THOR #374 Written By: Walter Simonson
Drawn By: Sal Buscema
This issue is interesting to me because its one of the first issues I can ever recall Thor totally owning a guy to the point of death. Sure hes destroyed robots, killed giants, and slayed beasts, but just outright killing a person? This I have yet to see. Not until Thor #374.
This issue takes place during the Marvel Crossover known as the Mutant Massacre, where Thor pretty much plays the role of the old man yelling "What hell is going on down in that sewer!? Don't make me come down there!" Oh, and tons of Morlocks die. You know the mutants that have the unfortunate powers. Ones that really mess them up cosmetically unlike those Gap models who call themselves the X-Men. Yeah, well loads of them die and Thor has had enough.
As Thor descends into the forgotten sewers of Manhattan, he comes in contact with three of the Marauders: Harpoon, Blockbuster, and Vertigo.
As you can see all of them talk trash and then get a grade "A" Thor beat down. After their retreat, Thor recovers the body of Angel and begins to head back to the surface. Meanwhile the villains stew about their defeat. You know, their the defeat at the hands of a God. Its really something they shouldn't beat themselves up about. Of course Sabertooth, who has met up with the trio, is a dick and pisses off Blockbuster.
This is where things get interesting...
Eventually Blockbuster finds Thor and an all out slobber-knocker erupts. Hell, Blockbuster even breaks Thor's left arm and drops him out of the fight. In all the commotion the once unconscious Angel tries to help but just lands himself in a choke hold. Then it happens...
THOR KILLS BLOCKBUSTER.With a deft throw of Mjolnir, he just ends him. I can't really be surprised. I mean Angels life was in danger, Thor had a broken arm and after all, this is the Norse god of thunder we are talking about. But how often have you seen one hero slay another? Granted this isn't one of Thor's arch enemies, but its still a life, and often the heroes respect that and just knock em' out so the authorities can handle it. But Thor just kills him. Desperate times call for desperate measures I suppose and this case, it was defense. Oh well.
You Will Be Missed
BLOCKBUSTER
RIP
OCTOBER 1986 to DECEMBER 1986
2 comments:
This was actually not that last time Blockbuster ever appeared. See Mr. Sinister loves cloning his henchmen, and Blockbuster returns as a clone in Uncanny X-men 240. He would also be killed again (this time by Havok) in 243. So of course Sinister cloned him again, this time in X-man #13, only to die in the same issue. Blockbuster has lived a terrible life (lives), appearing only in 6 issues, and being killed in 3 of them.
I was amazed when I saw that his first appearance was in October only to die a few months later.
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