IN YOUR LCS 42 YEARS AGO TODAY

Behind this unassuming Bob Layon cover is 40 pages of tales of Thor's early life written by Alan Zeletz, with pencils by Bob Hall and inks by Vince Colletta

And, of course, Loki plays a large role in this enjoyable, self-contained, Norn-narrated tale.

IN YOUR LCS 8 YEARS AGO TODAY

MIGHTY THOR #22 $3.99

(W) Jason Aaron (A) Russell Dauterman, Valerio Schiti (CA) Russell Dauterman
   Lady Thor and the War Thor go face-to-flame with the Queen of Cinders! 

Joyce Chin Capcom Vs. Marvel Variant

Art by Russell Dauterman

Art by Valerio Schiti 

MARVELS THOR RAGNAROK PRELUDE #4 $3.99
(W) Will Pilgrim (A) J. L. Giles
   THE BATTLE FOR MIDGARD!  THOR ODINSON and LOKI's unlikely alliance brings them to the front line of battle but will their teamwork be enough to hold back MALEKITH'S forces?  The fate of the realms is decided here!

IN YOUR LCS 7 YEARS AGO TODAY

THOR #4

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

THOR & THE VALKYRIES TAKE ON THE QUEEN OF CINDERS IN THE WAR FOR HEL!
The Queen of Cinders and her fire goblin army have invaded the land of the dead. To keep the afterlife from going up in flames, Thor and his brothers will have to forge alliances with some of their greatest enemies and seek to unlock the secrets of Valhalla and the mighty Valkyries!

Harren Hammer variant

Del Mundo proves that Thor is the god of bringing the best out in artists!

INFINITY WARS #2 $4.99 

(W) Gerry Duggan (A/CA) Mike Deodato

    As the Infinity Stones come to Earth, so too comes the war for control over them. But none who wield the stones know the truth about the power they contain or what it would take to bring them to their END. The nature of the universe itself hangs in the balance as we learn the answer to the question on everyone's lips since "Infinity Wars Prime": WHO IS REQUIEM? Thor makes an appearance so brief that it doesn't even rate a mention on the Cast Page.

IN YOUR LCS 6 YEARS AGO TODAY

LOKI #2 $3.99 

(W) Daniel Kibblesmith (A) Oscar Bazaldua (CA) Ozgur Yildirim
   Restless with his new duties after the War of the Realms, Loki seeks out the advice of the closest thing Earth has to a king - TONY STARK, IRON MAN but he isn't happy to see Loki. Now the God of Mischief/Stories/Evil/Chaos has to outsmart the cleverest man in Midgard or die (again) trying. Thor doesn't appear on any of the covers but he does appear inside

SILVER SURFER BLACK #3 $3.99

(W) Donny Cates (A/CA) Tradd Moore
   The Surfer's power is fading!  Is this the end of Norrin Radd as the all-consuming darkness descends upon him? Thor only appears on the Ron Lim variant cover.

IN YOUR LCS 46 YEARS AGO TODAY

 

Art by Keith Pollard and Chick Stone 

    The 8th time the Destroyer appeared on a cover in 14 years. Kirby did five of them. John Romita Senior and Walt Simonson did one each.

     The 17 page Roy Thomas/Keith Pollard/Chic Stone story not only has the Destroyer's 15th appearance, it also contains Ares, Hercules and the Eternals.

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Aug/Sep 1969

Sal Buscema and Sam Grainger provide cover and story art featuring the 2nd appearance of the Growing Man. Its first appearance was in THOR #140

Writer Roy Thomas creates future MCU star, the Grandmaster. He also creates 4 more classic characters for this issue - Doctor Spectrum, Hyperion, Nighthawk  and Whizzer.

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Aug/Sep 1969

Galactus makes his 4th 1969 appearance, all in THOR and all drawn by Jack Kirby. 

John Romita Sr. draws Thor on the cover

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Aug/Sep 1964

Thor's floating head on this Jack Kirby/Chic Stone cover accurately indicates that Thor appears in the Don Heck/Dick Ayers drawn story  inside.

