Marvel’s Thunderbolts* is giving fans the next chapter of the Marvel Cinematic Universe , and for all intents and purposes, its a slightly darker chapter, but still very fun. These characters aren’t your bright and shining superheroes. These are the “bad guys,” the folks who are hoping to remake their name and actually do something meaningful with their particular gifts and skills. But who are these folks before the events of Thunderbolts* ? Here’s the primer you need before you go to the theater. Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh) Yelena is Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow’s adoptive sister and was raised within a fake family created by the Russian government. The “family,” including Natasha, Belova and two Russian assassins named Red Guardian and Melina Vostokoff, were brought together to complete an undercover mission in America. Yelena became disillusioned once she realized her parents weren’t her real parents, but she and her family still came together to take down the destructive Black...