IN YOUR LCS 7 YEARS AGO TODAY

VENOM #4 $3.99

(W) Donny Cates (A/CA) Ryan Stegman

   An ancient Klyntar has awakened on Earth, and with it, something has stirred in Eddie Brock's symbiote.  And while Venom would never do anything to hurt Eddie or an innocent person, the ancient symbiote has no such qualms. Thor Odinson has an historic cameo.

Plus THOR #1 was reprinted.

THOR #1 

2ND PTG WARD VARIANT $5.99

THOR #1 

2ND PTG WOLVERINE VARIANT $5.99

ON THE SPINNER RACKS July/August 1970

 NEAL ADAMS FILLS THE VACUUM LEFT BY KING KIRBY

If this Adams cover were to make you think that Thor had succumbed to Warrior Madness, you'd be wrong.

Loki and Thor appear together in a Marvel comic for the 51st time.

That's right! It's Stan Lee Comic Plot #23 (Villain/Hero bodyswap)

Thor fans get their first look at A(dam)sgard.

IN YOUR LCS 12 YEARS AGO TODAY

Writer/artist/mythologist Walt Simonson returns to THOR!!!!!

RAGNAROK #1

 (from IDW PUBLISHING)

 

   Ragnarök...the Twilight of the Gods in Norse mythology...the destruction of the Nine Worlds.  And now, three hundred years later, the birth of vengeance.  

 Subscription variant cover

And from Marvel...  

ORIGINAL SIN #5.2 $3.99 

(W) Jason Aaron, Al Ewing (A) Simone Bianchi (CA) Dale Keown
   Thanks to the events of ORIGINAL SIN, the deepest secret of the Nine Realms is revealed... a Tenth Realm! Thor and Loki embark on a quest to discover this strange new world -- and the sister Thor never knew he had!

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #4 $3.99 

(W) Dan Slott (A/CA) Humberto Ramos
   The radioactive spider that gave Peter Parker his powers bit someone else, too! Thor cameo in 2 panels depicting a key event from ORIGINAL SIN.

DAREDEVIL #6 $3.99

(W) Mark Waid (A) Javier Rodriguez (CA) Chris Samnee
   When Matt learns something about his past that's too terrible to accept he seeks out his mother only to find her in more trouble than he could possibly have imagined. Thor cameo in a double-page spread depicting a key event from ORIGINAL SIN.

ORIGINAL SINS #4 $3.99

(W) Charles Soule & Various (A) Various (CA) Mark Brooks
   The ORIGINAL SIN of DOCTOR DOOM! (Thor appears in an Avenger-crowd-scene cameo)   

IN YOUR LCS 5 YEARS AGO TODAY

EMPYRE #2 $4.99 

(W) Al Ewing, Dan Slott (A) Valerio Schiti (CA) Jim Cheung

    Three Avengers are trapped on the moon as war breaks out on Earth - and an ancient enemy reveals a scheme decades in the making! Meanwhile, the Fantastic Four fight against a creeping horror that might destroy them all - starting with the Thing! Captain Marvel is their last, best hope... But if Carol Danvers survives, what will she become?

IN YOUR LCS 4 YEARS AGO TODAY

THOR ANNUAL #1 $4.99

(W) Aaron Kuder, Jed MacKay (A) Aaron Kuder, Juan Ferreyra (CA) Travis Charest

    Thor and the other leaders of the Ten Realms (and, uh, Hawkeye?) have gathered for a World Tree celebration! But the festivities come to an abrupt halt when a mysterious guest - and his otherworldly powers - crashes the party. And his "plus-one" is a dark, twisted version of Thor who is determined to become the iron-fisted ruler of all the realms!  

 CHAREST VARIANT 

RON LIM CONNECTING VAR

 

Thor's fifth page entrance.

We don't get treated to the first of two worthy splashes until the tenth page.

A flawless issue except for the five page episode of a Thorless story. Part 5 (of 8) of "Infinite Fury"!

IN YOUR LCS 15 YEARS AGO TODAY

 

What's better than having a cover by Ariel Olivetti?

22 pages of art by Ariel Olivetti.

Paul Jenkins provides a well-written Ragnarok prelude tale that cleverly characterizes Loki.

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Jul/Aug/Sep 1967

DC decided that the way to combat Marvel's increasing popularity was to create a series that parodied Marvel.

This had shipped a week earlier

  

This was the 4th Thor comic I had purchased since discovering the character little more than a month earlier.  

Of course I bought INFERIOR FIVE too.