Wednesday, January 31, 2024

IN YOUR LCS TODAY

 AVENGERS TWILIGHT #2 $4.99

(W) Chip Zdarsky (A) Daniel Acuna (CA) Alex Ross
With the clock ticking to New Year's Day, and the world against him, CAPTAIN AMERICA must build an army to save America! Will his surviving friends sign up, or is he going to have to lead the ragtag group called THE DEFENDERS against the expert military marksman known as BULLSEYE?

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SPIDER-BOY #3 $4.99
(W) Dan Slott (A) Paco Medina, Ty Templeton (CA) Humberto Ramos
DISASSEMBLY REQUIRED!
The richest jerk on the planet now owns the deadliest fighting machine of all time! How can Spider-Boy even hope to stop...the Toy Soldier?! Watch out, kid! This one-of-a-kind collectible can KILL! Also...the Webless Wonder teams up with Thor, Son of Odin, as a creature from Asgard threatens Bailey Briggs' friendly neighborhood.

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Jan/Feb 1970

 What's more exciting than Thor unconscious on a cover?

Thor unconscious and falling.

Jack Kirby's cover pencils were embellished by the legendary writer/artist Bill Everett. So were the 20 interior pages!!!

Monday, January 29, 2024

IN YOUR LCS 10 YEARS AGO TODAY

 

 THOR GOD OF THUNDER #18 $3.99
Writer: Jason Aaron  Interior art: Das Pastoras
Cover art: Esad Ribic
A tale of Young Thor, in the age of the Vikings!



UNCANNY AVENGERS #16 $3.99
Writer: Rick Remender
Cover and interior art: Steve McNiven
Thor vs Uriel! Feral and vengeful after the death of a teammate, Thor is a mad God out for blood!
   




CATACLYSM ULTIMATES LAST STAND #4
 $3.99
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis Cover and interior art: Mark Bagley
   Ultimate Thor has a brief battle with Galactus.

SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #26 $3.99
Writer: Dan Slott (CA) Ryan Stegman 

Interior art: Humberto Ramos
    The Green Goblin vs. The Original Hobgoblin
    Thor and the Avengers appear on 4 pages. Thor has no dialogue.

Sunday, January 28, 2024

IN YOUR LCS 9 YEARS AGO TODAY

 

THOR #4 $3.99 
(W) Jason Aaron (A/CA) Russell Dauterman
   The Odinson is back and he clearly doesn't like that someone else is holding his hammer! 
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Saturday, January 27, 2024

IN YOUR LCS 8 YEARS AGO TODAY

 

ALL NEW ALL DIFFERENT AVENGERS #4 $3.99
(W) Mark Waid (A) Mahmud A. Asrar (CA) Alex Ross
   When passions flare between Captain America and Thor, they lead to Earth's Mightiest Kiss!

Friday, January 26, 2024

IN YOUR LCS 31 YEARS AGO TODAY

 

The dramatic Lou Harrison Thor image on the cover may seem generic it accurately teases what awaits inside.
Thor, like many of the readers, is angered by the previous storyline. Maybe that is why Marz and Starlin replaced DeFalco as writer.
Thor meets a new character. 
Art by Zick and Montano.
The final page promises that 1993 will be a good year to be a Thor fan

And if that wasn't enough Thor for you, he was also part of the large cast of MYS-TECH WARS #1
Art by Hitch and Anderson

Thursday, January 25, 2024

IN YOUR LCS 1 YEAR AGO TODAY

 
ALL-OUT AVENGERS #5 $3.99
(W) Derek Landy (A/CA) Greg Land
Here at last, because you demanded it, the ultimate battle begins: Spider-Man versus the Avengers! Thrill to the action! Marvel at the wit! Ponder at the possibilities! In a frantic race across Manhattan, someone's mind is being controlled, someone's decisions are being directed and someone's reality is being altered...but whose?
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THOR #30 $3.99
(W) Torunn Gronbekk (A/CA) Nic Klein
"THE LEGACY OF THANOS" CONCLUDES!
After chasing Corvus Glaive-the kidnapper of Thor's baby sister-into a vault that requires the blood of a god to open, Thor and Rúna find themselves face-to-face with King Bor himself! And...Thanos? What dark, bloody secrets of Asgard's past lie in this twisting, cryptic story...and what will it reveal about the future of the entire Marvel Universe?
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Wednesday, January 24, 2024

IN YOUR LCS TODAY



IMMORTAL THOR #6 $4.99
(W) Al Ewing (A) Martin Coccolo (CA) Alex Ross
   A LEGEND FROM THE PAST!
  The All-Father sought answers to his new troubles in memories of old. And to refresh those memories, he consulted his Skald to tell a tale of when Young Thor and Loki journeyed beyond Asgard on a quest that would determine the fate of all the Realms.
This is the story of the IMMORTAL THOR...and of his first Journey Into Mystery.

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Tuesday, January 23, 2024

ON THE SPINNER RACKS 60 YEARS AGO TODAY



Jack Kirby did the cover art for 9 of the 11 comics Marvel released the 1st month of 1964 including these 2. Kirby provided the art for the 25 covers Thor had appeared on so far.

