ON THE SPINNER RACKS 60 YEARS AGO TODAY

JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #101 was the 15th and final comic with a Thor appearance to hit the spinner racks in 1963. There was a 13 page lead story guest starring the Avengers, plus a 5 page "Boyhood of Thor" back-up story. Both were drawn by Jack Kirby and George Roussos.

I was buying comics back then but instead of that I chose to buy this

If only they had put young Thor on the cover, given him a dog and had Curt Swan draw it, maybe I wouldn't have waited 3 years before I bought my first Thor comic.

IN YOUR LCS 1 YEAR AGO TODAY

 

THOR #29 $3.99

(W) Torunn Gronbekk (A/CA) Nic Klein

"THE LEGACY OF THANOS" - PART ONE!

Nic Klein returns with guest writer Torunn Gr?nbekk (JANE FOSTER & THE MIGHTY THOR, PUNISHER: WAR JOURNAL) for a Valkyrie-filled adventure! When a universally loathed foe kidnaps Thor's baby sister Laussa and drags her so deep beyond Hel that not even Sif's All-Sight can see her, the God of Thunder must call upon the one ally who has traveled so far into the unknown before. But what dark secrets of Asgard's bloody past lay beneath the frozen waters?

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THANOS DEATH NOTES #1 $4.99

(W) Christopher Cantwell, J. Michael Straczynski (A) Ron Lim, Andrea DiVito (CA) Andrea Sorrentino
• Spinning out of Donny Cates & Nic Klein's THOR comes an all-new Thanos one-shot, with Ron Lim's return to the Mad Titan!
•  Thanos is missing, presumed dead. But Thor has seen a vision of his return. And it is enough to make even a God fear. To prepare himself, to prepare the universe, Thor desperately searches for answers in Thanos' past... and finds a glimpse of the Marvel Universe's dark future.

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IN YOUR LCS TODAY

 AVENGERS #8 $3.99 

(W) Jed MacKay (A) C.F. Villa (CA) Stuart Immonen

Trapped in a world they never made, the Avengers struggle to break free - while one of their number fights their own hopeless battle against Myrddin and his Twilight Court! But Avengers never fight alone- and the most dangerous Avenger joins the conflict!

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ON THE SPINNER RACKS 58 YEARS AGO TODAY

If you read the previous issue you would have recognized the shadow on this Jack Kirby/Vince Colletta cover as telegraphing the 3rd appearance of Hercules in JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY.

Hercules was not the villain, of course. It was actually this poor over-matched (even with a Norn stone) schmuck. Art by Kirby/Colletta

IN YOUR LCS 4 YEARS AGO TODAY

THOR WORTHY #1 $4.99 

(W) Walter Simonson, More (A) Ron Frenz, More (CA) Kim Jacinto

      Simonson's Thor run is considered to be some of the best comics of all time, period. The legend returns for a special tale about Thor and Beta Ray Bill - with art from Mike Hawthorne and beloved veteran Sal Buscema! The trio is joined by another unforgettable Thor team: Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz, telling an all-new Thunderstrike story! No Thor story would be complete without his most trusted companion: the berserker warrior extraordinaire, Lady Sif! Kathyrn Immonen wrote one of the landmark Sif tales in her Journey Into Mystery  run - and she returns for a brand-new journey!

RAGNAROK BREAKING OF HELHEIM #3  

IDW PUBLISHING

(W/A/CA) Walter Simonson

    As the Great Enemies plot to destroy the God of Thunder, the last of their ancient foes, Thor fights to free slaves laboring in a deadly mine on the rim of Helheim, the kingdom of the dead. The recovered ore is being turned into magical sword blades that will enable the despotic ruler of the upper levels of Helheim to conquer the Dusk Lands with fire and blood.

ON THE SPINNER RACKS 56 YEARS AGO TODAY

The second Unconscious Thor Cover

This was Thor's 16th appearance of 1967, his 104th of all time.

The Wrecker's second appearance. He debuted in the previous issue. He was featured on both covers, which were crafted by Jack Kirby and Vince Colletta, as were the interior pages of both issues.

IN YOUR LCS 3 YEARS AGO TODAY

THOR #10 $3.99

(W) Donny Cates (A) Nic Klein (CA) Olivier Coipel

   THE DARK PRISON OF DONALD BLAKE! For years Doctor Donald Blake has wandered a land far from Midgard, the place he once thought home. Now he has returned to the Ten Realms - but it is not the place it was, nor he the man who once shared a body with a god. New terrors await in what is perhaps Donny Cates' darkest story yet!

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