Thursday, October 16, 2025

IN YOUR LCS 6 YEARS AGO TODAY

BLACK PANTHER AND AGENTS OF WAKANDA #2 $3.99 
(W) Jim Zub (A) Lan Medina (CA) Jorge Molina
    T'Challa and his agents have uncovered the source of dark energy emanating from a small town in Oklahoma. Is it a super villain...or a savior? Reality-spanning espionage, defense and black ops, all backed by Vibranium-laced technology and the will to use it. The Agents of Wakanda are our first line of defense in a world under siege from all sides. Thor the back-up Agent of Wakanda has a 5 page sequence even though he doesn't appear on the cover.



HISTORY OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE #4 $4.99 
(W) Mark Waid (A) Javier Rodriguez (CA) Steve McNiven
   From the Fantastic Four to the Death of Phoenix, witness the awe and majesty of the beginnings of the Modern Marvel Universe! Thor's not on this cover either but, of course, he is on many pages inside.

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Oct/Nov 1965

My grandfather gave me a quarter at the drugstore. Guess what I purchased off the spinner rack?

This?
 
or this?

Instead I bought these.
   


It would be a couple more years before I would outgrow Curt Swan. I would not mature sufficiently to make me appreciate a Kirby THOR cover enough to buy an issue for another 20 months.

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

IN YOUR LCS 5 YEARS AGO TODAY

AVENGERS #37 $3.99
(W) Jason Aaron (A) Javi Garron (CA) Matteo Scalera
       THE AGE OF KHONSHU COMES TO ITS THUNDEROUS CONCLUSION! The ragtag Avengers take the fight to the power mad Khonshu, deep in the heart of New Thebes City. But which side will Moon Knight choose? And is Earth doomed either way?
BROOKS FORTNITE WRAPAROUND VARIANT 


THOR #1 4TH PTG VARIANT


THOR #3 5TH PTG VARIANT


THOR #4 4TH PTG VARIANT

Monday, October 13, 2025

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Oct/Nov 1970

Thor's 16th appearance of the year.

    This comic delivers what the cover promises. 19 pages of John Buscema definitively depicting Doom battling Thor for 14 of the 19 pages. 
    The conclusion of a two part story.
    No new characters are introduced.
    

Sunday, October 12, 2025

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Oct/Nov 1969

What the cover promises 13 of the 20 pages inside delivers. Thor battling the Wrecker, drawn dynamically by Jack Kirby and Bill Everett.  The other 7 pages depict Dr. Blake's contributions to the Civil Rights cause.