ON THE SPINNER RACKS Dec 1969/Jan 1970

It was Ulik's 8th appearance.

This self-contained Thor story is one of only a half dozen issues of THOR that teamed Kirby up with the legendary artist Bill Everett.

Thor's 19th appearance of 1969. 140th of all time.

Loki's 4th. His 47th of all time.

Jane Foster does not appear.

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Dec 1968/Jan 1969

 The third 1968 appearances of Galactus and Ego.

The second time that they appeared together.

Lee's synopsis makes you wish that you hadn't missed the previous issue.

Kirby depicts the Black Galaxy in a two-page collage!

Giving this cosmic tale an epic feel was four Kirby full-pagers

This dynamic 2 page sequence hints at the eye-popping battles in this 20 page cosmic masterpiece.

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Dec 1967/Jan 1968

The second Unconscious Thor Cover

This was Thor's 16th appearance of 1967, his 104th of all time.

The Wrecker's second appearance. He debuted in the previous issue. He was featured on both covers, both by Jack Kirby and Vince Colletta, as were the interior pages of both issues.

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Dec 1966/Jan 1967

In the 16 page lead story a 40 issue subplot was finally set to rest and Ulik, toughest of the Trolls, was introduced. 

Plus the 5 page Tales of Asgard back-up spotlighted the grimmest of Thor's questing companions.

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Dec 1965/Jan 1966

If you read the previous issue you would have recognized the shadow on this Jack Kirby/Vince Colletta cover as telegraphing the 3rd appearance of Hercules in JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY.

Hercules was not the villain, of course. It was actually this over-matched (even with a Norn stone) schmuck. Art by Kirby/Colletta