Wednesday, January 31, 2024

IN YOUR LCS TODAY

 AVENGERS TWILIGHT #2 $4.99

(W) Chip Zdarsky (A) Daniel Acuna (CA) Alex Ross
With the clock ticking to New Year's Day, and the world against him, CAPTAIN AMERICA must build an army to save America! Will his surviving friends sign up, or is he going to have to lead the ragtag group called THE DEFENDERS against the expert military marksman known as BULLSEYE?

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SPIDER-BOY #3 $4.99
(W) Dan Slott (A) Paco Medina, Ty Templeton (CA) Humberto Ramos
DISASSEMBLY REQUIRED!
The richest jerk on the planet now owns the deadliest fighting machine of all time! How can Spider-Boy even hope to stop...the Toy Soldier?! Watch out, kid! This one-of-a-kind collectible can KILL! Also...the Webless Wonder teams up with Thor, Son of Odin, as a creature from Asgard threatens Bailey Briggs' friendly neighborhood.

Friday, January 26, 2024

IN YOUR LCS 31 YEARS AGO TODAY

 

The dramatic Lou Harrison Thor image on the cover may seem generic it accurately teases what awaits inside.
Thor, like many of the readers, is angered by the previous storyline. Maybe that is why Marz and Starlin replaced DeFalco as writer.
Thor meets a new character. 
Art by Zick and Montano.
The final page promises that 1993 will be a good year to be a Thor fan

And if that wasn't enough Thor for you, he was also part of the large cast of MYS-TECH WARS #1
Art by Hitch and Anderson

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

IN YOUR LCS TODAY



IMMORTAL THOR #6 $4.99
(W) Al Ewing (A) Martin Coccolo (CA) Alex Ross
   A LEGEND FROM THE PAST!
  The All-Father sought answers to his new troubles in memories of old. And to refresh those memories, he consulted his Skald to tell a tale of when Young Thor and Loki journeyed beyond Asgard on a quest that would determine the fate of all the Realms.
This is the story of the IMMORTAL THOR...and of his first Journey Into Mystery.

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Wednesday, January 17, 2024

IN YOUR LCS TODAY

 AVENGERS TWILIGHT #1 $5.99
(W) Chip Zdarsky (A) Daniel Acuna (CA) Alex Ross
In a gleaming new world of prosperity, Captain America is no more. But Steve Rogers still exists, floating through an America where freedom is an illusion, where THE AVENGERS are strangers and his friends are long dead. But is the Dream? How do you assemble Avengers in a world that doesn't want them? PLUS: A behind-the-scenes look at the making of this issue!  
 

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Sunday, December 31, 2023

Both of these 1963 covers are by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers.

The stories they promote were drawn by Joe Sinnott and written by Robert Bernstein.

   I was a Bernstein fan as a child even though I didn't know his name. The barbershop where I went as a child had DCs, mostly Superman titles. Many of the stories were by Bernstein including this 1961 Swan-drawn one.
 
"I guessed that Loki must be the original ancestor of Mr. Mxyzptlk and that he, too, can be sent to the 5th dimension for 90 days if he could be tricked into saying his name backwards." JIMMY OLSEN #55 (Jimmy the Red, Thor's Best Pal)