A 2009 HOLIDAY PRESENT FROM MARVEL

ORIGINS OF SIEGE was a special giveaway issue containing everything a reader needed to prepare for a story six years in the making! Showcasing an all-new lead-in story featuring Loki, it also contained an all-new origins section covering the major players drawn by the biggest artists at Marvel. Plus pinups, a checklist and a preview of SIEGE #1!

 

Shops received one free copy of ORIGINS OF SIEGE for every 25 copies of CAPTAIN AMERICA #3 that they ordered, rounded up to the next 25. Shops could also purchase ORIGINS OF SIEGE in bundles of 25 at $10 a bundle. 

IN YOUR LCS 1 YEAR AGO TODAY

AVENGERS FOREVER #12 $3.99

(W) Jason Aaron (A/CA) Aaron Kuder

AVENGERS ASSEMBLE - PART THREE: THE SIEGE OF INFINITY TOWER!

The all Steve Rogers Howling Commandos. The interstellar air force that is the Carol Corps. The Star Panther. The God of Fists. The Invincible Ant-Man, Tony Stark. Together, they are the greatest army of Avengers ever assembled. Will they be enough to protect the Avengers Tower at Infinity's End? Because Mephisto has come to claim that tower's secrets, and he's brought an army of his own.

70S AVENGERS ASSEMBLE CONNECTING VARIANT

BLACK PANTHER #12 $3.99

 (W) John Ridley (A) German Peralta (CA) Alex Ross

Just as T'Challa thinks his past secrets lay buried with the dead, the true identity of his latest enemy has left him shaken! Even as he escapes capture and returns to the Avengers, Captain America isn't too pleased with Black Panther's role in creating these new terrorists for peace. The message is clear: If T'Challa isn't ready to be a team player, he doesn't belong on a team. With no kingdom, no Avengers and no allies, who is left to aid T'Challa against this monster of his own making?

WAKANDA #3 (OF 5) $3.99

(W) Narcisse, Evan, Ho Che Anderson (A) Sean Hill, Natacha Bustos (CA) Iban Coello

The spotlight on characters who have defined Wakanda continues, taking us back in time into the heart of KILLMONGER! A haunting story that explores his earliest days under the thumb of Ulysses Klaw, and the early foundations of the man who will one day bear a scar for each of his kills? Plus, the third chapter of Evan Narcisse and Natacha Bustos' History of the Black Panthers, focusing on the mysterious Nehanda as she bands together with the Medieval Avengers!

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IN YOUR LCS TODAY

 INCREDIBLE HULK #7 $3.99

      TIM LEVINS AVENGERS 60TH VARIANT

UNCANNY AVENGERS #5 (OF 5) $3.99

   NIK VIRELLA AVENGERS 60TH VARIANT

IN YOUR LCS 5 YEARS AGO TODAY

THOR #8 $3.99

(W) Jason Aaron (A/CA) Michael Del Mundo

    After waging war in Hel, Thor finds himself a prisoner of the fearsome warriors of Heven. Can the intervention of Valkyrie and Thor's sister Angela help him escape the unescapable prison of angels?

Patrick Zircher Conan variant.

MARVEL SH ADVENTURES CAPTAIN MARVEL FROST GIANTS #1 $3.99

(W) Leah Williams, Joe Caramagna (A) Ty Templeton, Mario Del Pennino (CA) Jacob Chabot

   It's the middle of winter in New York City, which means all your favorite heroes and villains are trying to beat the cold!  But this time the cold beats back, when a group of fearsome FROST GIANTS make themselves right at home in the city, leaving the heroes of the Marvel Universe no choice but to bundle up and stand against the ice-hearted interlopers!

CAPTAIN AMERICA #6 $3.99 

(W) Ta-Nehisi Coates (A) Leinil Francis Yu (CA) Alex Ross

   "WINTER IN AMERICA" CONCLUDES with a shocking turn of events that will send the Star-Spangled Avenger's life into a sudden dramatic tailspin you won't see coming! ATTENTION THOR COMPLETISTS: Thor has a 1 panel flashback cameo remind Cap readers that Thor Odinson "bent the knee" to Hydra.

EXILES #11 $3.99

(W) Saladin Ahmed (A) Javier Rodriguez (CA) David Nakayama

     The Exiles' beloved Khan-who sacrificed herself to stop the Time-Eater-has miraculously returned! But this time, her gun is trained on her old teammates! And she's not alone. Meet the evil Exiles-Captain Axis; Shuri, a.k.a. Killmonger; Iron Kang; X 2/3rd and SKELE-THOR!

IN YOUR LCS 10 YEARS AGO TODAY

THOR GOD OF THUNDER #16 $3.99

Writer: Jason Aaron 

Artist: Ron Garney 

Cover Artist: Esad Ribic

   Death comes in the mountains of Jotunheim... and there is a traitor among Thor's newly formed League of Realms! As Thor prepares to execute one of his own comrades, Malekith stages his final bloody raid... on Earth.

UNCANNY AVENGERS #15 $3.99

     Writer: Rick Remender   Art:Steve McNiven

The fate of humanity rests in the hands of Thor, but can the God of Thunder defeat the combined might of two Apocalypses? 

LONGSHOT SAVES MARVEL UNIVERSE #4 $2.99
   Writer: Christopher Hastings Art: Jacopo Camagni
       1 panel Thor cameo

IN YOUR LCS 49 YEARS AGO TODAY

Not only does Thor appear on this backgroundless Gil Kane/Frank Giacoia reaction shot cover, he also shows up in some Sal Buscema/Joe Staton panels inside. 

This issue features the first parts of two origin stories, one of which Thor witnesses.

It was Thor's 32nd 1974 appearance, his 277th of all time.

IN YOUR LCS 8 YEARS AGO TODAY

  

MIGHTY THOR #2 $3.99
(W) Jason Aaron (A/CA) Russell Dauterman
   The return of Loki!  But for Lady Thor, will he be friend or foe?

 (1 in 15 COSPLAY VARIANT) 

(1 in 20 DAUTERMAN DESIGN VARIANT)

  (1 in 20 FRENZ MARVEL 92 VARIANT)

 (1 in 25 TRAKHANOV VARIANT)

   

ULTIMATE END #5 $4.99

(W) Brian Michael Bendis (A/CA) Mark Bagley

ULTIMATE NO MORE!  2000 - 2015 
Many Thors appear

MARVEL UNIVERSE AVENGERS ASSEMBLE SEASON TWO #14 $2.99 

(W) Joe Caramagna (A/CA) Various

   Squadron Supreme have taken over the entire world and reign supreme! The Avengers must strike back from the underground and save the planet once and for all!