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. Thanks to enchantments from the Enchantress, the axe had the magical ability to create dimensional rifts. Bloodaxe was invulnerable to conventional firearms, and incendiary or ballistic devices.īloodaxe's double-bladed axe was mystically enchanted and virtually indestructible, and can be used to deflect bullets. 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 endowed with superhuman strength, speed, durability, reflexes, and endurance by enchantments on the axe.
Powers and abilities īy 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. Thor later destroyed it with the Odinforce after he felt the curse beginning to work on him. The axe was then re-introduced during Dan Jurgens' Thor run, where it was used by Thor in conjunction with Mjolnir. As no-one was able to stop his rampage, Masterson chose to sacrifice himself in order to destroy the Bloodaxe forever.
After Set was destroyed, Thunderstrike was possessed by the axe's murderous curse. 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. Thunderstrike thwarted Bloodaxe and took custody of the axe. Bloodaxe first encountered Thunderstrike when she arrived to kill a low-level villain called Carjack and his gang. When the real Thor returned, Masterson became Thunderstrike and fought Bloodaxe again. He then fought Code: Blue and Earth Force. Bloodaxe then battled Doctor Strange, and encountered Susan Austin. īloodaxe first fought Thor when the mortal Eric Masterson was using the identity of Thor. This new being then went into action as Bloodaxe, battling the police and slaying drug dealers. Ī 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. 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.
Many supporting cast members of Thunderstrike were hinted at being Bloodaxe but many of those clues would later turn out to be red herrings to conceal 'his' true identity. Due to the sheer muscular mass of Bloodaxe (a direct result of the Asgardian magic within the axe), it was also impossible to determine whether the mortal alias was even male or female. The name also applies to the axe used by this character.īloodaxe'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. This character first appeared in Thor #449, though she did not adopt her name and appearance until #450. The character is usually depicted as a foe of Thor and Thunderstrike. Wields enchanted and virtually indestructible axeīloodaxe ( Jackie Lukus) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Invulnerability to conventional firearms and incendiary or ballistic devices Superhuman strength, speed, durability, reflexes and endurance