Monday, January 22, 2024

IN YOUR LCS 10 YEARS AGO TODAY

AVENGERS #25 $3.99 
    Writer: Jonathan Hickman Art: Salvador Larroca Cover Art: Mike Deodato
     Not only is Thor on the cover but he is a major player in the story.

1 in 75 Alex Ross 75th anniversary variant cover


Sunday, January 21, 2024

IN YOUR LCS 49 YEARS AGO TODAY

 

Thor's second 1975 appearance (279th of all time)

Thor doesn't battle anyone. He spends his time invisibly observing myriad bits of Marvel history.

Cover by Gil Kane, Joe Sinnott and John Romita.

18 interior pages by Sal Buscema and Joe Staton

Saturday, January 20, 2024

IN YOUR LCS 3 YEARS AGO TODAY

 

KING IN BLACK #3 (OF 5) $4.99 
(W) Donny Cates (A/CA) Ryan Stegman
     After last issue's shocking finale, the heroes of the Marvel Universe are reeling. Outgunned and outmanned, but never outdone, they unite and face KNULL, God of the Abyss, as he ensnares the planet in the darkness of his reign! Superstars DONNY CATES and RYAN STEGMAN continue to raise the game - and the stakes for the Marvel Universe in this Earth-shattering epic!

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Friday, January 19, 2024

IN YOUR LCS 1 YEAR AGO TODAY

 AVENGERS FOREVER #13 $3.99
(W) Jason Aaron (A/CA) Aaron Kuder
AVENGERS ASSEMBLE - PART FIVE:  
King Thor's granddaughters have come from the far future to join the fight for Infinity's End, and they've brought a fiery old friend with them in the form of the most powerful version of Wolverine who's ever existed. Plus, Doom Supreme's grand plan begins to unfold. And at last, the true identity of the mysterious Avenger Prime is revealed.

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Thursday, January 18, 2024

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Jan/Feb 1973

 

Ulik's 5th cover since debuting 6 years earlier. It's the 1st non-Kirby Ulik cover. It's Gil Kane.


Not only does Thor do battle with the trolls leading to a cliff-hanger ending, he also visits North Korea because he wrongly thinks it is a quiet place to think.

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

IN YOUR LCS TODAY

 AVENGERS TWILIGHT #1 $5.99
(W) Chip Zdarsky (A) Daniel Acuna (CA) Alex Ross
In a gleaming new world of prosperity, Captain America is no more. But Steve Rogers still exists, floating through an America where freedom is an illusion, where THE AVENGERS are strangers and his friends are long dead. But is the Dream? How do you assemble Avengers in a world that doesn't want them? PLUS: A behind-the-scenes look at the making of this issue!  
 

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024

ON THE THE SPINNER RACKS Jan/Feb 1966

 Thor's 75th appearance.

The Marvel Age of Comparative Mythology continued with the 4th appearance of  Hercules. Herc debuted in JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY ANNUAL #1 eight months earlier.

 

What the cover promises 13 of the 16 pages of the main story deliver - Thor and Hercules fighting over Nurse Foster (her 40th appearance)


The ingredients for a perfect page - Kirby/Colletta art, Thor battling a worthy opponent, the Rainbow Bridge, Asgard, angry Odin (his 35th appearance) and Balder (his 15th appearance).

Helping to make this a superior issue so was Loki (his 31st appearance) and Thor continuing a quest in the 5 page Tales of Asgard back-up.

Doctor Don Blake does not appear in this issue

Monday, January 15, 2024

IN YOUR LCS 10 YEARS AGO TODAY

THOR GOD OF THUNDER #17 $3.99
Writer: Jason Aaron Artists: Ron Garney, Emanuela Lupacchino Cover art: Esad Ribic
THE GRAND FINALE OF THE ACCURSED!
     Thor's desperate tour of the Nine Realms brings him to Midgard, to Earth, where he makes his final stand against Malekith and the dark forces of the Wild Hunt. But what has become of Thor's newest compatriots, the League of Realms? Who stands revealed as the traitor in their midst? And what bloody victory has Malekith already won?




SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #25 $4.99 
Writers: Dan Slott, Christos N. Gage Cover and interior art: Humberto Ramos
   Otto Octavius, the Superior Spider-Man, in a life-or-death struggle against the original Superior Venom!   Guest starring: The Avengers!




FANTASTIC FOUR #16 $3.99 
Cover art: Mark Bagley
      THOR ON COVER ONLY



CATACLYSM ULTIMATES #3 $3.99
Cover art: Mukesh Singh
       ULTIMATE THOR ON COVER ONLY



GOD IS DEAD #5 (AVATAR PRESS INC) $3.99
Writer: Jonathan Hickman Art: Di Amorim Cover art: Jonathan Hickman
The world is only hours away from Armageddon as the pantheons of Asgard and Olympus collide.  With the first attempt at creating a god weapon resulting in the birth of Mammon, the enclave of scientists strikes a desperate stake as they hope they can create a being able to stand against the deities waging war across the globe.  But tampering with the very stuff of gods is a dangerous game and the end result is nothing short of staggering...