Thunder File Name: Matthew Harris Breckinridge of Louisville, Kentucky. Grade: Army E-5 (1984) SN: RA135306694 Notes: Louisville is in the north central portion of the state, on the Ohio River about 75 miles west of Lexington. Louisville owes much of its expansion in the late 1800s to John Breckinridge Castleman, who began his military career in the Confederacy and later served as a brigadier general in the US Army. Airwave is also from Louisville, and Cold Front hails from nearby Fort Knox. chronological: Stinger Driver << Thunder >> Copperhead alphabetical: Thrasher << Thunder >> Thunderwing

Animated Appearances

Sunbow's Thunder wore his 1984 outfit, with a white monocular and headset and a blue-tinted visor. Thunder's file name was mentioned in the episode Captives of Cobra, Part 1.

Classic Marvel Comic Appearances

By my count, Thunder was discernible in 34 panels in 9 issues from Mar. 1985 to May 1991: Yearbook 1, #51, Order of Battle 2, 59, 76, 108, 109, 110, and 112. He was killed in #109.

Figure Releases

Version 1: spring 1984 boxed Self-Propelled Cannon (Slugger) vehicle
Fig. #0045: Self-Propelled Gun Artilleryman	MOS 1: Artillery [13B] MOS 2: Bandsman (Drummer) [42R9M]
	head: Thunder (84), Skystriker (88), Thunderwing (98) arms: Thunder (84), Thunderwing (98), Cobra Infantry Trooper (04/I, 04/II, 04/III, 04/IV), Cobra Squad Leader (04/I, 04/II), Scrap Iron (04, 05/I), Clutch (07), Zap (07) torso: Thunder (84), Thunderwing (98) waist: Thunder (84), Thunderwing (98) legs: Thunder (84), Thunderwing (98)
	Accessories: light green helmet (82 Short-Fuze's, shade varies), light green headphones with antennas (new), black visor with notch for nose (new), smooth black monocular with strap (new).
	Thunder grew up next door to a foundry. A probable explanation of his fondness for loud noises. When asked his reasons for going artillery, his reply was simply, "I want to hear them go bang." He has a passion for heavy metal rock and roll, peanut brittle and cars with bad mufflers. "If you know where you are and you know where the enemy is, then artillery can be an exact science. But in the real world, artillery is half trigonometry and half blind luck. In other words, if you hit something, take the credit. If you miss, write it off as margin of error."
Toy Notes: Item #6056.
Reissues: Reissued in mail offers 1987-1988 and 1992 (Chilling Events, Operation Blackout, End of Slaughter, Top Secret, and Mission Rescue: Code Blue). He is mistakenly pictured as part of the vehicle drivers set in the spring 1989 mail offer Operation Deep Six. The intended figure is Steeler.