Both of these 1963 covers are by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers.

The stories they promote were drawn by Joe Sinnott and written by Robert Bernstein.

   I was a Bernstein fan as a child even though I didn't know his name. The barbershop where I went as a child had DCs, mostly Superman titles. Many of the stories were by Bernstein including this 1961 Swan-drawn one.

 

"I guessed that Loki must be the original ancestor of Mr. Mxyzptlk and that he, too, can be sent to the 5th dimension for 90 days if he could be tricked into saying his name backwards." JIMMY OLSEN #55 (Jimmy the Red, Thor's Best Pal)

IN YOUR LCS 8 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.

Thor first appeared in comics 22 years before his Marvel incarnation.

 

His series debuted in Weird Comics #1 and lasted five issues.

TO READ THE ORIGIN STORY CLICK HERE

IN YOUR LCS 30 YEARS AGO TODAY

The final chapter of the 11 part Blood And Thunder story.

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

Not only does Odin, Sif, Doctor Strange and Warlock appear in this Ron Marz tale, so does the Silver Surfer, Beta Ray Bill, Drax the Destroyer, Moondragon, Pip the Troll and Loki.

This is a key issue that establishes one of the continuity foundations of the current THOR storyline.

Doctor Blake does not appear in this issue.

IN YOUR LCS TODAY

AVENGERS INC #4 $3.99

SALVADOR LARROCA AVENGERS 60TH VAR

TIMELESS #1 $6.99

(W) Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing (A) Juann Cabal 

(CA) Miguel Mercado

BEHOLD THE FUTURE OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE!

In a devastating future born from the choices of today, time and space is threatened by the ascension of an ancient evil. The MOON KNIGHT UNENDING has risen - a nightmare born of StarkTech, the Eternal Machine and the God of the Moon - and now all of Earth bows before his overwhelming power! One man stands against Khonshu's coming tide of chaos: POWER MAN, the Marvel Universe's final living super hero. But who is Power Man - and how did he come to wield the unstable powers of the Sentry, the Hulk and the Iron Fist? What dark, deeply personal conflict underpins this mind-bending apocalypse? And at the end of the line, can the Marvel Universe ever truly be saved? 

PLUS - a SHOCKING glimpse into the next year of Marvel stories!

ALEX ROSS WRAPAROUND GATEFOLD VAR

IN YOUR LCS 3 YEARS AGO TODAY

INCOMING #1 $9.99 

(W) Al Ewing, More (A) Aaron Kud(W) Donny Cates (A/CA) Mark Bagley

ONE WILL UNITE THEM!
      A mysterious murder brings together the heroes of the Marvel Universe in the search for a killer - but no one can imagine where the trail will lead, or how it will affect everything in 2020 and beyond! Who is the victim and who is the assailant? The closing chapter to MARVEL's 80th year, which will connect the dots of everything that happened in 2019 and propel the narrative into the coming year! Featuring the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, the Guardians of the Galaxy, Daredevil, Spider-Man, the Champions, the Agents of Atlas, Valkyrie, the Immortal Hulk, Jessica Jones, Venom, Ghost Rider, the Masked Raider and more!

JSC WRPAD HIDDEN GEM VARIANT

MOLINA PARTY VARIANT

VENOM #21 $3.99 

(W) Donny Cates (A/CA) Mark Bagley

     VENOM ISLAND BEGINS HERE! Thor Odinson appears.  'Nuff said!

SPIDER-HAM #1 $3.99 

(W) Zeb Wells (A) Will Robson (CA) Wendell Dalit

    APORKALYPSE NOW!   Not a dream! Not a hoax! Not an imaginary tail! Spider-Ham finally has his own series! (Again!)
Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham finds himself jumping through time, side-by-side with Peter PARKER, the Spectacular Spider-MAN!  Thor Odinson doesn't appear but Dog Thor does...

Walt Simonson proto-reindeer cover

"Thor was the god of the peasants and the common people. He was represented as an elderly man, jovial and friendly, of heavy build, with a long white beard. His element was fire, his color red. The rumble and roar of thunder were said to be caused by the rolling of his chariot, for he alone among the gods never rode on horseback, but drove in a chariot drawn by two white goats (called Cracker and Gnasher). He was fighting the giants of ice and snow, and thus became the Yule-god. He was said to live in the "Northland," where he had his palace among the icebergs. By our pagan forefathers he was considered as the cheerful and friendly god, never harming humans, but rather helping and protecting them. The fireplace in every home was especially sacred to him, and he was said to come down through the chimney into his element, the fire."

        MYTHS OF NORTHERN LANDS (1895) H.A. Guerber