Saturday, February 3, 2024

IN YOUR LCS 3 YEARS AGO TODAY

  AVENGERS MECH STRIKE #1 $3.99
(W) Jed MacKay (A) Carlos Magno (CA) Kei Zama
The Avengers are confronted with an unstoppable new menace, one that is seemingly impervious to their every strength! But the Avengers aren't so easily beaten, and when new threats arise, powerful new tools must be brought to bear! Join the Avengers as they battle a brand-new enemy...and begin a deadly game of chess with a shadowy mastermind!
Toy variant cover

AVENGERS #42 $3.99
(W) Jason Aaron (A) Luca Maresca (CA) Leinil Francis Yu
THE BATTLE TO DECIDE THE ALL-NEW PHOENIX RAGES ON!
    Who will wield the destructive cosmic power of the Phoenix Force? Namor will stop at nothing to be the fiery victor. The Black Panther worries as much about victory as he does defeat. Jane Foster knows what it means to carry on a powerful legacy. The She-Hulk cannot be stopped. And the Orb has a giant, creepy eyeball for a head! Plus things get personal for Thor.

STRANGE ACADEMY #8 $3.99 
(W) Skottie Young (A/CA) Humberto Ramos
    Students of Strange Academy go on a perfectly normal field trip... to space... uncovering a magical artifact... with Rocket and Groot.  Yep, perfectly normal.  Meanwhile, WHAT IS THE RING OF DREAD?! Thor makes a brief, amusing appearance.     

Friday, February 2, 2024

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Feb/Mar 1971

 The 7th John Buscema THOR cover.

Like the previous 6 Buscema-covered issues it has 19 pages of John Buscema story art.
The issue predicts grave consequences for Midgard if Thor fails at his current mission.
The Marvel checklist synopsis for this issue:
"The saga you never expected to see! Thor versus Odin! The world about to end! The coming of Karnilla - and the evil Loki - and, above all, the triumph of Infinity! Wow!"

Thursday, February 1, 2024

IN YOUR LCS 7 YEARS AGO TODAY

AVENGERS #4 $3.99
(W) Mark Waid (A) Mike Del Mundo (CA) Alex Ross
     "Kang War IV" begins! The Avengers turn the tables on one of their oldest foes by adopting one of his tactics, leaving Kang nowhere to run and nowhere to hide - except in the timestream itself! Three Thors appear.


MONSTERS UNLEASHED #2 $4.99
(W) Cullen Bunn (A/CA) Greg Land
   The heroes of the Marvel Universe repel wave after wave of Leviathon monsters as more and more fall to Earth. CAPTAIN MARVEL rallies her ALPHA FLIGHT against these hordes from space while CAPTAIN AMERICA and the AVENGERS hold the line around the world.  Lady Thor  fights a Leviathon.


MARVEL UNIVERSE AVENGERS ULTRON REVOLUTION #8 $2.99
(W) Joe Caramagna (A/CA) Various
    Everyone's favorite synthezoid joins the AVENGERS on an adventure to ASGARD to help THOR defeat the DESTROYER - which is being controlled by ULTRON himself!

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

IN YOUR LCS TODAY

 AVENGERS TWILIGHT #2 $4.99

(W) Chip Zdarsky (A) Daniel Acuna (CA) Alex Ross
With the clock ticking to New Year's Day, and the world against him, CAPTAIN AMERICA must build an army to save America! Will his surviving friends sign up, or is he going to have to lead the ragtag group called THE DEFENDERS against the expert military marksman known as BULLSEYE?

   25 COPY INCV SERGIO DAVILA VARIANT

   DANIEL ACUNA VARIANT

SPIDER-BOY #3 $4.99
(W) Dan Slott (A) Paco Medina, Ty Templeton (CA) Humberto Ramos
DISASSEMBLY REQUIRED!
The richest jerk on the planet now owns the deadliest fighting machine of all time! How can Spider-Boy even hope to stop...the Toy Soldier?! Watch out, kid! This one-of-a-kind collectible can KILL! Also...the Webless Wonder teams up with Thor, Son of Odin, as a creature from Asgard threatens Bailey Briggs' friendly neighborhood.

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Jan/Feb 1970

 What's more exciting than Thor unconscious on a cover?

Thor unconscious and falling.

Jack Kirby's cover pencils were embellished by the legendary writer/artist Bill Everett. So were the 20 interior pages!!!

Monday, January 29, 2024

IN YOUR LCS 10 YEARS AGO TODAY

 

 THOR GOD OF THUNDER #18 $3.99
Writer: Jason Aaron  Interior art: Das Pastoras
Cover art: Esad Ribic
A tale of Young Thor, in the age of the Vikings!



UNCANNY AVENGERS #16 $3.99
Writer: Rick Remender
Cover and interior art: Steve McNiven
Thor vs Uriel! Feral and vengeful after the death of a teammate, Thor is a mad God out for blood!
   




CATACLYSM ULTIMATES LAST STAND #4
 $3.99
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis Cover and interior art: Mark Bagley
   Ultimate Thor has a brief battle with Galactus.

SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #26 $3.99
Writer: Dan Slott (CA) Ryan Stegman 

Interior art: Humberto Ramos
    The Green Goblin vs. The Original Hobgoblin
    Thor and the Avengers appear on 4 pages. Thor has no dialogue.

Sunday, January 28, 2024

IN YOUR LCS 9 YEARS AGO TODAY

 

THOR #4 $3.99 
(W) Jason Aaron (A/CA) Russell Dauterman
   The Odinson is back and he clearly doesn't like that someone else is holding his hammer! 
LARROCA WELCOME HOME VARIANT