#Eric Masterson ~ Thunderstrike

[justdealingwithsomeissues]

Sif just had a very '90s makeover.... but I guess somehow that wasn't '90s enough so they throw this monstrosity at us as well...

[fyeah-anya-corazon]

Damn :/

[pat1dee]

Thunderstrike #21

June 1995

Cover by Ron Frenz and Al Milgrom

[jolliega]

what a lovely edit!!!

[silver-maggie]

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[alphabetflight]

Beta Ray Bill! Horse Thor!

Art and Perry talk about a Korbanite who was made to be a cybernetic warrior! Then he bumped into Thor.

[elgaberino-mcoc]

COMBINED: Thunderstrike mantle

[good] dad Eric: ballpark top-300 prospective champs

[bad] son Kevin: outside top 616 non-champs

[good] Kevin has his fans, isn't ranked horribly worse

[good] the combined mantle numerically merits the list

Just another we didn't think needed two separate listings.

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Favorite Superhero & Favorite Candy?

My favorite Superhero, which will probably show big of a comic nerd I am, is Eric Masterson, aka Thunderstrike. He was originally Thor's host body like they had with Donald Blake, only to eventually become Thor fulltime when the real one got banished for killing Loki, only to become his own hero after Thor came back from exile. (Turns out Loki faked his death, who knew.) He was a kind character who, besides his outfit, was nothing like the huge antihero craze of the nineties, he didn't kill, was a good man, and was a struggling divorced father. When confronted with villains, he always tried to talk first, even earned the respect of the Absorbing Man because Thunderstrike helped get a cure for his wife. Sadly, Eric makes the ultimate sacrifice to stop Seth, by using a cursed weapon to give himself enough power to do it, only to be controlled by it and attack Thor and the Avengers. It took all he had to regain enough control of his body to fight against it, which took his life as payment.

"The World Still Needs Heroes"

And I'd have to say my favorite candy is probably Gummi Bears.

[marvelman901]

Thunderstrike vol 1 24 (1995) . The Storm and the Sacrifice! . Written by Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz Penciled by Ron Frenz Inked by Al Milgrom Colors by Chris DeFelippo and George Roussos Lettered by Janice Chiang Edited by Ralph Macchio . Eric Masterson fought inside himself to destroy the Bloodaxe, which had possessed him. He managed to destroy the Bloodaxe, but it cost him his life... . See more relevant content here: #marvelman901thunderstrike #marvelman901avengers #marvelman901thor #marvelman901executioner #marvelman901bloodaxe . #thunderstrike #thor #avengers #executioner #bloodaxe #90s #ronfrenz #captainamerica #pym #blackwidow #marvelman901captainamerica #marvelman901pym #marvelman901blackwidow #marvelman901odin #valhalla #crystal #marvelman901crystal (på/i New York City, N.Y.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkgSMkBN-cI/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Comics I Read Today

February 2

Thunder Strike #2 (1993) (The indicia has the title as a single word Thunderstrike)

After Eric Masterson stopped being Thor, he still has powers and a mystical weapon. If you recall the other day I read an issue of Thor with Eric and enjoyed it a lot. I liked this one, too. Same creative team but the art has been toned down some and no longer looks Kirby-ish. But it’s still outstanding and actually looks like it was embellished by Tom Palmer rather than Al Milgrom. Video game ads for Genesis, NES, SNES, Game Gear and Game Boy.

Superman & Batman: Generations 3 #10 (2003)

What a mouthful of a title! This is subtitled “An Imaginary Series” by John Byrne. I’m a huge fan of Byrne but very much disliked this story. Darkseid has killed all the New Gods in the 28th century and it’s up to Superman to stop the evil villain. Video game ads for X-Box, Gameboy Advance SP and GameCube.

What did you read?

[justdealingwithsomeissues]

Doesn't even slow him down, just gets stomped on... A+

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This comic is, as is usual for Wednesday’s comics, chosen by my Patrons. Speaking of…

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[why-i-love-comics]

Strange #2 (2022)

written by Jed MacKay art by Marcelo Ferreira, Don Ho, & Java Tartaglia

[doctorofmagic]

Strange #1 review

Clea should be on the next Savage Avengers book because boi, she invented the concept of SAVAGE

Btw I’ll add a few TWs because... yeah, that happened in a Strange comic. I’m still shocked.

[TW: Blood; Gore]

I’ll get into personalities later but first let’s see what’s happening.

The chapter starts with Clea facing the Harvestman as seen in the previews/sneak peek. And when she says she is far more brutal, she’s not exaggerating.

The Harvestman forbids Clea to resurrect Stephen and the chapter changes to earlier that morning with the preview featuring Doom. Things, mm, escalated more than I could have predicted haha

So we learn afterwards that Clea is actually lying here. It’s not like Stephen gave the mantle to Clea to make sure that Victor doesn’t become SS (which, imo, it’s not so odd to consider here because yeah, we all know that Victor would be... shady as a Sorcerer Supreme, to say the least). But he also has a point, the Tournament didn’t happen. And then again, Clea has an even better point because true, Victor was not around when Stephen died (chronologically  speaking, he was definitely in space “fighting” Dormammu with the Guardians of the Galaxy). Also, true. Stephen did fight for the Vishanti for five thousand years, and that’s another brilliant reference Jed brings here, showing that he truly knows the character’s background (which I deeply appreciate).

