Why do I get the sensation that the author of this comic got carjacked before wrting it?

Wait didn't the fixer stole a car in holy terror? if he carjacked it, does that mean... *HE WAS A TERRORIST ALL ALONG*

While carjack looks gloriously stupid I kind of like him. I just like to imagine that in the Marvel U even small-time crooks feel like they have to get a supervillain identity.

“Just take the car and run!!!” See, now, I hear this statement, and I think of them picking up the car, holding it over their shoulder, and booking it down the street!!

Oh! Yes. About capes. There are ways of preventing one from injuring you or hindering you in a fight. One way is having superstrength so you can simply tear it if you really need to. Another way is training with your cape so you know how to move around without it getting caught on things. You can also make it easily detachable in case it ever does while having several spares on hand. They're useful too. Batman, for example, uses his to hide his hands so his enemies don't know if he's going to punch or throw something, drape his whole body with it to appear more imposing (to go with his terror motif), glide and slow his fall, confuse his opponents, and bundle up in it on cold New York nights. You'd expect Edna Mode, super costume designer extraordinaire, to think of that, but seeing as she puts high heels on adolescent superheroines, maybe her reputation is exaggerated. Personally, I think the real reason is that capes were too difficult for Pixar to animate at the time. After all, it did take them till 2003 to figure out blinking.

Actually, yes, carjacking was a big national thing in the early 1990's. It may have been overblown by the press at the time, but it was big.

"Hey, Dad, you know Thor. See if he can get Captain America to help!" Way to unnecessarily slam on Thor, kid.

Thunderstrike’s Bizarre Adventure: Mjolnir Is Unbreakable.

If both Thunderstrike and Bloodaxe are architects, maybe they can team up and come up with a building that can't be destroyed by superhero shenanigans.

"There, sure glad I don't look stupid in this" is easily my favorite running gag. Always makes me snicker when it occurs.

They should have called him Dr. Vroom.

"Hey, Dad, you know Thor, right?" "Of course, I'm sure the mighty Thor would love to hel-" "Can you ask him to get Captain America to help?" "..."

Car Jack was the TAZZERR FACE of his time.

Actually Linkara, Dick Grayson going back to Robin apparently came close to happening. Since he was almost exclusively in the Wolfman/Perez Teen Titans by 1983, I think the Batman books were suffering because they didn’t have the Batman and Robin dynamic. The Batman editors apparently (this is just me remembering from another video) were going to de-age Dick to an age YOUNGER than he was when Batman originally recruited him, so he’d go back to just being Batman’s sidekick. And the only reason he didn’t was because Wolfman and Perez compromised with making him Nightwing, freeing the Robin mantle up for Jason Todd.

*bursts through door* I saw the Jojo posing and I got here as fast as I could.

That costume lady's face is too detailed for a comic book NPC. She looks like a cameo of someone the artist knows.

He can't use the name "Thorsaurus". They've got to save that name for if Devil Dinosaur ever picks up the hammer! & yes, the idea of a dinosaur being deemed worthy is a bit of a stretch, but just imagine what it'd look like.

Being a hero while wearing a skull mask... a red one... in the Marvel universe.

Not only do we have two architects fighting each other, but they also destroy a building together.

"I am CARJACK, master of the stick shift!"

This comic is about two architects battling that knocked over...a...building... ... Job security!

Bloodaxe is a female villain? That's actually pretty interesting since in the 90s it was pretty much an unwritten law that all lady baddies were ultra-sexy and crushing on the hero so Bloodaxe breaking the mode is pretty unheard of back then.

The whole idea behind Thunderstrike was to have a powerful superhero who really was just an ordinary working Joe at heart. Later on they even starting putting the tagline "The Everyman Avenger" on the covers, which probably didn't inspire as much excitement as they hoped. Of course you probably wouldn't really call a Manhattan architect an "everyman' either. Not exactly blue collar work, that. He's kind of like Spider-Man without the mental issues and permanent childhood in that Eric's personal life was as important to the story as punching bad guys.. In any case, the series definitely improved over time and the 1st issue is probably the worst one. It probably wouldn't have lasted nearly as long as it did if Marvel's EiC Ton DeFalco wasn't the one writing it, but hey. At least the series got a proper ending thanks to that.

I’m about to sleep- *linkara uploads video... and the thumbnail has Jojo poses of josuke* I’m awake!!!

