Creator Tom DeFalco has often claimed that the book outsold Thor and The Avengers combined at the time of its cancellation;[6] although this has been shown to be extremely unlikely.

It was announced that the Thunderstrike character would be returning in a new miniseries by co-creators Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz in November 2010.

[9] Promotionals leading into the event began in August depicting the mace stating "One will rise..." and "The World Still Needs Heroes.

He then first visited Asgard, where he fought the Warriors Three, Balder, Heimdall, and Sif, while trying to discover the whereabouts of the real Thor.

This provoked Thor, leading him to defeat Eric and reclaim Mjolnir while Odin revealed the Enchantress's manipulations.

[25] After a confrontation with Seth the Egyptian god of death, Eric realized that the only way to defeat him was to succumb to the curse contained with the Bloodaxe and increase his strength.

Eric eventually defeated the Skurge duplicate, causing a psychic backlash that killed him and destroyed the two weapons, the Bloodaxe and Thunderstrike.

The character previously featured as an idealistic child is shown to have anger, behavioral problems, and disillusioned outlook on "spandex-covered glory hounds."

He is given his father's enchanted mace by Commander Steve Rogers but, to their mutual disappointment, it doesn't trigger a transformation into Thunderstrike.

[29] During the Fear Itself storyline, Thunderstrike ends up teleported onto a station in the middle of the Pacific Ocean with Amadeus Cho, X-23, Spider-Girl, and Power Man.

[32] In the Marvel Comics 2 alternative universe, Kevin Masterson is a founding member of A-Next after absorbing the powers of the Thuderstrike mace.

He is kidnapped by Ulik and Sylene, daughter of Loki, as part of a plan to restore Asgard;[33] but Kevin Masterson struggles against his captors.

Thena, daughter of Thor, who had also taken part in the battle against her cousin, is able to restore Kevin's power, allowing him to become Thunderstrike once again.

[34] Eric's abilities are derived from the enchanted mace Thunderstrike, made of mystic uru metal, which is nearly indestructible, crafted by the Asgardian dwarves Brokk and Eitri, and given the following enchantments by Odin: As Thunderstrike, Masterson's appearance is identical to that of Thor, hence his superhuman form possesses Asgardian physiology.

Kevin Masterson manifests the same powers as his father when using his mace, but learned to make his appearance as Thunderstrike a modified form of his own visage.

[48] Additionally, the Thunderstrike moniker is taken on by Jane Foster in the present day after helping the Avengers destroy Battleworld and obtaining an enchanted mace.