DeFalco/Frenz Retrospective: Thunderstrike #3


 

Writer: Tom DeFalco
Penciler: Ron Frenz

Synopsis: Thunderstrike is after a vigilante named Sangre who targets child predators. 

Comments: A child predator is shot and it was in this issue I learned that sangre means "blood." 




Sif crashes at Eric's apartment in the hopes of seeking his help of finding Thor, who has gone mad. 





There's some foreshadowing from Susan when she reports that Marcy's health club called to say there are problems with the bathtubs. 



So, there was something in this issue that shouldn't have been in it. I was going to comment on it, but it's already been commented enough on. People do things they later regret and that's all that needs to be said. 


Sangre ends up getting away after her second assassination attempt, but the Punisher now has his eye on her. It won't go anywhere. 




Because of the crossovers going on with Sif and Beta Ray Bill appearing both in Thor and Silver Surfer, both titles being written by Ron Marz at the time, the asterisk gets the issue number wrong (487) that Eric is referring to. At this time Thor #468 was on the stands. Thor #461 and #468 show Thor beating up Beta Ray Bill and Sif leaving to get help. Thor #463 explicitly shows her leaving to find Eric. Thunderstrike #3 was released in Oct. 1993 and Thor #463 was released in April. That's more than six months, so the redundancy of Bill getting beat up and Sif looking for help in Thor #468 was to try to bring the books more in synch. 

Sif is more scantily clad here than she was in her contemporary Thor appearances. In Thunderstrike #17, she's cleansed of the rest of Mephisto's influence, so perhaps a subplot a la Sue Richards/Malice in DeFalco/Ryan's Fantastic Four run was being used here. In that plotline, Sue Richards started acting erratically and dressing more provocatively because her Malice personality was taking over. 

Despite Sif saying that she and Eric will never meet again, they end up meeting again. 



Thor #461



Thor #461

Thor# 463

Thor #468



Thor #468











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