I missed this image over the weekend, or last week, or whenever it came out, although I did tweet about the news last week.

In case I haven’t mentioned it, DeFalco and Frenz’s original Thunderstrike run – and their previous Eric Masterson Thor issues rank amongst some of my favorite runs. They’re not high art by any means, but they are damn good comics about a man doing the right thing – if the right thing involves hitting people upside the head with an enchanted hammer or mace.

Yes, Thunderstrike’s look was very 90s – down to the ponytail, lightning-bolt earring and sleeveless leather jacket – but putting that aside, the comic had a very old-school sentiment running through it. Eric eventually sacrificed himself and the run was topped off by one of my favorite Thor stories ever as the Absorbing Man paid his respects to the foe he’d come to…er, respect.

In the MC2/Spider-Girl continuity, Eric’s son Kevin picked up his father’s mace (well, internalized it anyway) and became Thunderstrike himself – and fought alongside Stinger, the MC2 version of Cassie Lang, as a member of A-Next (another series I’d recommend tracking down in the dollar bins).

I’d guess from the silhouette that someone new and young will be picking up the mace – and though I’d guess Kevin Masterson, I’ll be happy to be wrong. No matter what, I’ll be picking this up come November.