Thunderstrike #17

Thunderstrike #17 promises a dramatic turning point right on its cover — Bloodaxe's cracked and battered crimson helmet dominates the frame, lit against a stark red glow, with a mailed fist gripping it from below as the bold cover blurb declares "The Defeat of Bloodaxe!" Cover pencils by Ron Frenz and inks by Al Milgrom give that shattered helmet a real sense of hard-won victory. Inside, writer Mindy Newell and artist Stewart Johnson deliver "The Wages of Sin!" — a 1995 Marvel story that clearly picks up the stakes of this ongoing Thor-adjacent saga in a big way.