ON THE SPINNER RACKS Jan/Feb 1965

 

The 16 page lead story introduces two new characters. Carl "Crusher" Creel, the Absorbing Man and Affiliated Press investigative reporter Harris Hobbs. 

Story by Stan Lee.  Art by Jack Kirby & Chic Stone

Thor's 58th appearance          Don Blake's 37th

Jane Foster's 31st                   Loki's 19th

Balder's 8th             

There is also a 5 page Thorless Tales of Asgard 17 panel story (1 splash and 4, 4-panel pages.)

Story by Stan Lee.  Art by Jack Kirby & Vince Colletta.

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Jan/Feb 1964

Jack Kirby composed covers for 9 of the 11 comics released by Marvel the 1st month of 1964.

Kirby was responsible for the 25 covers Thor had appeared on since his debut.

Inker: Sol Brodsky

Inker: George Roussos

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.

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    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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      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!

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