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Kevin Masterson (Earth-982)

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Real Name
Current Alias

Identity

Alignment

Affiliation

Relatives
Eric Masterson (father, deceased)

Universe

Base Of Operations
New York

Characteristics
Gender

Height
5'10", (as Thunderstrike) 6'6"

Weight
160 lbs, (as Thunderstrike) 640 lbs

Eyes

Hair

Status
Citizenship

Marital Status

Occupation
Student


First appearance

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History

In the alternate future of MC2, Eric's son, Kevin Masterson was granted the Thunderstrike Mace by Jarvis, the Avengers butler, as per his father's will. As the mace was made for his father alone, Kevin was unable to use it as his father had. The mace was later stolen from Kevin and eventually came into the possession of Loki, who had created a spell to tap the dormant power within the mace. Kevin leapt into the midst of the spell, absorbing the mace and the magic it contained into his body. He became his own version of Thunderstrike and would go on to join A-Next, the replacement team created after the Avengers disbanded. Kevin thought that he could use his powers to in some way connect with his deceased father's memory.

Kevin made friends with teammate J2, as they both had inherited their superpowers from their missing fathers, and worked well with Stinger and Mainframe. When his team gained new members, he tried to form friendships with them, but he wasn't as close with them as he was his original teammates. Kevin tried to do some good as just his normal self, by volunteering at a housing project with his childhood friend Maria. But he found himself embroiled in a battle with the Sons of the Serpent. However, Kevin couldn't change without revealing his secret identity to Maria. The intervention of Blacklight helped hold off the Serpents, but when the building Kevin and Maria were hiding in collapsed he had to change, making Maria swear to keep his secret.

Thunderstrike's biggest challenge though, was when A-Next travelled to a dark parallel dimension, where he encountered a dark version of his own father (Stormtrooper). But when the evil Eric Masterson recognized Thunderstrike as Kevin, Thunderstrike learned that in this reality, the evil Kevin had died, not Eric (as in Thunderstrike's reality). The dark Eric and Kevin bonded, and once A-Next defeated the dark dimension's ruler, Kevin stayed behind to be with his "father".

Kevin returned to his home reality, and rejoined the Avengers. But when Galactus destroyed Asgard, Thunderstrike seemingly lost his powers.

Thor's daughter Thena came to Earth in search of Kevin, as ordered by her father. When she eventually found and touched his hand, she was able to restore Kevin's powers and become Thunderstrike once more. This is apparently part of a plan to restore Asgard, after it was very badly damaged by Galactus.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Near superhuman strength, sonic blasts, near-flight leaping ability

Abilities

  • Thunder-punch

Paraphernalia

Transportation

Thunder jumping or Quinjet.

Weapons

Although he is unable to use Thunderstrike the mace the same as his father, it is where he first got his powers from.

Recommended Readings

  • Avengers Next #1-5: Thor's daughter Thena had been sent on a mission to find Kevin, to find him and, apparently, to restore his powers as Thunderstrike which she accomplished by touching his hand.
  • A-Next #1: Revealed how on 18th birthday, received Thunderstrike mace from Jarvis; pursued by Loki's trolls, gained super-powers from mace; with other super-heroes, formed new team of Avengers
  • What If vol 2 #105: Appeared at Avengers Mansion
  • A-Next #2: With Avengers, fought Sentry #666
  • A-Next #3/J2 #3: With Avengers, fought the Defenders
  • A-Next #4: Met the Dream Team and Coal Tiger; fought Soldiers of the Serpent
  • J2 #5: Officially welcomed by city of New York
  • A-Next #5: Visited father's grave with J2
  • J2 #6: Learnt of Magneta from J2
  • A-Next #6: Helped Argo find his father, Hercules; prevented Argo from beating him
  • A-Next #7: Learned from Jarvis how the original Avengers broke up
  • A-Next #8: With Crimson Curse and American Dream, found the Scarlet Witch in the Avengers sub-basement
  • A-Next #9: As Kevin, meets with girlfriend Maria Sapristi, and her friends Kendra Freeman, Jameesia Grant, and Holly Halpern, when the Soldiers of the Serpent attack. Gets help from Blacklight; reveals secret identity to Maria
  • A-Next #10-11: With Avengers and Captain America, fought Thunder Guard; met alternate version of his father named Stormtrooper; decided to stay on alternate Earth with him
  • Spider-Girl #57: Battles Fatal Force on alternate Earth
  • Spider-Girl #58: After defeating Fatal Force, meets up with Spider-Girl and returns to his home dimension
  • Spider-Girl #59: Alongside Avengers, X-People, and Fantastic Five, defeats Seth

Links

other Sons and Daughters of Thor

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