IN YOUR LCS 35 YEARS AGO TODAY

Hate it or love it, this is an historic issue...

Not just because Thor shaves. Also Asgard drifts further into the Negative Zone, and the Eric Masterson Era of Thor truly begins.

Cover and lead story by Ron Frenz & Joe Sinnott

 

If you don't like the lead story there is always the back-up.

IN YOUR LCS 10 YEARS AGO TODAY

UNCANNY AVENGERS #21 $3.99

(W) Rick Remender (A/CA) Daniel Acuña

   The conclusion to an epic two years in the making! In our darkest hour The Avengers Unity Squad unite entirely and the fate of the seven futures decided! Thor appears for the big finale and on the cover!

FANTASTIC FOUR #6 $3.99

(W) James Robinson (A/CA) Leonard Kirk

   They were the best of friends since that fateful trip into the cosmic unknown. The day the Fantastic Four were born, they became a family. Cosmic explorers - forever united. Johnny Storm became the high-flying, hot-headed Human Torch. Ben Grimm, the hideous monster known as The Thing. Super-Scientist Reed Richards has tried time and again to reverse Grimm's condition. Each and every time was met with failure. But there was a time when he possessed a device that held the key to permanently curing The Thing - until Johnny inadvertently destroyed it! Reed has kept Johnny's secret for as long as he could - but now it's about to get out! What will Ben do when he discovers that one of his closest friends and steadfast ally condemned him to a life sentence as a monster? A silent Thor appears with other Avengers during a four page sequence.

NEW WARRIORS #6 $3.99

(W) Christopher Yost (A) Nick Roche (CA) Ramon K. Perez
  The All-New New Warriors announce their arrival to the rest of the world, which doesn't make anyone happy.  The Avengers vs. the New Warriors!  Thor pretty much dominates this issue. 

ORIGINAL SINS #2 $3.99

(W) Ryan North & Various (A) Mark Bagley (CA) Mark Brooks
    Thor makes a one page cameo for the retelling of the exploding  Truth Bomb incident!

IN YOUR LCS 15 YEARS AGO TODAY

THOR has had at least 3 golden eras - Lee/Kirby, Walt Simonson and Straczynski/Djurdjevic. 

THOR #602 was Straczynski/Djurdjevic's 5th collaboration. Here is masterful Marko Djurdjevic's great cover painting minus any word salad  distractions. 

IN YOUR LCS 7 YEARS AGO TODAY

ZOMBIES ASSEMBLE #3 $4.99

(W) Yusaku Komiyama, Jim Zub (A) Yusaku Komiyama (CA) Kiichi Mizushima
The outbreak is spreading, and two of Earth's Mightiest Heroes have been infected! Captain America, Hawkeye and Iron Man venture out into the zombie-filled streets to stem the tide, while Bruce Banner and Dr. Amano race to find a cure - and one of them will make a shocking sacrifice to test its effectiveness! Will another Avenger succumb to the virus? Where did the outbreak originate? The thrills continue as the original manga is adapted into English for the first time!

Land variant cover

THE PERFECT THOR COMIC TO GIVE SOMEONE WHO HAS NEVER READ A THOR COMIC

THOR GOD OF THUNDER #18 features a self-contained story that you don't have to have any prior knowledge of Thor or Marvel Universe History to appreciate. It takes place over one week's time in 894 in a Viking village and Asgard. The cover is by Esad Ribic. 

The  impressive interior art is by Das Pastoras.