The combined multiverse does not contain enough "HELL YEAH!" to describe this woman.
THUNDRA
Created By: Roy Thomas & Gerry Conway
First Appearance: The Fantastic Four #129 (Dec. 1972)
Role: The Hottest of Hot Amazons, Man-Hater, Super-Feminist
Group Affiliations: The Femizons, The Grapplers, The Frightful Four, Roxxon Oil
PL 12 (178)
STRENGTH 13
STAMINA 13
AGILITY 4
FIGHTING 11
DEXTERITY 2
INTELLIGENCE 2
AWARENESS 2
PRESENCE 2
Skills:
Acrobatics 4 (+8)
Deception 4 (+6)
Expertise (Femizon Warrior) 7 (+9)
Expertise (Technology) 5 (+7)
Intimidation 8 (+10)
Investigation 2 (+4)
Perception 4 (+6)
Persuasion 3 (+5)
Stealth 2 (+7)
Vehicles 5 (+7)
Advantages:
Accurate Attack, All-Out Attack, Beginner's Luck, Benefit (Queen of Femizonia), Chokehold, Diehard, Fast Grab, Great Endurance, Improved Critical (Unarmed), Improved Critical (Chain) 2, Improved Disarm, Improved Hold, Improved Trip, Power Attack, Quick Draw, Ranged Attack 6, Takedown 2
Powers:
"Super-Amazon Physiology"
Impervious Toughness 11 [11]
Leaping 3 (60 feet) [3]
"Super-Strength Feats" (AEs of Strength Damage) [3]
- AE: "Groundstrike" Affliction 10 (Dodge; Hindered/Prone) (Extras: Area- 30ft. Burst) (Flaws: Limited Degree, Instant Recovery, Limited to Grounded Targets) Linked to Damage 10 (Extras: Area- 30ft. Burst) (Flaws: Limited to Objects) (13)
- AE: "Shockwave" Damage 11 (Extras: Area- 30ft. Burst) (Flaws: Both He & Target Must Be Touching Ground) (11)
- AE: "Sonic Slam" Affliction 11 (Fort; Dazed/Stunned) (Extras: Area- 30ft. Burst) (Flaws: Limited Degree) (11)
"Thundra's Chain" (Flaws: Easily Removable) (Feats: Restricted- Super-Strength Required) [4]
Strength-Damage +0 (Feats: Reach 3, Improved Disarm & Trip) (5 points)
Offense:
Unarmed +11 (+13 Damage, DC 28)
Chain +11 (+13 Damage, DC 28)
Initiative +4
Defenses:
Dodge +10 (DC 20), Parry +11 (DC 21), Toughness +13, Fortitude +13, Will +9
Complications:
Responsibility (Femizonia)
Responsibility (Loves Arkon or The Thing)- Thundra was into Ben's power for a while, but she eventually hooked up with Lord Arkon on account of his sheer manliness. Seriously- they were fighting, then went all "wait, you respect me?" and started making out right then and there.
Obsession (Female Superiority)
Total: Abilities: 98 / Skills: 44--22 / Advantages: 24 / Powers: 21 / Defenses: 13 (178)
Thundra- Mrs. Jabroniville:
-Always liked Thundra. I mean, what's not to love? A giant, amazonian redhead who beats the snot out of men and brags about how useless they are. What is she, the living embodiment of everything I've ever wanted in a woman? The cool design (mixing sex appeal with ACTUAL muscle mass- unlike Wonder Woman- alongside a red single-strap outfit, long pants and a giant chain) adds to it to make a memorable Fantastic Four supporting character.
-Thundra debuted, announcing herself as the leader of the future society of (I swear to God) "Femizonia"- a world ruled by an elite council of super-tall, amazonian female overlords. Enhanced by elite training and genetic engineering,l she is her race's finest warrior, and is sent back to the Fantastic Four's time to fight The Thing. Her reasoning? He has been determined to be the strongest male of all time (their... history is imprecise), and so the misandrist Thundra must beat the snot out of him in order to prove the superiority of women to the evil males who rule the planet Machus, thus ending the war between Machus and Femizonia. Ben is naturally COMPLETELY dumbfounded by this entire thing, and so many laughs are had. She ends up getting roped into the Frightful Four's latest incarnation, but switched sides to the heroes, as she herself is not evil.