14:50 That "I am DUMB" really got me ! 🤣

THUNDER! THUNDER! THUNDER STRIKE HOOOOOOO!

21:05 Doctor Strange Movie proved why capes are awesome. also even if they are not alive or transformable, as long as you make them easily retractable, no problem. granted, you'll lose LOTS of capes, but you'll look cool

38, 000 carjackings annually from 1993 to 2002. I wanted to see if it was a "national disgrace".

When I saw Carjack, I didn't think "Dr. Doom." I thought more "Rastafarian Destro."

Thunderstrike's got a Magic Mace... Where'd he purchase that?

Can we go beyond Thunderstrike? ... yeah that doesn't work

A murderous nut with a special axe who think he's the good guy, but makes strong use of skull imagery, is over muscled and weirdly proportioned, and has absurdly huge shoulder and knee protection plus other weirdly proportioned armor. Call the Imperium of Man, I think they're missing another battle brother. Edit: okay, never mind.

I know the art isn't exactly stellar, but it's nice to see Thunderstrike drawn in Euclidian geometry, unlike the previous time he was featured on the show.

Gnarled tree branch canes are the best kind of canes - as long as they're sturdy and splinter-free. Then again, I'm a sucker for found materials, so make of it what you will. Also, regarding Bloodaxe's MO: "So, kill all criminals?" "YES" "Even the guy who stole bread to feed his family?" "ESPECIALLY HIM" "…You really don't like Les Miz, do you?" "NO KIDDING"

I have to say, the idea of a hero with architectural knowledge/an architect who has experience in hero circles opens up some possibilities. Like helping rebuild after the latest alien invasion by designing and then realizing new buildings, or you could have him be the one who designs some of the residences of superhero teams, have him know how best to save or bring down a building...

Yeah, actually, when this comic came out the over-the-top carjacking narration was just the sort of thing you'd see on the nightly news. They were losing their minds over a supposed plague of carjackings. It was really weird.

I like how humble Eric is. It kinda makes me sad, considering now Thor Odinson claims he's not worthy of his name as well... Which is admittedly kinda stupid, it's not like he got the name after lifting the hammer, it was given to him by his parents I assume. Replace the name "Thor" with "Steve" Jane Foster: All-New All-Different Steve "I'm not worthy of being called 'Steve'" said Steve the Unworthy to Jane Foster Steve

Forgot it was Monday, Linkara’s videos remind me thanks

I like Thunderstrike. He's nice.

If linkara ever reviews the incredibles, id love if he gave a rebuttal/counter argument to edna's anti-cape speech- Edna Mode: Thunderhead, cape caght on a lauching missile! Linkara: i'm with bob, maybe thunderhead wasn't the brightest bulb Edna: Stratogale, sucked into a jet turbine! Linkara: here's an idea, dont fly directly in front of the turbine! Edna: Dynaguy, strangled on takeoff! Linkara: check the takeoff area! Edna: Meta Man, snagged on elevator! Linkara: what kind of superman analogue gets taken out by an elevator? Edna: Splashdown, sucked into a vortex! Linkara: ok capes don't really fit aquaman style heroes Edna: NO CAPES!!! Linkara: CAPES ARE AWESOME!!! Seems those guys just sucked at being superheroes ':\

The presence of Thunderstrike and Bloodaxe was probably the factor that led to Carjack and his goons getting off. With those two present, it could be argued by a lawyer that the police didn't have the ability to say whether the evidence found on the scene was genuine, or whether either of the two costumed guys might have planted it. That's one of the problems with vigilantes: they contaminate crime scenes. If the lawyers were good at their jobs, they would have pounced on this uncertainty immediately, in order to get their clients released.

Oh my God we're finally getting more Thunderstrike on this show! This is going to be awesome!

Carjack's appearance had me laughing for a solid two minutes. Thank you Carjack, I had a tough day and REALLY needed that uncontrollable laughing fit!

Tobe Fair, Eric didn't say "Stop calling me Thor!", he asked her politely to stop

Thorsaurus. Someone make that happen. "Capes are awesome and he's super-powerful, he'd be fine." Nothing like a good old "Shut up, because logic" quip. lol

Sparky....the nickname given to Eric by the Absorbing Man.

