IN YOUR LCS 5 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!

IN YOUR LCS 4 YEARS AGO TODAY

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.

IN YOUR LCS 3 YEARS AGO TODAY

 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.

HAINSWORTH CONNECTING WRAPAROUND VARIANT

PAST FUTURE AVENGERS ASSEMBLE CONNECTING STEFANO CASELLI VARIANT

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

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

STEFANO CASELLI VARIANT

IN YOUR LCS 48 YEARS AGO TODAY

Thor's 6th appearance of 1978. (353rd of all time)

Roy Thomas, John Buscema and Tom Palmer deliver a self-contained story literally based on Norse Mythology (from the nearly 900 year old Eddas) for the ideal comic to introduce a newcomer to THOR. The clever Thomas uses a framing device to have Thor himself tell the tale to a boy that is being bullied.

The ideal comic to introduce a newcomer to THOR.

Loki's 83rd appearance of all time.

Plus there is also a text page by the knowledgeable Thomas explaining why he holds the THOR series in such high regard.

IN YOUR LCS 2 YEARS AGO TODAY

 IMMORTAL THOR #8 $4.99

(W) Al Ewing (A) Martin Coccolo (CA) Alex Ross

Thor confronted his mother Gaea about her machinations in Midgard... and the dark secrets she had kept from him. Meanwhile, a trap was prepared - baited with blood vengeance, laced with insidious poison and carefully set by she who perhaps cared for the Odinson best. This is the story of the IMMORTAL THOR...and of the women who loved him.

ALEXANDER LOZANO VARIANT

MARK BROOKS HEADSHOT VARIANT

50 COPY INCENTIVE BROOKS 

HEADSHOT SKETCH VIRIGIN VARIANT

AVENGERS TWILIGHT #4 $4.99

     (W) Chip Zdarsky (A) Daniel Acuna (CA) Alex Ross

THE AVENGERS are on the run from THE NEW AVENGERS as old enemies emerge! And what is the terrible secret of IRON MAN, THE WASP...and H-DAY?

CARMEN CARNERO LIGHTNING BOLT VARIANT 

DANIEL ACUNA VARIANT

ON THE SPINNER RACKS 52 YEARS AGO TODAY

After 6 years the Destroyer returns. Scripted by Gerry Conway.  John Romita becomes the second artist (after Kirby) to do a Destroyer cover. 

John Buscema becomes the second artist (after Kirby) to draw a Destroyer story. 

Destroyer's 7th appearance. It debuted 9 years earlier.

By March 1965 the Enchantress had graced 25% of the AVENGERS covers.

All except one were drawn by Jack Kirby.

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Mar/Apr 1970

What this Kirby/Everett cover promises...

The Kirby/Colletta story art delivers.

And more!!

Thor's 142nd appearance.

Loki's 48th appearance.

Sif's 31st appearance.

Surtur's 7th appearance but only the second time he's appeared on a cover. Both covers were by Kirby, of course!

IN YOUR LCS 4 YEARS AGO TODAY

 

THOR #23 $3.99 

(W) Donny Cates (A/CA) Nic Klein

"GOD OF HAMMERS" PART 5 of 5!

It's the final chapter in Thor's brutal war against the God of Hammers, and after a horrific and tragic loss, Thor is more determined than ever to finish the fight, once and for all. But can he triumph without Mjolnir at his side? Either way, by issue's end, Thor's life will be irrevocably changed!

Lubera Carnage Forever variant

IN YOUR LCS 49 YEARS AGO TODAY

Walt Simonson's 1st THOR cover!!!

(inks by Joe Sinnott)

It was also the 1st issue of THOR that Simonson drew..

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Mar/Apr 1968

Thor's 6th appearance of 1968. 

Unfortunately it was only a 1 panel cameo.

 Words by Roy Thomas.

 Art by John Buscema and Vince Colletta.

(from AVENGERS #52)

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Mar/Apr 1966

 Thor's 77th appearance.

The comic delivers what the cover promises- 16 pages of Kirby action embellished by Vince Colletta featuring Hercules (6th appearance), trolls and Pluto (2nd appearance).

There was also one of the best 5 page Tales of Asgard backups!

Nothing inspires an artist like Ragnarok

IN YOUR LCS 1 YEAR AGO TODAY

 DOCTOR STRANGE OF ASGARD #1 $4.99

(W) Derek Landy (A) Carlos Magno (CA) Clayton Crain

Doctor Doom tricked Doctor Strange into surrendering the title of Sorcerer Supreme. Now Doom is ruling the world, and Stephen Strange is experiencing an identity crisis. Searching for purpose he travels to Asgard to see if Thor's kingdom might be looking for a Sorcerer Supreme of its own. Loki's willing to help, but that help comes with a wicked catch, and Strange quickly realizes that becoming Asgard's top magical authority is going to be more complicated than he thought.

  CLAYTON CRAIN variant

      DAVID MARQUEZ variant

IMMORTAL THOR #21 $4.99

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

   The Odinson stood at a gate in a dark wood. In front of the gate stood Skurge the Executioner, bloodaxe in hand, waiting for the final battle between them.  And if Thor won the combat, then behind that same gate stood Utgardhall, and the final death that awaited him - the death he fought for.

       EDWIN GALMON INVISIBLE variant

PETE WOODS variant

WHAT IF MICKEY & FRIENDS BECAME AVENGERS #1 $4.99

(W) Steve Behling (A/CA) Alessandro Pastrovicchio

     

          DAN JURGENS variant

CHRISSIE ZULLO variant

ON THE SPINNER RACKS March/April 1964

 

Thor's 26th appearance 

Odin's16th   
Loki's12th
Heimdall's 6th
Balder's 3rd
Enchantress & Executioner's 2nd

Plus it also had the 5th Tales Of Asgard 5 page back-up explaining why Heimdall was qualified to guard the Rainbow Bridge.

What more could you ask for?