ON THE SPINNER RACKS Mar/Apr 1969

 PLUTO'S BACK!

Pluto's 6th appearance but only the 3rd time he made the cover (all drawn by Jack Kirby and Vince Colletta)

Thor's 4th 1969 appearance, 125th of all time.

Sif's 3rd 1969 appearance, 26th of all time.

IN YOUR LCS 8 YEARS AGO TODAY

from IDW

RAGNAROK #8

script, art and cover by Walter Simonson

With his dead child behind him, and a thousand burning demons before, the Black Elf assassin, Regn, fights furiously alongside Thor, so that after the battle, he and he alone can kill the God of Thunder.

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from MARVEL

CAPTAIN AMERICA SAM WILSON #7 $5.99

(W) Nick Spencer (A) Daniel Acuña (CA) Alex Ross

  Since World War II, Steve Rogers has wielded his shield against unspeakable odds. When he fell, Bucky Barnes picked it up. When it was time to rest, he handed it to Sam Wilson. But now Steve will be asked to wield it one last time, against a foe so deadly it could very well be his final stand. Thor Odinson appears on one page as an example of a hero that "inspired" Steve Rogers.

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AVENGERS BEYOND #1 $3.99

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

Someone has been manipulating the Avengers for the past several months, altering the very fabric of reality in an attempt to prepare the planet for a threat that could destroy everything. Here, now, this unseen individual is to be dragged, kicking and screaming, from the shadows and into the light - and is revealed as the Beyonder! Something big is coming to the Marvel Universe...

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THOR #32 $3.99

(W) Donny Cates (A) Juan Gedeon (CA) Nic Klein

THOR VS. DOCTOR DOOM! It's THOR against DOOM in a battle of wits, morals and, of course-might! Doom's latest plot lies deep in Asgard's history. And nothing, not even time itself, will stop him from getting what he wants-except maybe for Thor, who must pursue him to protect reality itself!

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AVENGERS #686 $3.99

(W) Mark Waid & Various (A) Paco Medina (CA) Mark Brooks

    NO SURRENDER Part 12 As Wonder Man struggles to get through to the Hulk, the Black Order attacks Avengers HQ! The grand cosmic game comes to its shocking conclusion - but the war for Earth is just beginning! Lady Thor is not on the cover but she does have a large part inside.

BEN REILLY SCARLET SPIDER #16 $3.99

(W) Peter David (A) Will Sliney (CA) Khary Randolph

   DAMNATION TIE-IN!  Ben Reilly is the Spider-Man who can't die - the only spider to slip through Mephisto's grasp time and again. But even the Scarlet Spider cannot avoid DAMNATION. Demon Lady Thor appears on one page (in a group shot of the Demon Avengers).

OLD MAN HAWKEYE #3 $3.99 

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WARNING: NO THORS APPEAR INSIDE

INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #598 $3.99 

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WARNING: NO THORS APPEAR INSIDE

DAREDEVIL #600 $5.99  

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WARNING: NO THORS APPEAR INSIDE

BLACK PANTHER #171 $3.99 

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WARNING: NO THORS APPEAR INSIDE

THOR VS HULK TP CHAMPIONS OF UNIVERSE $14.99

(W) Jeremy Whitley (A) Simone Buonfantino, Alti Firmansyah (CA) Dan Mora

     An Elder of the Universe has come to Earth, and he means to battle our planet's strongest hero. But will Thor and Hulk ever agree on which one of them that is? Asgard's Avenger and the green goliath will have to run a gauntlet of impossible challenges to prove their worthiness to face down this cosmic menace - but what's really waiting for them at the finish line? And can even the two mightiest heroes on the planet smash their way out of this one? 
       This is a digital-original comic in print for the first time.

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Ron Frenz channels his inner Kirby!!! 

Embellished by the great Joe Sinnott !!!

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AVENGERS #27 $3.99 

   Writer: Jonathan Hickman Art: Salvador Larroca Cover art: Mike Deodato
    The science war overtakes the world(s). The collision of Avengers and New Avengers is imminent. Plenty of Thor battle action in this issue.

