IN YOUR LCS 39 YEARS AGO TODAY

Thor's 24th appearance of 1984 - his 529th of all time.

Not only was the cover by Walt Simonson

(His 24th THOR cover)

So was the 22 pages of story and art.

It was Simonson's 13th time as writer/artist.

Plus Simonson-created Malekith makes his 5th consecutive appearance!!

NEW THOR IN YOUR LCS 5 YEARS AGO TODAY

AVENGERS #22 $3.99

(W) Jason Aaron (A) Stefano Caselli, Alberto Alburquerque (CA) Stefano Caselli
    Robbie Reyes wants to get rid of the flame-headed monster inside him. So it's time to do the common sense thing: perform an exorcism on his car. Only problem is, Johnny Blaze, the king of Hell, has some plans of his own for the newest Ghost Rider and his Avengers friends. Thor only appears on 3 pages inside but at least he's not unconscious!

IN YOUR LCS 9 YEARS AGO TODAY

UNCANNY AVENGERS #22 $3.99 

(W) Rick Remender (A/CA) Daniel Acuña

   The fate of the seven prime timelines decided!  Kang's ultimate revenge on the Uncanny Avengers revealed.

The Avatar Press Thor appears in

GOD IS DEAD #17 $3.99

(W) Mike Costa (A) Omar Francia 

Jesus Christ walks the earth once again.  But gone are the visions of his pity and sacrifice.  Now the world trembles as the returned gods struggle to grasp the last piece of humanity for themselves.

IN YOUR LCS 8 YEARS AGO TODAY

THORS #2 $3.99 

(W) Jason Aaron (A/CA) Chris Sprouse

 (Keown variant cover)

plus

DEADPOOLS SECRET SECRET WARS #3 $3.99

(W) Cullen Bunn (A) Matteo Lolli (CA) Tony Harris

    The war that's so secret, the rest of the Marvel Universe doesn't even remember it!  Deadpool dons a new costume?! Plus an attack on GALACTUS! Classic ‘80’s Thor appears silently in crowd scenes on four pages.

MODOK ASSASSIN #3 $3.99

(W) Christopher Yost (A) Amilcar Pinna (CA) David Lafuente
    The Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing has fallen head over heels in love with a beautiful Thor.  But with the love of his life caught in the crosshairs of Killville's most ruthless mercenaries, can M.O.D.O.K. stay one step aHEAD of his rivals and live long enough to find out who set her up? Plus another Thor appearance that establishes this series as being prior to SECRET WARS #4 continuity-wise.

IN YOUR LCS 31 YEARS AGO TODAY

A Ron Frenz/Al Migrom cover homage to the legendary Walt Simonson

If the Eric Masterson Thor lead story doesn't excite you, maybe you'll find the Tales of Asgard back-up more stimulating. 

IN YOUR LCS 41 YEARS AGO TODAY

Thor's 27th appearance of 1982 was of the Thor Completist Only variety.

Thor appears in 4 panels of DAZZLER #21 as one of many superheroes supporting the Dazzler's singing career.

Art by Frank Springer and Vince Colletta,

IN YOUR LCS TODAY

 
AVENGERS #3 $3.99

(W) Jed MacKay (A) C.F. Villa (CA) Mark Brooks

The first Tribulation Event strikes the Earth! The Avengers fly into action as the Ashen Combine - a collection of the Multiverse's greatest monsters - descends from the Impossible City to follow their respective appetites. Cityslayers all, pursuing the assassination of metropolitan areas for sport!

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AVENGERS BEYOND #5 (OF 5) $3.99

(W) Derek Landy (A/CA) Greg Land

New York has fallen. The Lost One steps over the broken bodies of heroes and villains alike in his search for the Beyonder, who cowers in the shadows without his powers. Outplayed and outmaneuvered, the Avengers have one last chance to snatch desperate victory from the jaws of unimaginable defeat...

IN YOUR LCS 5 YEARS AGO TODAY

VENOM #4 $3.99

(W) Donny Cates (A/CA) Ryan Stegman

   An ancient Klyntar has awakened on Earth, and with it, something has stirred in Eddie Brock's symbiote.  And while Venom would never do anything to hurt Eddie or an innocent person, the ancient symbiote has no such qualms. Thor Odinson has an historic cameo.