TALES OF SUSPENSE #59 

Even though Thor is not on the cover he makes a multi-page appearance in the Iron Man feature of this split book.

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #18  

Thor appears in only 1 panel but he is drawn by the legendary Steve Ditko and has a line of dialog.

IN YOUR LCS 3 YEARS AGO TODAY

 66th BiFrost cover
50 COPY INCENTIVE KAARE ANDREWS VARIANT

AXE JUDGMENT DAY #2 (OF 6) $4.99

(W) Kieron Gillen (A) Guiu Villanova (CA) Kaare Andrews

...THE WICKED WILL BE PUT TO DEATH!

As the world shakes, an unlikely group gather to find a peaceful solution. Sadly, the best laid plans of man, mutant and Eternal oft go awry.

IN YOUR LCS 8 YEARS AGO TODAY

ZOMBIES ASSEMBLE 2 #1 $4.99 

(W) Yusaku Komiyama, Jim Zub (A) Yusaku Komiyama (CA) Kiichi Mizushima
   Caught in a massive explosion, Captain America, Hawkeye and Iron Man wake up in the midst of a city overrun by zombies. Miraculously, they haven't been turned, and they find themselves face-to-face with a mysterious scientist who claims to have a cure for the virus. But who is he really, and does he actually possess the antivirus that Bruce Banner has been struggling to create? More importantly: Is the Hulk immune to the zombie plague?

SAMNEE VARIANT COVER

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Aug/Sep 1966

 EGO'S FIRST COVER APPEARANCE 

Ego wouldn't appear on another cover for 28 months. Like this one it would also be a Kirby/Colletta THOR cover.

Plus: a Kirby triptych!

IN YOUR LCS 1 YEAR AGO TODAY

 

AVENGERS #17 $3.99

(W) Jed MacKay (A) Valerio Schiti (CA) Joshua Cassara

STORM JOINS THE AVENGERS!

In the aftermath of Blood Hunt and Fall of the House of X, where does that leave the Avengers? The team's roster won't be the only thing shaken up when a deadly threat sets its vengeful sights on Earth!

     CORY SMITH COCA-COLA Variant

     J SCOTT CAMPBELL DISCO DAZZLER Variant

IN YOUR LCS 11 YEARS AGO TODAY

ORIGINAL SIN #5.3 $3.99

(W) Jason Aaron, Al Ewing (A) Simone Bianchi, Lee Garbett (CA) Simone Bianchi

   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! Can Loki be trusted? And will brother and sister murder each other before the truth comes out?

50 YEARS AGO TODAY

How do you keep a Thor fan in suspense?

Marvel did it by reprinting this THOR #134 Tales of Asgard cliff-hanger from 9 years earlier in MARVEL SPECTACULAR #19 and then waiting another 9 years to reprint the concluding three chapters in TALES OF ASGARD Volume 2 #1.

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Aug/Sep 1964

For the first time a villain from another title appears on the cover (and inside) of JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY!

Magneto had already appeared in 4 issues of  X-MEN.

Those appearances, like this one, were drawn by Jack Kirby.

Thor's 43rd appearance

Don Blake's 32nd.

Jane Foster's 27th.

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Aug/Sep/Oct 1966

From June 1962 until July 1966 there were 73 Marvel comics published with Thor on the cover. They were all the work of Jack Kirby

John Romita Senior broke Kirby's streak with this cover. (inks by Mike Esposito)

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Aug/Sep 1962

Thor's 3rd appearance.

Loki appears on a cover for the first time and debuts in the 13 page Lee/Kirby story.

Don Blake appears for the 3rd time. 

Nurse Foster's appears for the 2nd time.

Plus Heimdall and Balder appear for the 1st time as does Asgard and the Bifrost Bridge!!!

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Aug/Sep 1968

The first Mangog epic made it a good summer to be a Thor fan. It was Mangog's 4th consecutive appearance since its debut in THOR #154.

It would be more than 3 years before Mangog appeared again.