To be fair Thunderstrike was just ... okay! There is this misconception that he was a lot worse than he was. He is viewed as a pretty rubbish character, Maybe it's a case of one mans junk is another mans treasure, but I certinaly don't think he was AS bad as people made out, but he wasnt that awesome either. Certainly a product of its time. :P

That awkward moment when you share the same name with someone who's super-villain name is Bloodaxe.

the narration is so much better if you read it in the voice of the narrator of Star Wars: The Clone Wars

MORE JOJO POSING YES!!

That title card is just AMAZING, one of my favorites ever on this show!

"Through gritted teeth" - the motto of 1990s comics.

I love these redos of your old reviews. It's so interesting to see how things change over the years. Opinions grow and change but the fundamental ideas typically stay

14:34 I said stop laughing. Sigh I wonder if this is the kind of stuff my cousin Taser face has to go through too.

I'll be honest, as I listen to this...I can't help but grin at these kinds of things the comic brings up, but doesn't follow through with. The superhero insurance stuff, the suit discussion and the fact that a superhero clothes shop exists on the streets, villains with crazy getups trying to be smart and anonymous only for it to blow up in their faces...all mixed with the fact that Thunderstrike is kinda like Ben Reily, and I really like Ben Reily as a concept. This just makes me think of some Marvel universe side-scrolling beat-em-up where you go left to right beating up street thugs and try to take out people in your hometown, but you can also retreat to superhero clothes shops to get new gear that dramatically changes how you fight. And every time you fight one boss, he has a different mask that gives him different powers and skills. That'd be AWESOME. Shame this comic only touched on these ideas. Creators, get on this!

Thank you Linkara, especially with the status quo speech. Hopefully I'll stop having to bring up the fact that Kieron Gillen literally wrote an entire comic issue on the subject as his swan song to new Loki at the end of the Loki run of Journey into Mystery.

"DOCTOR DUMB HAS COME TO BOOGIE!" Someone make this a meme or, better yet, put it on a T-shirt.

Early linkara?! What dire wizardry is this?!

One of my favorite stories from Astro City involves a writer at a small comic book company and some of the issues they deal with in a world where superheroes exist. Including having the superheroes show up at their office to complain, a supervillian attacking the editor because they made it look like he was a racist and at the end of the comic cosmic powers destroying the building she worked at.

I'm guessing Linkara used to be the angry comic book nerd in 2007.

The big problem I have for making certain characters simply a mantle for other people to take over is some of them aren't just a mantle. Thor is the big one. Thor isn't a superhero secret identity for people to just take over, he's a character. Unlike Superman who's really Clark Kent, Thor is his actual name. Ignoring when he changed into Donald Blake which was revealed as simply a change of memory by Odin, Thor is his own person. No secret identity. So simply making another person "Thor" like they did with Thunderstrike or present day with Jane Foster is really head scratching for me. Especially today when Thor isn't dead or missing, he just can't use the hammer anymore. But Thor isn't the hammer, Thor is Thor.

Comic: "Carjacking- no one is safe!" Me, the user of public transit: "um." I gotta say that even though I haven't read this, it's like coming home seeing so much 90s Marvel in one single comic.

11:15 That line of dialogue could also be Eric referring to DC Comics, as it's been established throughout a good chunk of the Marvel universe's run that the company exists in-universe, with characters such as Superman, Batman and the Justice League occasionally being named dropped by different characters when comparing their own experiences as superheroes to that of the DC heroes.

14:50 If the criminal's whole deal is Car Jacking, would that make him "Dumb: Master of the Stick Shift"? 18:15 "The narration say that, shockingly enough, Carjack and his cronies instinctively know that they have no chance against Bloodaxe." And isn't that a nice change from the "Oh, man..... see that guy with the leather, chains and the big axe? I'll bet we can take him." we normally see?

🎶Plot convenience NEWS🎶 Please let this be a running gag, it fits so well xD

Next time on Thunderstrike! The introduction of an even *deadlier* foe: SHOPLIF-TOR!

I've been waiting for this video review for 10 years! I'm so happy!

Linkara doesn't read "boku no hero academia" there they explain what capes are for. They serve so that "they can take tormented little girls in their pain and suffering and cloack them in its comfort."(Mirio Togata) p.s. No western comic would dare to say that, even though it is cool and awesome!

Speaking as someone who was around when this came out, and was working in comics, I think the real problem with the early 90s was, in order to support as many new companies and new comics, the big two had to drop standards that were already somewhat questionable in regards to the quality of their artist, especially after 4 really good artists and Rob Liefeld left to start image.

