IN YOUR LCS 38 YEARS AGO TODAY

Thor's 601st appearance was his only new appearance for October 1987. It was his 24th of the year. 

What the cover promises the 22 page story delivers. Thor battling a Celestial, drawn dynamically by Ron Frenz and Brett Breeding. This is the second chapter of a Celestials trilogy.

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Oct/Nov/Dec 1971

It is not unusual for a THOR cover to deliver what it promises but having Thor and the Warriors Three fighting trolls is not setting the bar high.

But then to have writer Gerry Conway and cover artist John Buscema deliver this!!!

 

Neal Adams and Tom Palmer collaborate on the cover AND the 21 interior pages. Back then the white privilege hero versus hated-because-of-being-different hero plot was still fresh. Roy Thomas was the writer keepin' it real.

IN YOUR LCS 2 YEARS AGO TODAY

 

IMMORTAL THOR #3 $4.99

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

THOR IN THE WILDERNESS!

As Toranos hunted him across the stars, the Odinson found himself trapped - marooned in a puzzle the size of a planet. In this place, the All-Father's crown - and even his own godly strength - availed him nothing. What power, then, would save him? This is the story of THE IMMORTAL THOR...and the time of the Trickster's Test.

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UNCANNY AVENGERS #3 (OF 5) $3.99

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IN YOUR LCS 37 YEARS AGO TODAY

 

Thor's 2nd appearance of October 1988 was his 22nd of the year.

It was his 625th appearance of all time.

Ron Frenz/Brett Breeding cover. A DeFalco/Frenz/Sinnott 35 page  homage to the Lee/Kirby/Sinnott Era. The splash was followed by a 2-page spread.

 

There were 5 more splashes counting this one.

And it wouldn't be a Kirby homage if there wasn't some 4-panel pages.

Plus back-up features:

A 4 page Thor overview by DeFalco/Frenz/Breeding

A couple of pin-up pages.

An 8 page Thorless Warriors Three tale.

A 5 page Thor/Hercules tussle

and

the issue ends with a Frenz/Vess visually stunning, but sadly Thorless nine-pager with Loki, Odin, his ravens and Surtur!

IN YOUR LCS 7 YEARS AGO TODAY

WHAT IF? THOR #1 $3.99

(W) Sacks, Ethan (A) Michele Bandini (CA) Marco Checchetto
   When young THOR'S father falls to the King of Giants, his life is forever changed. He's ripped from Asgard to be raised in a world of persistent winter, learning the brutal way of life in Jotenheim. But what happens when the runt of the giants, LOKI, is under the shadow of his new step-brother?

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SENTRY #5 $3.99 

(W) Jeff Lemire (A) Joshua Cassara (CA) Aaron Kim Jacinto
   Bob Reynolds and the Sentry are both dead...so it's time for something new to rise in their place! Thor and the Avengers appear.

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #8 $3.99 

(W) Nick Spencer (A/CA) Humberto Ramos
   The heist of the century is ON!   Who are the Thieves Guild of New York?  Spidey might dying trying to find out. Thor makes a brief embarrassing appearance