UNCANNY AVENGERS #18.NOW $3.99 

   Writer: Rick Remender Cover and interior art: Daniel Acuña
    Welcome to Planet X, the new mutant homeworld, where everything is great-presuming that you possess the mutant gene! Janet Van Dyne, the Wasp, is the last human being alive, relentlessly pursued by Magneto and his All-New X-Force and their "No More Humans" campaign, and protected by her husband, Havok!
    There is a one-panel appearance by a probable parallel-time Thor…

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ROAD TO EMPYRE KREE SKRULL WAR #1 $4.99 

(W) Robbie Thompson (A) Mattia De Iulis, Javier Rodriguez (CA) Phil Noto

EMPYRE IS COMING!

The build-up to Marvel's massive event series of the spring begins here-but in actuality, it began a millennia ago, with a challenge on the moon! In the wake of INCOMING, everything has changed for the Kree and the Skrulls. And out in the cold on Earth, the Warner family (MEET THE SKRULLS) need to work out what has happened and what it means for the future of their family and their race! And that means educating their kids on just how the Kree and the Skrulls first went to war!

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TAROT #4 $4.99 

(W) Alan Davis (A/CA) Paul Renaud

Merged into a single amalgamated band, the combined heroes of the amalgamated Avengers and Defenders race against the clock to put everything right - as the final card begins to turn.

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MARVEL ACTION AVENGERS #1

IDW PUBLISHING

(W) Katie Cook (A/CA) Butch K. Mapa

Year two of Marvel Action: Avengers begins here! Grab your favorite teammate and strap in for adventure, Avengers-style! Every issue of this humorous, fun-filled series will find an Avenger paired up with an unlikely fellow super hero to thwart the plans of outrageous villains! First up, Thor and Ant-Man go...antiquing? Anything to stop Loki's newest scheme!

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Mar/Apr 1971

Cover and interior art by John Buscema.

Cover and interior art by Sal Buscema.

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Mar/Apr/May 1973

Gil Kane covers a Gerry Conway story (interior art by John Buscema, Don Perlin and Vince Colletta)

The 1st appearance of Sssthgar, an alien slaver.

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UNWORTHY THOR #5 $3.99 

(W) Jason Aaron (A) Olivier Coipel & Various (CA) Olivier Coipel

  The hammer of the Ultimate Thor is finally within reach of Asgard's fallen son.  Is redemption finally at hand?  

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MIGHTY THOR #705 $3.99

(W) Jason Aaron (A/CA) Russell Dauterman

   Thor battles the unstoppable Mangog, with the fate of all Asgardia hanging in the balance. Is Thor willing to pay the ultimate price in order to save the gods? The tragic and heroic story of Jane Foster finally reaches its heart-rending zenith. You knew it was coming. The Death of Thor is here at last. And, of course, Thor Odinson is there for it.

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DOCTOR STRANGE DAMNATION #3 $3.99

(W) Donny Cates, Nick Spencer (A) Szymon Kudranski (CA) Rod Reis

   Wong's makeshift Midnight Sons (Iron Fist! Blade! Moon Knight! The Scarlet Spider?!) stand against a whole platoon of Ghost Riders and a Demon Lady Thor.

INCREDIBLE HULK #714 $3.99

(W) Greg Pak (A) Carlo Barberi (CA) Mike Deodato

    WORLD WAR HULK II BEGINS! Following his apocalyptic adventure on Planet Hulk, Amadeus Cho returns to Earth - but the raging monster inside of him has been unchained, leading to dire consequences for anybody who crosses the Formerly Awesome Hulk's path! The still hammerless Thor Odinson appears on the first 2 pages.

THANOS #17 $3.99

(W) Donny Cates (A/CA) Geoff Shaw

   THE SURFER STRIKES! Thanos and his future self take on the most powerful opposition to his reign left in the universe -  Norrin Radd.   Can even two Thanoses crack his Cosmic Shell? Even though no Thors appear in this issue, Mjolner co-stars.

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What an historic confrontation.

The cover and story art by Herb Trimpe and Dan Green.

Doug Moench provided the words.

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Thor's 7th appearance of 1974. (252nd of all time)

Cover art by John Romita and Frank Giacoia.

Story art by John Buscema and Dave Cockrum.

Thor appears on the first 5 pages until the Star Stalker (2nd appearance) smacks Thor so hard that he doesn't appear for the next 3 pages. Thor appears on 12 of the 18 pages.

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Mar/Apr 1970

Thor's 145th appearance.

He doesn't appear until page 11 of the John Buscema/Tom Palmer drawn 20 page story (written by Roy Thomas).  Even though Thor only appears in 7 panels he IS crucial to the story.

