IN YOUR LCS TODAY

IMMORTAL THOR #13 $4.99

(W) Al Ewing (A) Jan Bazaldua (CA) Alex Ross

ENTER: HERCULES!

The son of Zeus sought Thor out - for Toranos' wheel had turned for the Olympians too, and two Gods together might solve such a mystery. The trail took them to a wasteland of snow and ice...to terror and treachery...and to an old foe of Hercules, at the height of her dread power. New series artist JAN BAZALDUA draws the story of the IMMORTAL THOR...and the Night Mother's vengeance. PLUS: PART 5 OF DEADPOOL/WOLVERINE: WEAPON X-TRACTION!

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IN YOUR LCS 10 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 9 YEARS AGO TODAY

THORS #2 $3.99 

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

 (Keown variant cover)

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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 the '60s and the early '70s, I read a lot of SF, so I'm fairly well-versed in that material. And I had an interest in fantasy starting with the Lord of the Rings, I read a lot of fantasy in the '70s. Classic stuff: Lord Dunsany, E.R. Eddison, Mervyn Peake. Later work by Michael Moorcock. Besides Tolkien, Ballantine published about 60 or 70 volumes of an Adult Fantasy series, and I read that entire series. So I have a real interest in what Tolkien called secondary world creation, one of the things we do in comics. Because mainstream comics has this large shared universe-even though we all curse continuity under our breaths and sometimes, deservedly so, as far as I'm concerned. I like part of what it bestows-a rich complexity in the material that you can really mine and work. In a way, that helps to create stories worth re-reading because it enlarges them. It depends on the writer of course and the way you use the material, but it's such a fertile field for the imagination, I think it's one of the reasons I've stayed with mainstream comics for a long time."

Walt Simonson quote from his interview in COMIC BOOK ARTIST #10

IN YOUR LCS 42 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 1 YEAR AGO 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 6 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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IN YOUR LCS 5 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 11 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.  

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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 4 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 3 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 13 YEARS AGO TODAY

 

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

22 pages of art by Ariel Olivetti.

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

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Jul/Aug/Sep 1967

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 6 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?

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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.

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IMMORTAL THOR ANNUAL #1 $4.99

(W) Al Ewing, Derek Landy (A) David Baldeon, Sara Pichelli (CA) Salvador Larroca

"INFINITY WATCH" PART THREE!

Faced with the menace of Utgard and a prophecy of his own doom, the son of Odin sought out the legendary Power Stone to aid his fight. Only two things were in his way. Firstly, the mighty CHAMPION OF THE UNIVERSE - with strength to match Thor's own - was also questing for the stone. Secondly, the Stone is now inside a person - THE PRINCE OF POWER! PLUS, Derek Landy and Sara Pichelli continue the journey of the Death Stone Bearer and the scar it will leave on the universe!

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IN YOUR LCS 39 YEARS AGO TODAY

Thor's 7th appearance of 1985. His 616th appearance of all time.

It was the 35th time Walt Simonson did a THOR cover.

It was the 22nd time Walt Simonson also was the writer/artist of the  accompanying story.

IN YOUR LCS 4 YEARS AGO TODAY

EMPYRE #1

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

  The Kree and the Skrulls have united under a new emperor - and their war fleet is on a collision course for our world.

  On the moon, the Avengers are ready to strike with the full power of Earth's Mightiest Heroes. Approaching from outer space, the Fantastic Four are seeking a diplomatic solution.

•  If the two teams can't work together to save the day, things can only get worse...

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