ON THE SPINNER RACKS Oct/Nov 1965

My grandfather gave me a quarter at the drugstore. Guess what I purchased off the spinner rack?

This?

 
or this?

Instead I bought these.   

It would be a couple more years before I would outgrow Curt Swan. I would not mature sufficiently to make me appreciate a Kirby THOR cover enough to buy an issue for another 20 months.

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Oct/Nov 1970

Thor's 16th appearance of the year.

    This comic delivers what the cover promises. 19 pages of John Buscema definitively depicting Doom battling Thor for 14 of the 19 pages. 

    The conclusion of a two part story.

    No new characters are introduced.

    

IN YOUR LCS 10 YEARS AGO TODAY

INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #2 

KIRBY MONSTER VARIANT - $3.99

(CA) Walt Simonson

Thor only appears on this variant cover, not inside!

IN YOUR LCS 5 YEARS AGO TODAY

 

THOR #18 $3.99 
 (W) Donny Cates (A) Pasqual Ferry (CA) Olivier Coipel

Thor has a top secret mission that only one trusted ally can carry out: Throg, the Frog of Thunder! Guest artist Pasqual Ferry makes a return trip to Asgard for this unique tale of otherworldly espionage, one that will have a profound impact on the future of the Marvel Universe! MEET ASGARD'S NEW MASTER OF SPIES - THROG!

JUSKO MARVEL MASTERPIECES VARIANT 

KLEIN VARIANT

PHOENIX SONG ECHO #1 $4.99 

(W) Rebecca Roanhorse (A) Luca Maresca (CA) Cory Smith

Against all odds, one of the most powerful entities in the Marvel Universe chose Maya Lopez, a deaf street fighter, as its new avatar. And the burning question on everyone's minds is: WHY?! But Echo is the last person to answer. Still learning her new cosmic abilities - and struggling with the Phoenix's overwhelming personality - Echo strikes out to return to her roots. But the reservation has even fewer answers. And where power goes, evil follows. Someone wants Echo to fail - and unleash a power only the greatest heroes in

history have been able to control. Avengers artist Luca Maresca joins superstar writer Rebecca Roanhorse for a story that will light the universe on fire!

IN YOUR LCS 4 YEARS AGO TODAY

THOR #28 $3.99

(W) Donny Cates (A) Salvador Larroca (CA) Nic Klein

THOR VS. VENOM - ROUND TWO!
It's the epic finale of this dark, twisted team-up between Thor and Venom! How will events from the VENOM series impact the future of Asgard? Find out here!

AVENGERS #61 $3.99

(W) Jason Aaron (A) Ivan Fiorelli (CA) Garron, Javier

HISTORY'S MIGHTIEST UNTOLD SECRETS! If the Avengers hope to survive being lost in time, they'll need the help of some of history's greatest heroes, from the Thor of the Viking Age to the T. Rex Starbrand at the dawn of time, plus all the forgotten Avengers of bygone eras whose stories can finally be told.