Bloodaxe (character)

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Bloodaxe
Bloodaxe promotional artwork
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceThor #392 (Jun. 1988) (as Jackie Lukus)
Thor #449 (Jul. 1992) (as Bloodaxe)
Created byTom DeFalco
Pat Olliffe
In-story information
Alter egoJackie Lukus
Notable aliasesExecutioner
AbilitiesSuperhuman strength, speed, durability, reflexes and endurance
Invulnerability to conventional firearms and incendiary or ballistic devices
Wields enchanted and virtually indestructible axe

Bloodaxe (Jackie Lukus) is a fictional character appearing in

Thunderstrike
. This character first appeared in Thor #449, though she did not adopt her name and appearance until #450. The name also applies to the axe used by this character.

Bloodaxe's identity was initially a mystery; all early panels of the character's alter ego were depicted as being concealed by shadow or as a silhouette. Due to the sheer muscular mass of Bloodaxe (a direct result of the

red herrings to conceal 'his' true identity. It was only after Bloodaxe was defeated that the mortal alias was revealed to be Jackie Lukus, a confidant and love interest of Thunderstrike's alias Eric Masterson.[1]

Fictional character biography

A figure in shadow found the axe once wielded by

Skurge the Executioner, and in picking it up was transformed by its magic into a superhuman being.[2] This new being then went into action as Bloodaxe, battling the police and slaying drug dealers.[3]

Bloodaxe first fought Thor when the mortal

Earth Force.[6]

When the real Thor returned, Masterson became

Thunderstrike and fought Bloodaxe again. Bloodaxe first encountered Thunderstrike when she arrived to kill a low-level villain called Carjack and his gang.[7] Thunderstrike thwarted Bloodaxe and took custody of the axe.[8]

Thunderstrike later defeated Bloodaxe and succumbed to the axe's will in an attempt to obtain more power to defeat an even more powerful villain, Set the Serpent God of Death.[9] After Set was destroyed, Thunderstrike was possessed by the axe's murderous curse. As no-one was able to stop his rampage, Masterson chose to sacrifice himself in order to destroy the Bloodaxe forever.[10]

The axe was then re-introduced during

Mjolnir.[11] Thor later destroyed it with the Odinforce after he felt the curse beginning to work on him.[12]

Powers and abilities

By wielding the

Executioner
's enchanted Asgardian axe, its wielder is transformed into the superhuman Bloodaxe, increasing the wielder's size and mass while flooding the body with magical energy. Bloodaxe was endowed with superhuman strength, speed, durability, reflexes, and endurance by enchantments on the axe. The evil that remained within the axe also takes partial possession of the wielder's mind, warping its personality and making it murderously aggressive, overpowering its rationality with a lust for combat, vengeance, and bloodshed. Bloodaxe was invulnerable to conventional firearms, and incendiary or ballistic devices.

Bloodaxe's double-bladed axe was mystically enchanted and virtually indestructible, and can be used to deflect bullets. Thanks to enchantments from the Enchantress, the axe had the magical ability to create dimensional rifts. It could be used to teleport to places the wielder has previously been, project fire or ice energy, concussive bolts of Asgardian mystical force, and hurricane winds. However, if the user was separated from the axe for more than 60 seconds, they would lose their enchanted form and revert to their original mortal identity, much like the enchantment once placed on Mjolnir by Odin.

Other versions

Bloodaxe 2099

Bloodaxe was also a name taken by a minor Spider-Man 2099 villain, who also called himself Bloodmace, Bloodsword and Bloodhammer, depending on what kind of weapon he was holding at the time.

References

  1. ^ Thunderstrike #22
  2. ^ Thor #449
  3. ^ Thor #451
  4. ^ Thor #452
  5. ^ Thor #455
  6. ^ Thor #456
  7. ^ Thunderstrike #1
  8. ^ Thunderstrike #22
  9. ^ Thunderstrike #22-23
  10. ^ Thunderstrike #24
  11. ^ Thor vol. 2 #50
  12. ^ Thor vol. 2 #53

External links

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