ON THE SPINNER RACKS Jan/Feb 1966

 Thor's 75th appearance.

The Marvel Age of Comparative Mythology continued with the 4th appearance of  Hercules. Herc debuted in JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY ANNUAL #1 eight months earlier.

 

What the cover promises 13 of the 16 pages of the main story deliver - Thor and Hercules fighting over Nurse Foster (her 40th appearance)

Kirby/Colletta art, Thor battling a worthy opponent, the Rainbow Bridge, Asgard, angry Odin (35th appearance) and Balder (15th appearance).

Plus Loki (31st appearance) & Thor continue a quest in the Tales of Asgard 5-pager.

Doctor Don Blake does not appear in this issue

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.