Sunday, January 11, 2026

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Jan/Feb 1971


John Buscema's sixth THOR cover (inked by Joe Sinnott) suggests that this is a continued story but doesn't mention that you missed the first two episodes.

Thor's 162nd  appearance.     
Sif's 42nd appearance.
Hela makes a rare appearance (her 5th)
and even Doctor Don Blake appears.

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Feb/Mar 1965

49th Marvel comic with Thor on the cover.
Like the previous 48 covers, the layouts & pencils were by Jack Kirby. It was the 21st embellished by Chic Stone.

Saturday, January 10, 2026

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Jan/Feb 1970

 What's more exciting than Thor unconscious on a cover?

Thor unconscious and falling.

Jack Kirby's cover pencils were exquisitely embellished by Bill Everett. He also finished Kirby's 20 interior pages

Friday, January 9, 2026

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Jan/Feb 1969

Art by Jack Kirby and Vince Colletta
The 3rd consecutive issue to feature Galactus. The 18th consecutive issue that Lee/Kirby didn't create any new characters for. 
To make sure the Galactus appearance had an epic feel splash pages were used for 30% of the issue.

Thursday, January 8, 2026

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Jan/Feb 1968

Loki's 14th cover appearance. Like the previous 13 it was penciled by Jack Kirby. It was the 6th Loki cover to be embellished by Vince Colletta.  Dick Ayers inked 5. Ditko, Roussos & Stone each did one a piece.

Besides being on the cover Loki makes his 35th appearance in this issue. 

They are not on the cover but Sif,  Balder, Karnilla, the Wrecker and the Destroyer contribute to making this a nearly perfect issue.

A 16 page chapter of a continued story.  It could have been 5 pages longer if not for the Inhumans back-up story. 

There was only 2 Kirby splash pages. The other splash was basically the same as the cover composition minus the floating Loki head.