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THOR #13

(W) Donny Cates (A) Nic Klein (CA) Olivier Coipel
"PREY" PART FIVE OF SIX!
A vengeful Donald Blake, Thor's enchanted ax, Jarnbjorn, and the World Tree - not a good combination! With Thor still nowhere to be found, Blake is about to finish what he started: the end of Asgard! Meanwhile, Valkyrie manages to track down the long-absent Odin, but he is not the same All-Father he once was. Can Odin rise to the occasion and help save his son and Asgard? And who will help Lady Sif and the others in Dimension Blood? Surprises abound as the gods face the fight of their eternal lives in the penultimate chapter of "Prey"!

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CAPTAIN AMERICA ANNIVERSARY TRIBUTE #1 $6.99 

(W) Joe Simon & Various (A) Various (CA) Steve McNiven

     Captain America celebrates 80 years of battling tyranny this month by having Marvel's best artists redraw and modernize Captain America's origin and the debut of the Red Skull from CAPTAIN AMERICA COMICS #1 as well as Cap's return in the Marvel Age from AVENGERS #4! The legendary stories that changed the course of comic book history are presented in an all-new way!

MARVEL #6 $4.99 

(W) Alex Ross, More (A) More, Alex Ross (CA) Alex Ross

    Doctor Strange's battle with Nightmare concludes in spectacular fashion as illustrated by Alex Ross and Mitch O'Connell! Nick Fury battles a conspiracy to destroy S.H.I.E.L.D. courtesy of Greg Smallwood, and the Silver Surfer returns to a dead Earth thanks to Lee Bermejo! THOR ONLY APPEARS ON THE COVER!

BLACK KNIGHT CURSE EBONY BLADE #1 $3.99

(W) Simon Spurrier (A) Sergio Davila (CA) Iban Coello

     Dane Whitman is the BLACK KNIGHT and wielder of the magical EBONY BLADE, but the blade's power comes at a terrible price. Dane forever bears the burden of its curse: an insatiable lust for blood and mayhem that constantly threatens to swallow its owner in darkness. Must that be Dane's fate? Following the battle against the KING IN BLACK, a reinvigorated Dane has a greater sense of purpose than ever before. But his sword is the key to a new enemy's evil plan and only the Black Knight can prevent the coming death and destruction. This conflict spanning mythical Camelot to modern-day NYC will test Dane like never before and challenge everything he believes about himself, the Ebony Blade, and the entire history of the Black Knight! Guest starring the AVENGERS!

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AVENGERS #54 $3.99

(W) Jason Aaron (A) Juan Frigeri (CA) Garron, Javier
Doctor Doom and his Multiversal Masters of Evil have come hunting Deathloks. And now there's only one Deathlok left, trapped inside the rubble of a besieged Avengers Mountain. Just in time for a new group of Avengers to rise from the ruins, with new members and at least one Avenger having been wildly transformed. And just who is the cosmic general who commands the Deathloks, the mysterious Avenger Prime?

THE MARVELS #9 $3.99

(W) Kurt Busiek (A) Yildiray Cinar (CA) Alex Ross
Years ago, the war in Siancong ended, in a shattering, emotionally wrenching disaster few remember. And today, all the secrets buried from then have come alive to menace the present. What drew the Marvels to Siancong? What drove them out? And what was behind it all? The Avengers, Lady Lotus and more star in the earth-shaking climax of a conflict that never truly died - one that sends the present-day story barreling toward its fateful climax.

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 AVENGERS FOREVER #15 $3.99

(W) Jason Aaron (A/CA) Aaron Kuder

AVENGERS ASSEMBLE: PART 9 - THE PENULTIMATE CHAPTER! The greatest battle in the history of the Multiverse is raging, featuring Avengers from throughout time and space, countless different versions of Captain America and Iron Man and the God of Thunder. Yet somehow, it all comes down to one Starbrand and one Ghost Rider, who unfortunately are the only Avengers whose powers don't seem to be working.

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AVENGERS WAR ACROSS TIME #3 $3.99
(W) Paul Levitz (A/CA) Alan Davis

The king of the dwarfs has Mjolnir, the Lava Men are ready to erupt, and while the Avengers are all that stand between Earth and a fiery doom, Kang is picking the perfect moment to strike again.

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