ON THE SPINNER RACKS Jan/Feb 1963

Thor's 8th Marvel appearance.

Like his previous appearances, it was in JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY and had a cover penciled by Jack Kirby. It was the 5th cover inked by Dick Ayers.

It was Kirby & Ayers only contribution to the issue.

Carbon-Copy Man's 1st appearance. His 2nd would be 25 years later in X-FACTOR.

Doctor Blake's 8th appearance

Nurse Foster's 7th appearance

Odin's 5th appearance.

12 YEARS AGO TODAY: Norse Mythology versus Zombies

 THOR: THE DARK WORLD surpassed WORLD WAR Z in domestic box office gross by $160,000. 

Both covers by the amazing Arthur Suydam.

IN YOUR LCS 6 YEARS AGO TODAY

THOR #1 $4.99

(W) Donny Cates (A) Nic Klein (CA) Olivier Coipel

    A BRAND-NEW, SUPERSTAR CREATIVE TEAM TAKES THE KING OF ASGARD TO NEW REALMS OF GLORY!

The prince is now a king. All Asgard lies before Thor, the God of Thunder. And after many months of war, the Ten Realms are finally at peace. But the skies above the Realm Eternal are never clear for long. The Black Winter is coming. And the God of the Storm will be powerless before it. 

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TAROT #1 $4.99
(W) Alan Davis (A/CA) Paul Renaud

An all-new epic adventure teaming the classic Earth's Mightiest Heroes with Marvel's premiere Non-Team by Alan Davis and Paul Renaud!

      A strange and impossible lost memory from his days in World War II draws Namor the Sub-Mariner to his one-time compatriot Captain America-but the two heroes and their respective allies find themselves pulled into a labyrinth of pain, destruction and madness courtesy of the Infernal Ichor of Ish'lzog!

ALAN DAVIS VARIANT

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THOR #1 TRADING CARDS - free at participating stores!

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Nov/Dec 1959

Steve Ditko art from the five page Charlton Comics Thor story.

Script by the prolific Joe Gill.

It predates the Marvel Thor by 3 years

IN YOUR LCS 5 YEARS AGO TODAY

AVENGERS #40 $3.99 

 (W) Jason Aaron (A) Javi Garron (CA) Leinil Francis Yu     
    ENTER THE PHOENIX! The firebird of cosmic destruction and rebirth known as the Phoenix Force has returned to Earth to find a new avatar. So now the Avengers and some of the most powerful heroes and villains in the Marvel Universe are being called into a competition unlike anything they've ever seen. A globe-spanning battle that will transform them all and ultimately decide...who will be the all-new Phoenix.

The only cover Thor appears on is the Clarke variant.

NEIL GAIMAN NORSE MYTHOLOGY #4 

DARK HORSE COMICS

(W) Neil Gaiman, P. Craig Russell (A) P. Craig Russell & Various (CA) P. Craig Russell

  "Loki rescues the gods from his own foolish wager in "The Master Builder," drawn by Piotr Kowalski, and we learn of Loki's most dangerous spawn, who will each play a part in the end of all things, in "Loki's Children," drawn by David Rubín (Ether)." Thor doesn't appear on either of the covers but he is in the the comic.