Monday, December 11, 2017

NEW THOR APPEARANCES IN THE SHOPS 4 YEARS AGO TODAY


CATACLYSM ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #2 $3.99
  Writer: Brian Michael Bendis Cover and interior art: David Marquez
  The young heroes of the ULTIMATE UNIVERSE gather together to save New York from the terror of GALACTUS!!!
   2 panel Ultimate Thor cameo





MARVEL UNIVERSE AVENGERS ASSEMBLE #3 $2.99
  Writer: Joe Caramagna
   It's up to Falcon to save the day when a mysterious foe turns the Avengers into evil ghosts! Based on the hit animated show on DISNEY XD

Sunday, December 3, 2017

3 YEARS AGO TODAY: A young Asgard

Skottie, that is!!


ANGELA ASGARDS ASSASSIN #1 $3.99 (JIMENEZ VAR) (QUESADA DESIGN VAR) (YOUNG VAR)
(W) Kieron Gillen, Marguerite Bennett (A) Phil Jimenez, Stephanie Hans (CA) Stephanie Hans
    All her life, Angela -- the finest warrior of Heven -- was raised to hate Asgard with every fiber of her being.  And now Angela knows the truth about her identity: She is Thor's sister. She is an Asgardian.     Cast out of her home and wanting nothing to do with Asgard, Angela must now strike out on her own!  But what does Angela have that both Asgard and Heven want? And why are they so eager to get it? Of course Thor shows up to help his sister kick off her series.

Wednesday, November 29, 2017

BEST THOR COVER EVER?

Thor figures by Kirby/Colletta. Thor portrait by the great Marie Severin.

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

NO NEW THOR APPEARANCES IN THE SHOPS TOMORROW

Unless you count this

MARVEL ANIMATED STYLE THOR STATUE
GENTLE GIANT STUDIOS
The Mighty Thor becomes the 11th character in the Marvel animated statue line. The Thor Animated Statue was digitally sculpted and carefully printed on state of the art 3D Systems 3D printers. The high-resolution prints were then used in the creation of prototypes needed to produce this animated collectible. Each animated statue is hand-cast, hand-painted, and hand-numbered with a limited edition Certificate of Authenticity. Only $65.

Monday, November 27, 2017

NEW THOR APPEARANCES IN THE SHOPS 4 YEARS AGO TODAY

DEADPOOL ANNUAL #1 $4.99
  Writers: Ben Blacker, Ben Acker  Art: Evan Shaner Cover Art: Tradd Moore
    Featuring Thor, Daredevil, Luke Cage and...Madcap?!?


HAWKEYE #14 $2.99 (Walt Simonson Thor Battle variant cover)
For your collection of Thor-on-cover-only comics.

INFINITY #6 $5.99 (Design Hickman variant) (Generals Lee variant) (Hero Dodson variant) (Young variant)
   Writer: Jonathan Hickman Art: Jim Cheung Cover Art: Adam Kubert
   The heroes of Earth versus the forces of Thanos!


AVENGERS ASSEMBLE #21 $3.99
     Writer: Kelly Sue DeConnick Art: Matteo Buffagni Cover Art: Jorge Molina
    When Spider-Girl is in trouble...who does she go to?  Black Widow, Spider-Girl and Spider-Woman. Spider-Woman as a mentor...Who thought this was a good idea?

    Thor has a cameo.

NOVA #10 $4.99 (Buscema variant) (Jimenez variant) (Jones variant) (Agents of SHIELD variant)
   Writers: Zeb Wells, Gerry Duggan Art: Paco Medina, Carlo Barberi Cover Art: Ed McGuinness
    Big changes for Sam Alexander in this supersized 100th issue!  Guest staring the new New Warriors! Also a bonus story from new regular Nova writer Gerry Duggan!

     Thor has a Cameo. 

WOLVERINE AND X-MEN ANNUAL #1
   Writer: Jason Aaron, Art by Jorge Molina. 
Not only is Thor on the cover but he appears on 4 interior pages.
Marvel creates new characters the old-fashioned way, by having old characters have children.

Wednesday, November 15, 2017

4 YEARS AGO TODAY

THOR: THE DARK WORLD 
finished its first week in the United States with $108 million dollars in box office.


Overseas it had opened a week earlier and had already earned $280 million.

Wednesday, November 8, 2017

4 YEARS AGO TODAY:

THOR: THE DARK WORLD opened in 3,841 North American theaters.
It had been released to most of the rest of the World nearly a week earlier and had already done $133 million in box office.  
By the end of the weekend  it had done $85,737,841 in domestic box office. At the time that was the 38th best domestic opening weekend. Since then 32 movies have surpassed it.