Thundra

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Thundra in Squadron Supreme v4 #4.

Thundra is a female comic supervillain who features in Marvel Comics.

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Biography

Thundra was a genetically engineered female human from an alternate future version of Earth designated as Earth-715 within the Multiverse.

The Frightful Four then ambushed the Thing only for their attack to be thwarted by the intervention of Medusa who looked to aid Ben Grimm. This resulted in a vehicle being thrown at the team of villains which was when Thundra revealed herself and smashed the truck to pieces. She then challenged the Thing to a fight as she stated their confrontation was destined to be the case. Though reluctant to do so, he was forced to fight her where she managed to take him by surprise. Thundra then dealt with Medusa when the Inhuman intervened in the fight but she too was knocked to the side. This allowed for the rest of the Frightful Four to regroup and join the fight. Despite her desire to fight the Thing alone, Sandman joined the fight where their combined blows knocked him unconscious and the Trapster managed to capture Medusa. (Fantastic Four v1 #129) Sandman then attempted to murder the Thing by throwing him from a great height with this horrifying Thundra who saved Benjamin Grimm. In anger, she then attacked Sandman with the in-fighting being stopped by the Wizard. The Frightful Four then made their way to claim Reed Richard's laboratory after Mr. Fantastic was captured. The villains then attempted to kill the heroes along with the young Franklin Richards but Thundra stopped her teammates. In this time, the Thing broke free from his restraints and fought to protect his friends with Thundra sensing this paternal instinct in him. She believed that this was no longer a contest of strength between them as Grimm was looking to desperately save his loved ones. Thus, she ended her fight with him and considered leaving her Frightful Four teammates behind but believed she still had use for them so she created an exit for them to escape the rest of the Fantastic Four. (Fantastic Four v1 #130)

Thundra became the ruler of the United Sisterhood that existed in this alternate future and eventually found herself at war with the extradimensional kingdom Polemachus and its chauvinistic warrior monarch, Arkon. Towards the end of their long, bitter conflict, Thundra employed the hero teams Avengers and Fantastic Four as pawns in her war with Arkon. However, the heroes helped Thundra and Arkon discover that they shared a strong mutual attraction, an attraction that ended their conflict when they became lovers. (Avengers West Coast v2 #75) Afterwards, Thundra joined Arkon in Polemachus as his consort. Some months later, Thundra and Arkon sought the Avengers' aid in repairing Polemachus' energy ring and protecting the maiden Astra from becoming a human sacrifice to Polemachus' religious zealots led by the high priest Anskar. (Avengers v1 #358)

However, Thundra has a special place in her heart for Ben Grimm. In addition to her amorous advances, the two have been involved in numerous superheroic adventures; one significant pairing of the two involved enlisting Grimm to help liberate Femizonia from a powerful, six-armed android sent from Machus to conquer the Femizons. After defeating the android, Grimm informed Thundra that they could never be together, expressing his love for Alicia Masters. Thundra then allowed him to return to the 20th century. (Fantastic Four v1 #303)

Eventually, Thundra returned to the United Sisterhood Empire. However, knowing that she could not lead forever and began devising a plan to have worthy offspring to one day take her spot leading the fight against men. She announced to her warriors that she was going back in time to challenge the incredible Hulk, the strongest man of all time, but, in reality, Thundra was planning to get some DNA samples, so she could have his child. During their fight, she scrapped the inside of Hulk's cheek and took some cell samples that would hopefully be enough for the artificial insemination. (Hulk: Raging Thunder v1 #1)

Medusa and Crystal infiltrate Thundra's present-day homeland in order to retrieve part of a device required to rescue Black Bolt from the Skrulls intent on weaponizing him. As tensions between the two disguised women boil over, Thundra appears and compels them to undertake the ritual combat required of the society to resolve the disagreement. Thundra is convinced to hand over the Skrull intelligence agent after Crystal makes an impassioned speech. (Secret Invasion: Inhumans v1 #4) Thundra, Sue Storm and Valkyrie team up with She-Hulk and her Skrull partner Jazinda (masquerading as a Shi'ar) in order to forcibly distribute stagnating aid in the corrupt country of Marinmer. (She-Hulk v2 #34)

She answered She-Hulk's call alongside Valkyrie when Jennifer Walters looked to track the mysterious Red Hulk. With S.H.I.E.L.D. support from Maria Hill, the three female heroes found their quarry who managed to overpower them. (Hulk v2 #7) Thundra participated in the battle as the various female superheroes defeated the Red Hulk. She advocated cutting off his head but She-Hulk wanted to know their quarry’s true identity when he reverted to his human form. However, he never reverted as he was pretending to be unconscious. After his captors dropped their guard, he struck and knocked out the flying heroes whereupon he abducted Thundra. At an isolated site, he stated that he had no intention of killing her but actually wanted to recruit her as she showed the desire to kill and sought such a skill for a mission in the future. He then departed with Thundra lying to her allies by not revealing the Red Hulk’s discussion with her and stated that he left her once he had gotten away. (Hulk v2 #9)

Overview

Personality and attributes

In appearance, she was a beautiful muscular woman with red hair and stood 7 foot tall. (Fantastic Four v1 #129)

Thundra had no compunction fighting others and even humiliating them in combat but did not murder foes. She did not kill captives or hurt children with her even moving to stop any such act. (Fantastic Four v1 #130)

Powers and abilities

Battling the Hulk in Hulk: Raging Thunder v1 #1.

This led to her possessing an incredible level of strength that matched a freight train and was equally fast. (Fantastic Four v1 #130)

She tended to carry a chain with her into battle which she could force to bring her opponent to close quarters. (Fantastic Four v1 #129)

Notes

  • Thundra was created by Roy Thomas and John Buscema where she made her first appearance in Fantastic Four v1 #129 (December, 1972).
  • In an interview, Thomas commented on the characters creation, "A 7-foot Amazon type that I conceived as an homage of sorts to characters like Kirby's Big Barda in his Fourth World by DC Comics. I asked John Buscema to give her a bandolier around her torso because a number of women's-lib types were wearing them (sometimes with real bullets) in photos in newspapers and magazines."

Alternate Versions

  • In Avengers: Forever v1 #4 (1999), an alternate version of Thundra appeared who was an inhabitant of Earth-9930 in the Multiverse.

In other media

Television

  • In Ultimate Spider-Man, Thundra appeared in the animated television series where she was voiced by actress Tara Strong.

Video games

  • In Marvel: Avengers Alliance, Thundra appeared as a playable character in the setting of the Facebook video game.
  • In Marvel: War of Heroes, Thundra appeared on several playable cards in the mobile card-based video game.

Appearances

  • Fantastic Four v1: (1972)
  • Avengers v1:
  • Hulk: Raging Thunder v1:
  • She-Hulk v2:
  • Hulk v2:
  • Squadron Supreme v4:

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