ON THE SPINNER RACKS Jul/Aug 1967

The second part of the Enchanters trilogy.

After this rather stark synopsis page was an issue even more exciting then the previous one. 

Thor's 9th appearance of 1967.  97th of all time.

Odin's 6th appearance of 1967.   48th of all time.

Balder's 3rd appearance of 1967.  23rd of all time.

Sif's 6th appearance of 1967.   9th of all time.

This was the second Thor comic that I ever read. Lee & Kirby could be sure that I wouldn't miss the final episode of this epic!!

IN YOUR LCS 16 YEARS AGO TODAY

THOR #611

The Post Siege Era begins 

Behind this striking Mico Suayan cover is 22 pages of "Fine Print"

 Kieron Gillen spins an enjoyable yarn featuring Mephisto, Hela and the Disir. It also has possibly the most horrifying ironic wordless panel in a Thor comic.

Here's a sample of the Rich Elson art.

Spoiler free plot synopsis: Thor is told not to go to Hel.

IN YOUR LCS 4 YEARS AGO TODAY

 AVENGERS #57 $3.99

(W) Jason Aaron (A/CA) Garron, Javier

     MEET HISTORY'S MIGHTIEST HEROES!

The Avengers are lost in time, and if they're going to stop Mephisto's grand plan, they'll need help from some of history's greatest heroes, whose stories have never been told. Like the mystical man of war, Sgt. Szardos, Soldier Supreme of World War II, and his squadron of supernatural grunts, the Secret Invaders.

THOR LIGHTNING AND LAMENT #1 $3.99 

(W) Ralph Macchio (A) Todd Nauck (CA) Ron Lim

The Mighty Thor has abandoned Asgard in her greatest hour of need, leaving the Realm Eternal in the hands of his half brother Loki, in the absence of its rightful ruler, Odin. With Asgard under assault by legions of trolls, and the Lady Sif hovering near death due to a possibly fatal wound suffered in battle, can anyone save the Golden City from annihilation?

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IN YOUR LCS 3 YEARS AGO TODAY

AVENGERS BEYOND #4 (OF 5) $3.99

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

The Lost One stalks our world, the Beyonder watches from orbit and the Avengers prepare to battle...the Bootleg Avengers! Six ordinary people, gifted with amazing powers and abilities they neither earned nor (frankly) deserve, seek to replace Earth's Mightiest Heroes at LITERALLY the worst possible time. And when the Ivory Kings show up to pass judgment on the Beyonder's last, desperate ploy to keep his race from being wiped out, things go rapidly downhill.

THOR #35 $3.99

(W) Torunn Gronbekk (A) Juan Gedeon, Sergio Davila (CA) Nic Klein

THE FINALE OF "BLOOD OF THE FATHERS"! Doctor Doom makes his final stand to control all of humankind - past, present and future! Thor must defeat him before the course of history and the future of the Ten Realms are irrevocably altered - but taming a force powerful enough to destroy free will itself might prove to be a greater challenge than Thor could have imagined? Plus, the origin of Hela is finally revealed!

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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #28 $3.99

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IN YOUR LCS 8 YEARS AGO TODAY

THOR #2 $3.99

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

   The sons of Odin ride again! In the land of the dead, Thor is reunited with his long-lost brother, Balder, the King of Hel, just in time to face the Fire Goblin armies of the Queen of Cinders, as the War of the Realms continues to burn its way across all creation. Plus Loki! Thori the Hel-hound! Skurge with a really big gun! Monster trucks! And more!

Russell Dauterman Young Guns variant

Mike Deodato variant

James Harren Connecting Hammer variant

IN YOUR LCS 2 YEARS AGO TODAY

BLOOD HUNT #4 $4.99

(W) Jed MacKay (A/CA) Pepe Larraz

Doctor Strange and Clea court a dread ally - but at what cost comes this aid? Hunter's Moon and Tigra do the same- but can this shadowy figure be trusted? And meanwhile, the Avengers are given the battle they so sorely crave in order to avenge their fallen friends. But in the darkness...a light?

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JACK KIRBY DOES JOHN BUSCEMA A FAVOR

Just before leaving Marvel to work exclusively for DC, Kirby had Surtur burn down Asgard making it possible for John Buscema to design his own Realm Eternal when he took over the art chores on THOR.

NEW THOR APPEARANCES IN YOUR LCS 6 YEARS AGO TODAY

 EMPYRE AVENGERS #0 $4.99 

(W) Al Ewing (A) Pepe Larraz (CA) Jim Cheung

      Tony Stark wakes from strange dreams - as old allies make a distress call to the Avengers. In the new Green Area of the Moon, the Cotati are waiting with news of a terrible enemy that could wipe out both them and humanity itself. The Celestial Messiah has returned... but are the Avengers ready to hear his message?

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THOR #5 $3.99 

(W) Donny Cates (A) Nic Klein (CA) Olivier Coipel

THE BLACK WINTER IS HERE. 

A god. A king. A herald. Every title Thor has worn has come with its own powers, its own terrible responsibilities.But none of them will be enough to stop the Black Winter. To save the Ten Realms - the entirety of the Multiverse - the Odinson must become...something else.

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IN YOUR LCS 47 YEARS AGO TODAY

Thor's 11th appearance of 1979

His 388th of all time.

Bill Mantlo writes a respectful version of Thor in a well-crafted self-contained Avengers story.  

Thor appears on half of the 34 pages

Pencils by Don Newton

Inks by Jack Abel and Josef Rubenstein

IN YOUR LCS 5 YEARS AGO

HEROES RETURN #1 $5.99 

(W) Jason Aaron (A) Ed McGuinness (CA) Leinil Francis Yu

A slugfest between the Squadron Supreme and an otherworldly group of Avengers for the final fate of the whacked-out world of HEROES REBORN.

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IN YOUR LCS 10 YEARS AGO TODAY

MIGHTY THOR #8 $3.99 

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

   "LORDS OF MIDGARD" STARTS NOW!  Corporate espionage, Marvel-style. Some of the world's most powerful and evil corporations are going to war over turf.  With Lady Thor caught in the middle.  That's if Jane Foster can first escape from the clutches of... S.H.I.E.L.D.?

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Note: Thor Odinson's only appearance is on this 1 in 15 variant cover.

IN YOUR LCS 3 YEARS AGO TODAY

AVENGERS #2 $3.99

(W) Jed MacKay (A) C.F. Villa (CA) Stuart Immonen

The Avengers find themselves with a rare gift - foreknowledge of the dangers coming their way in the form of the deadly TRIBULATION EVENTS. But can this information be trusted? And can even Earth's Mightiest Heroes triumph in the face of cascading disaster?

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ULTIMATE INVASION #1 (OF 4) $8.99

(W) Jonathan Hickman (A/CA) Bryan Hitch

The Illuminati must form once again to stop the Maker from his plans to destroy - or perhaps rebuild - the universe, with Miles Morales at the center of it all!  Including new data pages by Jonathan Hickman - plus exclusive behind-the-scenes material on the world-building that has gone into this project!

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ON THE SPINNER RACKS June/July/Aug 1972

 cover by Rich Buckler, Joe Sinnott and Frank Giacoia

Thor appears on 10 of the 20 pages.

The issue is a middle chapter of a continued story.

 cover by John Buscema

Thor appears on 13 of the 20 pages.

This is the final chapter of a continued story.