Tuesday, April 1, 2025

IN YOUR LCS 10 YEARS AGO TODAY


AVENGERS ULTRON FOREVER #1 $4.99   
(W) Al Ewing (A/CA) Alan Davis, Mark Farmer
PART 1 OF 3 - 
   500 years into the future, Ultron has won. Humanity is all but extinct - dead or enslaved by the Ultron Singularity.  Now, seven Avengers are brought through time by Doctor Doom to battle the machine god for the fate of the cosmos or die trying! Thor is 2 of the 7 Avengers!
MIKE MCKONE VARIANT COVER
SKOTTIE YOUNG VARIANT COVER


 
AVENGERS MILLENNIUM #1 $3.99
(W) Mike Costa (A) Carmine DiGiandomenico (CA) Leinil Francis Yu
   At a secret Hydra installation hidden away in rural Japan, the Avengers discover a time-portal that sends them on an adventure that spans millennia. 
     THOR APPEARS ONLY ON THE COVER!

Monday, March 31, 2025

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 & Vince Colletta)
Thor's 4th 1969 appearance, 125th of all time.
Sif's 3rd 1969 appearance, 26th of all time.

Sunday, March 30, 2025

IN YOUR LCS 9 YEARS AGO TODAY

from IDW
RAGNAROK #8
script, art and cover by Walter Simonson
His dead child behind him & 1,000 burning demons before, Black Elf assassin, Regn, fights alongside Thor, so that after the battle, he alone can kill the Thunder god.
Mike Mignola subscription variant

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.

Saturday, March 29, 2025

IN YOUR LCS 2 YEARS AGO TODAY

 
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...
50 COPY INCENTIVE GARBETT VARIANT

GREG LAND VARIANT


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!
MAHMUD ASRAR INFINITY SAGA PHASE 3 VARIANT

NICK BRADSHAW VARIANT

Friday, March 28, 2025

IN YOUR LCS 7 YEARS AGO TODAY

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 
OLIVIER COIPEL MIGHTY THOR VARIANT
WARNING: NO THORS APPEAR INSIDE
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #598 $3.99 
DALE KEOWN MIGHTY THOR VARIANT
WARNING: NO THORS APPEAR INSIDE
DAREDEVIL #600 $5.99  
YU MIGHTY THOR VARIANT
WARNING: NO THORS APPEAR INSIDE
BLACK PANTHER #171 $3.99 
NICK BRADSHAW MIGHTY THOR VARIANT
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.


Thursday, March 27, 2025

IN YOUR LCS 35 YEARS AGO TODAY

Ron Frenz channels his inner Kirby!!! 
Embellished by the great Joe Sinnott !!!

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

IN YOUR LCS TODAY

GODZILLA VS FANTASTIC FOUR #1 $4.99
(W) Ryan North (A) John Romita Jr. (CA) Adam Kubert    LEINIL YU WRAPAROUND VARIANT

      
ONE WORLD UNDER DOOM #1 
2ND PTG 25 COPY INCV REIS VIRGIN

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

IN YOUR LCS 5 YEARS AGO TODAY

 
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!
RON LIM VARIANT




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.

ALAN DAVIS VARIANT 




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!

Monday, March 24, 2025

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Mar/Apr 1971

Cover and interior art by John Buscema.

Cover and interior art by Sal Buscema.

Sunday, March 23, 2025

IN YOUR LCS 9 YEARS AGO TODAY


ALL NEW ALL DIFFERENT AVENGERS #7 
(W) Mark Waid (A) Adam Kubert (CA) Alex Ross
The ALL-NEW, ALL-DIFFERENT AVENGERS vs the UNCANNY AVENGERS! Lots of Lady Thor in this one.

ANGELA QUEEN OF HEL #6 $3.99
(W) Marguerite Bennett (A) Aaron Kim Jacinto, Stephanie Hans (CA) Aaron Kim Jacinto
   The first meeting between Angela and Lady Thor! 

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Mar/Apr/May 1973

Gil Kane covers a Gerry Conway story (art by John Buscema, Don Perlin and Vince Colletta)
The 1st appearance of Sssthgar, an alien slaver.

Saturday, March 22, 2025

IN YOUR LCS 8 YEARS AGO TODAY

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?  
Chris Stevens 25 copy incentive variant cover
Yu 50 copy incentive variant cover

Friday, March 21, 2025

IN YOUR LCS 47 YEARS AGO TODAY

Thor doesn't appear on the cover of AVENGERS #172 but he does make his 7th appearance of 1978 (his 354th of all time) on 4 of the 17 interior pages.
Written by Jim Shooter. 
Pencils by Sal Buscema. Inks by Klaus Janson.

Thursday, March 20, 2025

IN YOUR LCS 46 YEARS AGO TODAY

What an historic confrontation.
The cover and story art by Herb Trimpe and Dan Green.
Doug Moench provided the words.

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

IN YOUR LCS 51 YEARS AGO TODAY

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.

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Mar/Apr 1970

Thor's 145th appearance.
Thor 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.

Monday, March 17, 2025

IN YOUR LCS 4 YEARS AGO TODAY

 
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"!

Nic Klein variant

Michael Cho two-tone variant 





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!

Sunday, March 16, 2025

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Mar/Apr 1965

 

Thor's 63rd appearance. After 4 pages he leaves to appear in JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #116 (as a footnote explains).

9th Loki cover . 
Like the previous Loki covers, it was penciled by Jack Kirby.
The first Loki cover embellished by Vince Colletta.

Loki and Thor clash in the 16 page lead story, Loki was the villain in the 5 page Tales Of Asgard back-up.
Both comics had art by Jack Kirby and words by Stan Lee.

Both comics had appearances by the Executioner and the Enchantress.