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AVENGERS ASSEMBLE ALPHA #1 $5.99

(W) Jason Aaron (A/CA) Bryan Hitch

UNITING THE AVENGERS, AVENGERS FOREVER AND AVENGERS OF 1,000,000 BC

From throughout time and the far corners of the Multiverse, the Mightiest Heroes of All the Earths are assembling as never before for a battle beyond all imaging. A war that will take us from the prehistoric beginnings of an Earth under assault by the greatest villains who've ever lived to the watchtower that stands at the dark heart of the all and the always, where an army of unprecedented evil now rises. The biggest Avengers saga in Marvel history begins now.

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IN YOUR LCS 5 YEARS AGO TODAY

AVENGERS #673 $3.99

(W) Mark Waid (A) Javier Pina, Paco Diaz (CA) Alex Ross
     The High Evolutionary has put into motion an event that will destroy not one but two Earths - and neither the Avengers nor the Champions has the power to stop it. Not only is Goddess Thor on the cover, she is inside too!

ON THE SPINNER RACKS 52 YEARS AGO TODAY

If you had been buying comics for more than five years this Kirby cover would have been familiar to you.

So might the 52 pages of Kirby art contained inside (reprinted from six different issues of JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY)

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THOR #26 2ND PTG $3.99

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THOR #28 POSTER $8.99

IN YOUR LCS 5 YEARS AGO TODAY

 CAPTAIN AMERICA STEVE ROGERS #19
(W) Nick Spencer (A/CA) Jesus Saiz

    SECRET EMPIRE TIE-IN!  Steve Rogers has won over the hearts and minds of the people - save one! Unfortunately, that one is the person he cares about the most. So Sharon Carter has a fateful decision to make. Thor Odinson does not appear on the cover but he is featured in a well-written and well-drawn 6 page sequence.

  MIGHTY THOR LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK THUNDER STRIKE $4.99

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(W) John Sazaklis (A/CA) Patrick Spaz Spaziante

    Marvel's Mighty Thor teams up with the Incredible Hulk! This book also features the the villians Skurge and Grandmaster! A great way to introduce boys and girls 2-5 to Thor and the other heroes in the Marvel Universe.

IN YOUR LCS 43 YEARS AGO TODAY

Thor's 11th appearance of 1979

His 388th of all time.

Bill Mantlo writes a respectful version of Thor in a well-crafted self-contained Avengers story.  

Thor appears on half of the 34 pages

Pencils by Don Newton

Inks by Jack Abel and Josef Rubenstein

ON THE SPINNER RACKS 59 YEARS AGO TODAY

     Not only was Thor and Loki in both of these comics but so was Jane Foster.

     Both covers were by Jack Kirby (with intricate Dick Ayers embellishing). Kirby also did the story art on the AVENGERS. 
      The JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY Thor story was drawn by Joe Sinnott.    

       Words by Stan Lee.