Thursday, August 14, 2025

IN YOUR LCS 6 YEARS AGO TODAY

LOKI #2 $3.99 
(W) Daniel Kibblesmith (A) Oscar Bazaldua (CA) Ozgur Yildirim
   Restless with his new duties after the War of the Realms, Loki seeks out the advice of the closest thing Earth has to a king - TONY STARK, IRON MAN but he isn't happy to see Loki. Now the God of Mischief/Stories/Evil/Chaos has to outsmart the cleverest man in Midgard or die (again) trying. Thor doesn't appear on any of the covers but he does appear inside

SILVER SURFER BLACK #3 $3.99
(W) Donny Cates (A/CA) Tradd Moore
   The Surfer's power is fading!  Is this the end of Norrin Radd as the all-consuming darkness descends upon him? Thor only appears on the Ron Lim variant cover.

IN YOUR LCS 46 YEARS AGO TODAY

 

Art by Keith Pollard and Chick Stone 
    The 8th time the Destroyer appeared on a cover in 14 years. Kirby did five of them. John Romita Senior and Walt Simonson did one each.
     The 17 page Roy Thomas/Keith Pollard/Chic Stone story not only has the Destroyer's 15th appearance, it also contains Ares, Hercules and the Eternals.

Wednesday, August 13, 2025

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Aug/Sep 1969

Sal Buscema and Sam Grainger provide cover and story art featuring the 2nd appearance of the Growing Man. Its first appearance was in THOR #140

Writer Roy Thomas creates future MCU star, the Grandmaster. He also creates 4 more classic characters for this issue - Doctor Spectrum, Hyperion, Nighthawk  and Whizzer.

Tuesday, August 12, 2025

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Aug/Sep 1969

Galactus makes his 4th 1969 appearance, all in THOR and all drawn by Jack Kirby. 

John Romita Sr. draws Thor on the cover

Monday, August 11, 2025

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Aug/Sep 1964

Thor's floating head on this Jack Kirby/Chic Stone cover accurately indicates that Thor appears in the Don Heck/Dick Ayers drawn story  inside.


TALES OF SUSPENSE #59 
Even though Thor is not on the cover he makes a multi-page appearance in the Iron Man feature of this split book.

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #18  
Thor appears in only 1 panel but he is drawn by the legendary Steve Ditko and has a line of dialog.