JACK KIRBY DOES JOHN BUSCEMA A FAVOR

Just before leaving Marvel to work exclusively for DC, Kirby had Surtur burn down Asgard making it possible for John Buscema to design his own Realm Eternal when he took over the art chores on THOR.

NEW THOR APPEARANCES IN YOUR LCS 6 YEARS AGO TODAY

 EMPYRE AVENGERS #0 $4.99 

(W) Al Ewing (A) Pepe Larraz (CA) Jim Cheung

      Tony Stark wakes from strange dreams - as old allies make a distress call to the Avengers. In the new Green Area of the Moon, the Cotati are waiting with news of a terrible enemy that could wipe out both them and humanity itself. The Celestial Messiah has returned... but are the Avengers ready to hear his message?

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THOR #5 $3.99 

(W) Donny Cates (A) Nic Klein (CA) Olivier Coipel

THE BLACK WINTER IS HERE. 

A god. A king. A herald. Every title Thor has worn has come with its own powers, its own terrible responsibilities.But none of them will be enough to stop the Black Winter. To save the Ten Realms - the entirety of the Multiverse - the Odinson must become...something else.

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IN YOUR LCS 47 YEARS AGO TODAY

Thor's 11th appearance of 1979

His 388th of all time.

Bill Mantlo writes a respectful version of Thor in a well-crafted self-contained Avengers story.  

Thor appears on half of the 34 pages

Pencils by Don Newton

Inks by Jack Abel and Josef Rubenstein

IN YOUR LCS 5 YEARS AGO

HEROES RETURN #1 $5.99 

(W) Jason Aaron (A) Ed McGuinness (CA) Leinil Francis Yu

A slugfest between the Squadron Supreme and an otherworldly group of Avengers for the final fate of the whacked-out world of HEROES REBORN.

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IN YOUR LCS 10 YEARS AGO TODAY

MIGHTY THOR #8 $3.99 

(W) Jason Aaron (A/CA) Russell Dauterman

   "LORDS OF MIDGARD" STARTS NOW!  Corporate espionage, Marvel-style. Some of the world's most powerful and evil corporations are going to war over turf.  With Lady Thor caught in the middle.  That's if Jane Foster can first escape from the clutches of... S.H.I.E.L.D.?

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Note: Thor Odinson's only appearance is on this 1 in 15 variant cover.