-The whole thing is of course a kind of gag on the then-nascent "Women's Lib" movement, as feminism was increasingly a subject in those times. And what better way to comment on it than by having a gigantic woman pound the daylights out of men while proclaiming their worthlessness? She reappeared a few more times, eventually falling in LOVE with the Ever-Lovin', Blue-Eyed Thing (who naturally only had eyes for Alicia Masters), and then it was revealed that she was also attempting to ensure that the male-dominated society of Machus never came into being. Subsequent appearances, often featuring her coming back from the future, get REALLY convoluted at times, as the history and appearance of Femizonia changes repeatedly (at one point, it's merged with Machus via dimensional interface).
Thundra Settles Down:
-Eventually, by the late '80s, she actually hooked up with the Machan leader, Arkon the Thunderer, in a goofy story that sees the West Coast Avengers & Fantastic Four gathered together on different sides of the Femizonia/Machus War, the two leaders begin a one-on-one contest for total victory... and get so turned on by their mutual strength that they basically stop fighting and hit second base in front of their massed armies. Everyone returns in equal parts amusement and confusion (especially poor Ben, who was all "I can only imagine what they're doin' right now..." and one of the women on the team is like "BENJAMIN J. GRIMM!!!" and points out the immediate proximity of the young children of Susan Richards and Julia Carpenter present- Ben quickly has to change gears. Like I said, it's a silly story.
-After hooking up with Arkon, Thundra largely vanishes from comics- she was a bit specifically-"Silver/Bronze Age" for the bad-ass, violent, "serious" world of the 1990s, who of course have characters that look even SILLIER today. You only see a couple of shots here and there (she and Arkon fall in the early moments of
JLA/Avengers, for example). It wasn't until the modern generation of "Good Girl Artists" like Frank Cho came about that somebody went "Hey, does anyone remember that seven-foot tall, ultra-chesty, male-hating Super-Amazon?" and suddenly Thundra started APPEARING again! This time, comics were more willing to accept the somewhat-silly nature of her character, having fun with her casual misandry (she even helps She-Hulk & Valkyrie beat up the Red Hulk), and how serious she takes herself. In a bizarre twist, some Alternate Future Thundra showed up, boinked the Hulk, and gave birth to the 889th Hulk spin-off (Lyra), but that was more a means to an end.
Modern Thundra:
-Now, with Arkon largely-gone, Thundra still appears at random, spending an awful lot of time here considering that she actually RULES her own future time period. A snarkier, mouthier Thundra was found as part of the modern "Squadron Supreme" (now reimagined as a group of disparate characters from other worlds that were erased by the Crisis on Infinite Marvel Earths), packing a... completely-different personality than she's ever had before, using modern slang and acting kind of happy-go-lucky. But really, Thundra is awesome. Not only for the super-sexiness of a gigantic misandrist being out there, but because her whole concept is just SO comics. Like seriously, she's the super-strong future ruler of FEMIZONIA, a female-dominated world of giantesses, living in a world that's part
Conan the Barbarian and part
Warlord of Mars? And she totally disregards men as inferior, but finds herself attracted to THE THING, all because of his bravery and fighting spirit? She's basically She-Hulk with a stick up her butt, and that's rad. Thundra is the only non-Avenger on my "Avengers Dream Team", largely because she can play SO WELL off of any other character. She'd be condescending and rude to her male colleagues, but this wannabe "Power Sister" to other women on the squad, causing all sorts of conflict. It'd be hilarious.
Thundra- Super-Heavyweight:
-Thundra's a powerhouse akin to Ben Grimm, and stats out as such, but she's considerably better at fighting (Ben could NEVER manage to defeat her in all their fights), making her a PL 12 heavyweight. More than a PL 10 can handle, she's strong as hell, fast, a great fighter (MANY Advantages designed to alter all of her caps around), has a pretty good weapon (she's so strong that it doesn't boost her strength, but its range & Power Feats are a big help), and can take some heavy punishment. She's enough to go one-on-one with The Thing, Abomination or even the Hulk for a few rounds. You could argue she's only worth PL 11 stats... but that ignores the fact that I love her, so PL 12 she stays!
-Thundra lacks much in the way of interpersonal skills sadly, and most of her interactions with men consist of (*drool*...) punching them and insulting their gender, so no "Attractive" or any of that this time (including it before was just my own personal bias).
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