DeFalco/Frenz Retrospective: Thunderstrike vol. 2 #1
Writer: Tom DeFalco
Penciler: Ron Frenz
Comments: Kevin Masterson, son of the Eric Masterson, gets into a fight at school. We see Bobby and Marcy. Marcy looks about the same. Bobby has cut his hair and it looks good on him.
Kevin has become more bitter about his father's death and the formerly well adjusted kid is a mess. The picture of Thunderstrike jumping down is from the cover of Thunderstrike vol.1 #1 and the shot of Thor holding Eric is from Thunderstrike #24.
Kevin is brought to see Steve Rogers and is given his father's old mace like he was in A-Next #1, which he thought was destroyed. It apparently doesn't have any power. This Kevin is intentionally different from the MC2 Kevin
Kevin is returned back to New York City, sexually harasses Sharon Carter and muses how superheroes keep coming back from the dead except his father. It used to be only Uncle Ben and Bucky stayed dead. Now it's just Uncle Ben and Eric.
This sounds like the plot to The Americans.
I like the Rhino's design here.
In a moment of crisis, acting like a hero, Kevin transforms into his father, both figurately and literally.
We don't see it in the main story, but in the backup story, it looks like a Valkyrie is being sent to look after Kevin.
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