I actually like that Thunder Strike realizes he messed up & thinks about how to make up for it! Sure the comic drops it, but its a nice sentiment! Pity they didn't follow up on it as it would have been great for world building & show he's a man who takes responsibility for his mistakes!

I'm kind of surprised Dick Grayson never became Robin too. I heard the reason Barbara Gordon became Batgirl again in the nu52 was because she's the most iconic. I think this is also why she replaced Stephanie Brown in the Smallville comics (That and Dan Didio refused to let writers used Stephanie until Batman Eternal). But Dick is the most iconic Robin but he didn't revert back when the nu52 happened.

I was perfectly content with Beta Ray Bill. He at least proved himself worthy you take up the mantle. But this... this is too much. Does everyone just get a nigh invincible enchanted weapon?

13:07 I know who that is...its the bizzaro version of Ulysses from the Lonesome Road DLC for Fallout: New Vegas.

Holy crap you've been doing this way longer than I thought you have

Am I the only one who cracks up at... DOCTOR DUMB HAS COME TO BOOGIE!!!!

I think she was a fan of both captain America and spider-man so she made the costumes for show pieces for the shop.

Linkara’s bizarre adventure with his stand Thunder strike/ Atop the 4th wall

15:19 missed the opportunity for a "we should do something! Should we do something?" joke.

The nineties...it hurts.

3:58 Ok so Linkara is Josuke (aka best JoJo) then is Thunderstrike Okuyasu? I don’t know.

I actually had to pause from laughing so much at how the boss of the car jackers looks. XD

Looking back on it, I think Thor is a Nightwing situation, technically. Thor started off as Donald Blake, and while plenty of stories would retcon his origin, he was still Donald Blake, physician for nearly 20 years (1966-1982 or so). The only times he was ever really just 'Thor' was from 1982 to the 90s, and sometime in the 2000s onward.

I loved thunder strike as a child

what gets me is that linkara has been reviewing comics for 12+ years and yet still hasnt gotten the same mainstream attention like comics explained and comicstorian. no diserespect to those guys at all, but linkara actually has a comicbook storyline in his videos and does a phenomenal job of not just explaining whats going on but giving his own personal opinion of the comic. I guess thats the difference between reviewing the comic and just reading the trade to us.

Lol gotta give the creators credit on creating a stereotypical 90's ultrabuff manly character and then making it a woman. Kudos.

You missed an opportunity Linkara: playing "thunderstruck" at the title card ^^"

Remember when Loki gave Masterson the mother of all pimp slaps? Ahhh, good times 🥰

Loved that "RAMPAAAAAAAGE!" clip. Didn't know you watched Archer

I think they're just costumes for people who want to come in and dress up at as Spider-Man or Captain America which is the simplest explanation and the one that is correct

I always found it interesting that his son was the reason the Avengers got together in Earth 982

That JOJO pose brought me here

Its an interesting move, to come back to your first review subjects after 10 years of experience. What seemed like a major sin, doesnt seem so horrible anymoe, does it.

5:00 "PANDA WATCH! The mood is tense! I have been on some serious, serious reports but nothing quite like this!"

I like the helmet mask i think keeping that and using the red and blue coustume would look really good.

Personally I like Thunderstrike. I do agree with a lot of what Linkara said. The first Issue wasn't a masterpiece but I think the series did improve and I liked the fact that Eric was always struggling to balance his personal life with the responsibility of being a hero. And Thunderstrike died and has for the most part remained dead. Though I did like Thunderstrike as he appeared in the MC2 series, A-Next.

1:00 well with Eddie now back as Venom, I can easily see that now. Just happy Flash could be gent Anti-Venom at least

Since when did journalists care about calling someone a known criminal with no evidence but accusations?

@14:49-14:53 Doctor Dumb: None can withstand me, I AM DUMB. . . wait (I Laugh whole-heartedly at that Joke)

I've been waiting for this review since first seeing your video on Secret Defenders #9-10 way back in 2009. @@;

Young justice (the tv show) has nightwing as nightwing! Also a black aqualad becomes full aquaman, weird but I love the black aqualad so perfectly good change in my book. Wally West was also degraded to sidekick and died crisis on infinite earth's style, it's not clear if he's getting better and becoming full flash or permanently dead but him being a sidekick works because most of the characters are sidekicks and his death is VERY well handled with massive long-term storytelling with other characters needing to come to terms with it (the show is VERY concerned with character's psychology and it just works). Also thorsaurus should totally be a dinosaur thor combo