From Doctor Strange - Sorcerer Supreme #80.

But for real, she touched a nerve there. She really hurt his feelings, and so he leaves in utter defeat lmao. I’m shocked with her savagery and sassiness, like, Clea, my love???? Even Aleister and Anton join her, I cant.

So Wong also shows up and gods, he spent all night drinking at the Bar With No Doors mourning Stephen. I’m just SO NOT OKAY. Friendly reminder that losing Stephen was one of Wong’s most dreaded fears, as established back in v4. Imagine his pain and grief ahahahaha :’)

Clea doesn’t accept Wong’s terrible state and so she convinces him to go for some *real* coffee. Wong says there’s a Goblin Market nearby and off they go. Clea also reveals that she is determined to bring Stephen back. This dialogue happens and I’m laughing and crying at the same time haha :’)

And so Wong takes Clea to the Shrouded Bazaar.

They talk about the wonders of the market and the fact that no one rules the place, it’s a community’s safe space even though some bad people tried to take it by force. The shop owner mentions two known names: Kingpin and the Hood both made their attempts to control the market but failed. The same goes for the Blasmephy Cartel, which infiltrate the market while the owner talks about them.

They start shooting and thigs get... graphic. Clea is really pissed.

Wong is me.

I am speechless. She... She went full Evil!Stephen and bounded a demon through the Eye of Agamotto. And this is just the first chapter!! CLEA, MY QUEEN?????

Aaaaaaand she transmuted the last survivor into butterflies, just like Stephen in IW!!!

Talk about using beauty to be mortal oooooooof, my queen???

Next, they’re back to the Sanctum and Bats’ smile is the most important thing to me rn, do not touch me.

Wong is truly priceless here. That’s what I’ve talking about all this time xD every hero dies at some point haha

Clea casts a spell to detect necromantic energy in hope that Stephen manages to return from the dead by himself as many others did.

And finally, they have THE talk. You know, about murder?

But before they could continue, Clea’s spell activates, which means necromantic energy was detected. Clea hurries to the place while Wong is... Poor Wong... I want to hug him so so so bad.

While Clea is heading towards the source, she reflects upon the events that brought her here.

So this is what I was talking about when I said Clea was lying to Victor. Indeed, she really cheated in order to get the mantle without a new contest, and I’m kinda concerned about it because entities are... complicated. But I’m also glad because, although a bit extreme, Clea is resorting to the same thing that matters the most to Stephen: love. She’s using her Faltine heritage, the desire to conquer, in a good way. And I’m not saying she’s been altruistic about it. She’s not. It’s quite petty but this is not a bad thing imo. Because I don't want Clea to be like Stephen. I love their differences. I adore the fact that Stephen uses love as a guideline to do good while Clea sees love as a powerful weapon. Same strong feeling, different perspectives.

I’m not so sure how she used her desire to conquer love in order to convince the Vishanti that she should be the next Sorcerer Supreme but... We’ll have to wait and see.

PS: mmm, maybe Victor would understand the concept of love if you mentioned his mommy, Clea xD that’s his weak spot for sure haha.

PS²: this is literally how I describe Stephen pleaaaaase.

And lastly! We return to the beginning of the chapter, where we’re introduced to the Harvestman and...

Thunderstrike is a character related to Thor and even had a team-up with Stephen.

He was supposed to be dead so it’s understandable that the Harvestman is using necromancy to fight her. But judging by the first page, I think Clea finished him (you can see a hand on the floor next to Harvestman). So yes, I’m predicting that Clea basically defeated a Thor. This woman, I swear.

So this is it.

I’m gonna be honest, I’ve never seen Clea this savage. And I kinda like it. Because it really makes sense, she’s been fighting Dormammu for decades and he pretty much killed dozens, if not thousands of her rebels in front of her. She was not raised by the morals of Earth, even though she learned a lot with Stephen, about empathy and life and such. But she’s also enraged at fate for keeping them apart. She’s tired of being in his shadow and she will use her inner nature to conquer Death and end her whole career.

I’m excited for this book because mostly I want to see some character development. This seems to be a Clea that just arrived in the middle of a storm and has to learn how to adapt and grow in a world without Stephen. I’m glad Wong is around but it will be hard for her to listen to him, even though they both want Stephen back.

Also we never managed to have a darker book (except maybe for Thor MAX? And Magic Bullets, but it’s not something that comes from Stephen himself). I’m still shocked and impressed, and I hope this is a good thing.

Those are gonna be long months of waiting without our beloved little meow meow but I’ll take my time to enjoy Clea. I love her.

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THOR READING ORDER: Eric Masterson (1991-1993)

The God of Thunder is banished after his latest battle with Loki. Now it’s up to Eric Masterson to wield the power of Mjolnir in his place! While the new Thor stands against Thanos, the Absorbing Man and the Kree Empire... where’s the real Thor?

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