IN YOUR LCS 10 YEARS AGO TODAY

 

ALL NEW ALL DIFFERENT AVENGERS #4 $3.99
(W) Mark Waid (A) Mahmud A. Asrar (CA) Alex Ross

   When passions flare between Captain America and Thor, they lead to Earth's Mightiest Kiss!

IN YOUR LCS 4 YEARS AGO TODAY

THOR #21 $3.99

(W) Donny Cates (A/CA) Nic Klein (CA) Jim Cheung

"GOD OF HAMMERS" PART 3 of 5
Thor has been beaten down, and the God of Hammers is about to make the final blow! Is this the end of the All-Father? Prophecies do come true, after all... but not always in the ways they are foreseen. For there is one last chance to save Thor - but at what cost?! Plus: The shocking origin of the mysterious God of Hammers is revealed!

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IN YOUR LCS 30 YEARS AGO TODAY

Thor's 6th appearance of 1996. 

Cover by Luke Ross

Interior art by John Statema and Tom Palmer

Concluding chapter of the 4 part AN AVENGER EVENT: FIRST SIGN

Thor's previous 1996 appearances:

CAPTAIN AMERICA #449

Thor is not on the cover. He does appear on the last 2 pages.

Part 1 of AN AVENGER EVENT: FIRST SIGN

THOR #496

Part 2 of AN AVENGER EVENT: FIRST SIGN

IRON MAN #326

Thor is not on the cover. He does appear on 8 pages. Many of them battling alongside Captain America against a horde of Zodiac agents.

Part 3 of AN AVENGER EVENT: FIRST SIGN

MARVEL VERSUS DC/DC VERSUS MARVEL #2

Thor is on the cover and on 7 pages. He battles DC's Captain Marvel.

HULK #439

Thor is not on the cover but he does appear on 1 panel inside (the last panel).

This is the earliest that Thor had reached that many appearances in the first 23 days of a year, a record that wouldn't be broken for 18 years

IN YOUR LCS 37 YEARS AGO TODAY

 

Ron Frenz channels his inner Kirby.

An Asgard establishing shot, an angry Odin, Thor bonding with a young fan and a gorgeous goddess. A perfect page!?

There is also a Tales of Asgard back-up tale of the boyhood of Thor (and Loki).

IN YOUR LCS 36 YEARS AGO TODAY

 Thor's 672nd appearance

What the cover promises it more than delivers. Tom DeFalco masterfully makes Thor and Doctor Blake's history more coherent. Herb Trimpe works his visual magic on the cover and both the stories inside.

The 5 page Tales of Asgard back-up does not have Thor in it. 

Grim Hogun is the star.