WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Suicide Squad #11, on sale now from DC Comics.
The DC Universe has been expanding their multiverse, with teams like Justice League Incarnate and the Suicide Squad hopping between realities and confronting major threats, including figures who mimic those seen in Marvel Comics.
Suicide Squad #11 (by Robbie Thompson, Dennis Hopeless, Eduardo Panscia, Julio Ferreira, Dexter Soy, Marcelo Maiolo, and Dave Sharpe) sets up Task Force X to go up against DC's version of Marvel's Thunderbolts, complete with a roster clearly referencing the classic anti-heroes.
The Suicide Squad has been sent across the DC Multiverse, ordered to bring down figures from other realities. Arriving on Earth-8, DC's version of the Marvel Universe, the Squad confronts the Retaliators, who are this world's answer to the Avengers. The superhero team is caught completely off-guard by the brutality of Task Force X. Major Force in particular ignores the pleas of his teammates and attacks with lethal intent, killing the War Machine-inspired Machinehead and the Scarlet Witch stand-in, Purple Rain, who saves her teammates by teleporting them away. Appearing in their place is the Lightning Strikes, who appear to be the Earth-8 equivalent of the Thunderbolts.
Originally a team of villains posing as heroes, the Thunderbolts were eventually reinvented during the events of Marvel's Civil War crossover into, interestingly enough, their version of the Suicide Squad: a band of villains and anti-heroes recruited by the government for dangerous missions. This has become the defacto approach to the Thunderbolts ever since. Now, the connection has come full circle, with a new team of Marvel-inspired killers being set up to fight against the Squad.
Dead Red is an off-color offshoot of Earth-8's Brute, making him a clear stand-in for Red Hulk. Oedipus's name and weapons are direct references to Marvel's Elektra. Thing-Man serves as a replacement for Man-Thing, while the openly clownish Blood Puch is clearly meant to represent Deadpool. Leading the team is Thrill Kill, whose skull-adorned shirt is a clear allusion to the Punisher (as well as DC's Bloodsport, who has been a major figure in the current Suicide Squad series). It's a fun expansion of Earth-8's general "Marvel Universe within the DC Universe" concept and sets up the chance to pit the two similar teams against one another. Like Justice Incarnate confronting Earth-8's champions, it's a fun way for DC's heroes to face off with disposable variants of the classic Marvel heroes.
It's likely that the Lightning Strikes will face similar fates as the rest of Earth-8's major champions, as the Retaliators were decimated during recent multiversal incursions. Still, this is a fun chance for the two franchises to go up against one another in a no-holds-barred brawl.