Plus THOR #1 was reprinted.

THOR #1 

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THOR #1 

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NEW THOR IN YOUR LCS 4 YEARS AGO TODAY

HISTORY OF MARVEL UNIVERSE #1 $4.99  

(W) Mark Waid (A) Javier Rodriguez (CA) Steve McNiven

     From the Big Bang to the twilight of existence, HISTORY OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE chronicles completely, for the first time, everything that was, is or will be! Lushly illustrated text tells the complete story of the Marvel Universe, revealing previously unknown secrets and serving as the ultimate reference book for Marvel fans! Witness the greatest tale ever told - and be prepared for some shocking revelations! Although Thor appears on two of the covers he DOES NOT appear inside.

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MARVELS EPILOGUE #1 $4.99

(W) Kurt Busiek, Alex Ross (A/CA) Alex Ross

        A "Marvels" look at the "all-new, all-different" X-Men of the 1970s. In this 16-page story, Alex and Kurt bring Marvel's world to brilliant, realistic life one last time, as the now-retired Phil Sheldon and his daughters, in Manhattan to see the Christmas lights, find themselves in the middle of a clash between the outsider heroes and the deadly Sentinels, giving them a close-up perspective on the mutant experience. Also featuring a behind-the-scenes look at the making of this special story, and other bonus features. Thor has the tiniest cameo in a 2 page montage.

MARVEL ACTION AVENGERS #6 SOMMARIVA $3.99

(W) Matthew K. Manning (A/CA) Jon Sommariva

    Count Nefaria's otherworldly assault reaches its fever pitch as the Avengers struggle to reunite and save Dr. Strange! Can Earth's Mightiest Heroes overcome impossible odds?

IN YOUR LCS 10 YEARS AGO TODAY

Writer/artist/mythologist Walt Simonson returns to THOR!!!!!

RAGNAROK #1

 (from IDW PUBLISHING)

 

   Ragnarök...the Twilight of the Gods in Norse mythology...the destruction of the Nine Worlds.  And now, three hundred years later, the birth of vengeance.  

 Subscription variant cover

And from Marvel...  

ORIGINAL SIN #5.2 $3.99 

(W) Jason Aaron, Al Ewing (A) Simone Bianchi (CA) Dale Keown
   Thanks to the events of ORIGINAL SIN, the deepest secret of the Nine Realms is revealed... a Tenth Realm! Thor and Loki embark on a quest to discover this strange new world -- and the sister Thor never knew he had!

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #4 $3.99 

(W) Dan Slott (A/CA) Humberto Ramos
   The radioactive spider that gave Peter Parker his powers bit someone else, too! Thor cameo in 2 panels depicting a key event from ORIGINAL SIN.

DAREDEVIL #6 $3.99

(W) Mark Waid (A) Javier Rodriguez (CA) Chris Samnee
   When Matt learns something about his past that's too terrible to accept he seeks out his mother only to find her in more trouble than he could possibly have imagined. Thor cameo in a double-page spread depicting a key event from ORIGINAL SIN.

ORIGINAL SINS #4 $3.99

(W) Charles Soule & Various (A) Various (CA) Mark Brooks
   The ORIGINAL SIN of DOCTOR DOOM! (Thor appears in an Avenger-crowd-scene cameo)   

IN YOUR LCS 3 YEARS AGO TODAY

EMPYRE #2 $4.99 

(W) Al Ewing, Dan Slott (A) Valerio Schiti (CA) Jim Cheung

    Three Avengers are trapped on the moon as war breaks out on Earth - and an ancient enemy reveals a scheme decades in the making! Meanwhile, the Fantastic Four fight against a creeping horror that might destroy them all - starting with the Thing! Captain Marvel is their last, best hope... But if Carol Danvers survives, what will she become?

