unmasked her as Dallas, I knew then that Dallas wasn't the Cowl. It was more than obvious to me that Dallas had been a plant. On another odd note, I had no idea at the time that Dallas was actually Citizen V (another mystery storyline), even though the clues were right there in front of my face.
Anyway, over time, I began to strongly believe that the Crimson Cowl was actually Silver Sable, who had gone bad for some reason. A lot of clues pointed me in her direction. In Thunderbolts #40, when the T-Bolts went to Symkaria, Silver's home country, Silver was nowhere to be found! There were a few other clues as well. I thought that Silver Sable was the Crimson Cowl right up to the big revelation issue, Thunderbolts#67, when Hawkeye tracked the Cowl to Symkaria! Then, lo and behold, the Crimson Cowl turned out to be Justine Hammer, daughter of long-time Marvel Universe villain, Justin Hammer! Excellent! I liked the idea that the Cowl was a new creation...that she was someone who had never been seen before in a Marvel Comic...and I liked it because of the fact that, although Justine was new, she was still connected to a longstanding Marvel Universe villain!
Personally, I like Fabian's choice much better. I like Justine Hammer, and I hope that she will return someday, maybe even in the pages of New Thunderbolts.
