ON THE SPINNER RACKS Nov/Dec 1959

Steve Ditko art from the five page Charlton Comics Thor story.

Script by the prolific Joe Gill.

It predates the Marvel Thor by 3 years

IN YOUR LCS 5 YEARS AGO TODAY

AVENGERS #40 $3.99 

 (W) Jason Aaron (A) Javi Garron (CA) Leinil Francis Yu     
    ENTER THE PHOENIX! The firebird of cosmic destruction and rebirth known as the Phoenix Force has returned to Earth to find a new avatar. So now the Avengers and some of the most powerful heroes and villains in the Marvel Universe are being called into a competition unlike anything they've ever seen. A globe-spanning battle that will transform them all and ultimately decide...who will be the all-new Phoenix.

The only cover Thor appears on is the Clarke variant.

NEIL GAIMAN NORSE MYTHOLOGY #4 

DARK HORSE COMICS

(W) Neil Gaiman, P. Craig Russell (A) P. Craig Russell & Various (CA) P. Craig Russell

  "Loki rescues the gods from his own foolish wager in "The Master Builder," drawn by Piotr Kowalski, and we learn of Loki's most dangerous spawn, who will each play a part in the end of all things, in "Loki's Children," drawn by David Rubín (Ether)." Thor doesn't appear on either of the covers but he is in the the comic.

IN YOUR LCS 10 YEARS AGO TODAY

THE LAST WALT SIMONSON THOR COMIC OF 2015

RAGNAROK #7

IDW PUBLISHING

Everything: Walter Simonson

 The Black Elf assassin, Regn, and his young daughter, Drifa, have hunted Thor for countless leagues across the Dusk Lands, to the ruins of Asgard. Now, as Thor calls down the lightning to create a funeral pyre for the dead of Asgard, Regn prepares himself for his greatest challenge, to kill the last god standing, the god responsible for the death of his wife.

IN YOUR LCS 38 YEARS AGO TODAY

 

Thor's 603rd appearance

Written by Tom DeFalco

Cover and 22 pages of art by Ron Frenz and Brett Breeding.

Thor rejoins the Avengers yet again.

Captain America wields Thor's hammer!

                                               

IN YOUR LCS 33 YEARS AGO TODAY

Final chapter of the 11 part Blood And Thunder story.

Cover and 22 page story penciled by MC Wyman and inked by Mike DeCarlo.

Odin, Sif, Doctor Strange, Silver Surfer, and Warlock appear in this Ron Marz tale, so does Beta Ray Bill, Drax the Destroyer, Moondragon, Pip the Troll and Loki.

A key issue that establishes one of the continuity foundations of the current THOR storyline.

Doctor Blake does not appear in this issue.