ON THE SPINNER RACKS Aug/Sep 1964

Thor's floating head on this Jack Kirby/Chic Stone cover accurately indicates that Thor appears in the Don Heck/Dick Ayers drawn story  inside.

TALES OF SUSPENSE #59 

Even though Thor is not on the cover he makes a multi-page appearance in the Iron Man feature of this split book.

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #18  

Thor appears in only 1 panel but he is drawn by the legendary Steve Ditko and has a line of dialog.

IN YOUR LCS 4 YEARS AGO TODAY

 66th BiFrost cover
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(W) Kieron Gillen (A) Guiu Villanova (CA) Kaare Andrews

...THE WICKED WILL BE PUT TO DEATH!

As the world shakes, an unlikely group gather to find a peaceful solution. Sadly, the best laid plans of man, mutant and Eternal oft go awry.

ON THE SPINNER RACKS 56 YEARS AGO TODAY

If you had been buying comics for more than five years this Kirby cover would have been familiar to you.

So might the 52 pages of Kirby art contained inside (reprinted from six different issues of JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY)

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Aug/Sep 1966

 EGO'S FIRST COVER APPEARANCE 

Ego wouldn't appear on another cover for 28 months. Like this one it would also be a Kirby/Colletta THOR collaboration.

Plus: a Kirby triptych!

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Aug/Sep 1965

 The 70th appearance of Thor
The 4th appearance of the Absorbing Man
(and his 4th cover appearance)

The Kirby/Colletta cover delivers what it promises. 13 of the 16 pages of the lead story depict Absorbing Man/Thor battle action.

Plus Loki makes his 26th appearance.

 

 

This solid issue concludes with the 22nd 5 page installment of the always-welcome TALES OF ASGARD backup.