IN YOUR LCS 2 YEARS AGO TODAY

THOR ANNUAL #1 $4.99

(W) Aaron Kuder, Jed MacKay (A) Aaron Kuder, Juan Ferreyra (CA) Travis Charest

    Thor and the other leaders of the Ten Realms (and, uh, Hawkeye?) have gathered for a World Tree celebration! But the festivities come to an abrupt halt when a mysterious guest - and his otherworldly powers - crashes the party. And his "plus-one" is a dark, twisted version of Thor who is determined to become the iron-fisted ruler of all the realms!  

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Thor (and Thori's) fifth page entrance.

We don't get treated to the first of two worthy splashes until the tenth page.

This would have been a flawless issue if not for the inclusion of the five page episode of a Thorless story. Part 5 (of 8) of "Infinite Fury"!

IN YOUR LCS 12 YEARS AGO TODAY

 

What's better than having a cover by Ariel Olivetti?

22 pages of art by Ariel Olivetti.

Paul Jenkins provides Olivetti with a well-written Ragnarok prelude tale that cleverly characterizes Loki.

ON THE SPINNER RACKS 56 YEARS AGO TODAY

DC decided that the way to combat Marvel's increasing popularity was to create a series that parodied Marvel.

This had shipped a week earlier

  

This was the 4th Thor comic I had purchased since discovering the character little more than a month earlier.  

Of course I bought INFERIOR FIVE too.

IN YOUR LCS 5 YEARS AGO TODAY

THOR #3 

(W) Jason Aaron (A/CA) Michael Del Mundo

UNHOLY MATRIMONY!
War rages across the land of the dead, and not even the reunion of Thor with his brother Balder can stop it!  Perhaps peace might come from the wedding of the century... in Hel! With Hela, the goddess of death, as the bride, which Odinson brother is going to be the lucky groom? And what special surprise guest is looking to put a deadly stop to the nuptials?

James Harren Hammer variant

OLD MAN HAWKEYE #7 $3.99

(W) Sacks, Ethan (A) Marco Checchetto, Ibraim Roberson (CA) Marco Checchetto

   THE FALL OF THE SUPER HEROES!  HAWKEYE's been on a mission to hunt down the THUNDERBOLTS that betrayed him. Now see exactly what happened on that fateful date 45 years ago, in all of its bloody detail!  This issue - everybody dies! See how Thor dies in the Old-Man-verse.

AVENGERS #5 $3.99

(W) Jason Aaron (A) Ed McGuinness, Paco Medina (CA) Ed McGuinness

    Behold the wildest, most awe-inspiring team of Avengers ever assembled! But will it be enough to defeat the combined powers of Loki and the Final Host of Dark Celestials? And what is the startling secret of the Progenitor? Thor and She-Hulk continue their team-up

LIFE OF CAPTAIN MARVEL #1 $4.99 

(W) Margaret Stohl (A) Carlos Pacheco (CA) Julian Totino Tedesco

    Carol Danvers was just a girl from the Boston suburbs who loved science and the Red Sox until a chance encounter with a Kree hero gave her incredible super-powers. Now, she's a leader in the Avengers and the commander of Alpha Flight. But what if there were more to the story? When crippling anxiety attacks put her on the sidelines in the middle of a fight, Carol finds herself reliving memories of a life she thought was far behind her. You can't outrun where you're from - and sometimes, you HAVE to go home again.  Thor has a 1 panel cameo and a line of dialog.

IN YOUR LCS 4 YEARS AGO TODAY

RAGNAROK BREAKING OF HELHEIM #1 $4.99

(W/A/CA) Walter Simonson

In the end, the gods gathered together and met their foes on the Battle Plain of Vigrid.  There, so the stories tell, the gods and their great enemies slaughtered each other, the stars fell from the sky, Midgard itself sank into the all-encompassing ocean, and the Nine worlds were destroyed. In this issue, Thor hears a voice out of the past and learns that not all the old stories are true, and that the path before him now leads to Helheim, the land of the Dead. 

LOKI #1 $3.99

(W) Daniel Kibblesmith (A) Oscar Bazaldva

    After dying a grisly death in THE WAR OF THE REALMS, Loki learned a valuable lesson in warmongering: Don't get caught. But now he has a whole new set of responsibilities - and his brother Thor is not about to let him walk away from them this time. 

Will Sliney Carnagized Variant cover.