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.