ON THE SPINNER RACKS May/June 1964

 

32nd Thor    28th Don Blake     24th Jane Foster  

4th Mr. Hyde       3rd Cobra

Cover and main story art by Jack Kirby & Chic Stone

Tales of Asgard back-up by Kirby/Colletta

14 YEARS AGO TODAY: the last of the 19 variant Thor covers inspired by iconic movie posters arrived at the stores.

AVENGERS ACADEMY #13 boasted the second Thor Hollywood Variant Cover by Amanda Conners. According to THOR GOES HOLLYWOOD adding Sif and the Enchantress to the composition was her idea. 

ON THE SPINNER RACKS May/June 1963

Thor's 5th 1963 appearance. 12th of all time.

The 3rd Thor/Loki cover of 1963. All 3 penciled by Jack Kirby. 

    A big story packed into 80 panels divided among a mere 12 pages (not counting the splash). Joe Sinnott is tasked with drawing the U.N. Building, the Empire State Building, the Golden Gate Bridge, the Sphinx and the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

The first issue since JIM #83 not to have Jane Foster in it.

IN YOUR LCS 7 YEARS AGO TODAY

 AVENGERS #1 $4.99 

(W) Jason Aaron (A/CA) Ed McGuinness

    Thor Odinson, Steve Rogers & Tony Stark are reunited at last just in time to save the world from 2000-foot-tall space gods known as Celestials. What connection exists between the Final Host and Odin's ancient Prehistoric Avengers?

Arron Kuder Young Guns variant

Esad Ribic variant

Greg Land Party variant

Premiere variant

HUNT FOR WOLVERINE WEAPON LOST #1 $3.99 
    Note: Thor does not appear inside but he does appear on this Todd Nauck Where's Wolverine Variant cover

83 YEARS AGO TODAY

JACK KIRBY'S FIRST THOR COVER 

It also had Kirby's first Thor story art but it wasn't the first comic with a Thor story. Thor first appeared in WEIRD COMICS #1 more than two years earlier.