15 YEARS AGO TODAY

: The last of 19 variant Thor covers inspired

 by iconic movie posters arrived at the stores.

AVENGERS ACADEMY #13 boasted the second Thor Hollywood Variant Cover by Amanda Conners. According to THOR GOES HOLLYWOOD, adding Sif and the Enchantress to the composition was Amanda's idea. 

ON THE SPINNER RACKS May/June 1964

Good May to be a Thor fan. 

A new Lee/Kirby AVENGERS with a 23 page Kirby battlefest.

Plus Thor involved in a Loki/Doctor Strange wizard battle

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with 9 pages of art by the legendary Steve Ditko.

There was also a 2 panel Thor cameo

 in the Iron Man half of TALES OF SUSPENSE #56

(art by Don Heck)

ON THE SPINNER RACKS May/June 1963

Thor's 5th 1963 appearance. 12th of all time.

The 3rd Thor/Loki cover of 1963. All 3 penciled by Jack Kirby. 

    A big story packed into 80 panels divided among a mere 12 pages (not counting the splash). Joe Sinnott is tasked with drawing the U.N. Building, the Empire State Building, the Golden Gate Bridge, the Sphinx and the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

The first issue since JIM #83 not to have Jane Foster in it.

IN YOUR LCS 8 YEARS AGO TODAY

 AVENGERS #1 $4.99 

(W) Jason Aaron (A/CA) Ed McGuinness

    Thor Odinson, Steve Rogers & Tony Stark are reunited at last just in time to save the world from 2000-foot-tall space gods known as Celestials. What connection exists between the Final Host and Odin's ancient Prehistoric Avengers?

Arron Kuder Young Guns variant

Esad Ribic variant

Greg Land Party variant

Premiere variant

HUNT FOR WOLVERINE WEAPON LOST #1 $3.99 
    Note: Thor does not appear inside but he does appear on this Todd Nauck Where's Wolverine Variant cover

84 YEARS AGO TODAY

JACK KIRBY'S FIRST THOR COVER 

It also had Kirby's first Thor story art but it wasn't the first comic with a Thor story. Thor's first comic appearance was in WEIRD COMICS #1 more than two years earlier.