Tuesday, March 5, 2024

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Mar/Apr 1966

 Thor's 77th appearance.

The comic delivers what the cover promises- 16 pages of Kirby action embellished by Vince Colletta featuring Hercules (his 6th appearance), trolls and Pluto (his second appearance).

There was also one of the best 5 page Tales of Asgard backups!
Nothing inspires an artist like Ragnarok

Monday, March 4, 2024

ON THE SPINNER RACKS March/April 1964

 
Thor's 26th appearance 
Odin's16th   
Loki's12th
Heimdall's 6th
Balder's 3rd
Enchantress & Executioner's 2nd

Plus it also had the 5th Tales Of Asgard 5 page back-up explaining why Heimdall was qualified to guard the Rainbow Bridge.
What more could you ask for?

Sunday, March 3, 2024

IN YOUR LCS 20 YEARS AGO TODAY

  

The Bill Sienkiewicz cover would be enough to make this a worthy issue even if the 22 interior pages were blank!


     King Thor appears on 4 of those Scot Eaton/Drew Garaci drawn pages before taking a nap for the rest of the issue.
    Thor's son Magni is the star of this 2170 Asgard tale. 
    Dan Jurgens is the writer.

Saturday, March 2, 2024

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Mar/Apr 1967

 

If you missed THOR #140 the good news was that the Kirby/Colletta lead story would be reprinted only 7 years later in MARVEL SPECTACULAR #11.

The bad news is that 4 of these panels were not reprinted 

Friday, March 1, 2024

IN YOUR LCS 7 YEARS AGO TODAY

 AVENGERS #5 $3.99
(W) Mark Waid (A) Mike Del Mundo (CA) Alex Ross
The Avengers storm through time and space to put an end to Kang's menace once and for all!  Lady Thor and a time-displaced Thor Odinson battle together.
 David Marquez Venomized variant cover



MARVEL UNIVERSE AVENGERS ULTRON REVOLUTION #9 $2.99
(W) Joe Caramagna (A/CA) Various
   AVENGERS VS. INHUMANS!  When several townspeople mysteriously transform into primitive beings, the AVENGERS must step in and try to help.  However, this puts the AVENGERS at odds with another super-powered group, the INHUMANS!



METALS MARVEL THOR AGE OF ULTRON 4 INCH DIE-CAST FIGURE $10.99
     4" tall and weighing in at over half a pound, this collectible die-cast figure is sure to be a standout in any collection. 

Thursday, February 29, 2024

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Feb/Mar 1969

If you had been reading THOR for more than 3 years you would have recognized the bald man that dominates this cover (thanks to the dynamic Jack Kirby layout) as Pluto. It was Pluto's 5th THOR appearance but only the second time he appeared on the cover.



Even though Thor is not on the Steranko cover, he appears (along with a lot of other top tier guest stars) in this Jim Steranko/Tom Palmer drawn comic.

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

IN YOUR LCS TODAY

 


IMMORTAL THOR #7 $4.99
(W) Al Ewing (A) Martin Coccolo (CA) Alex Ross
THE TRIALS OF UTGARD!
Young Thor faced the tricks of the Utgard-Loki, with all that lived at stake - in a tale twice-told and now told again. Yet the teller was the Skald of Realms, in their aspect as Thor's enemy. And thus, the tale could twist upon itself - and if Thor faltered, it could make a new end. This is the story of the IMMORTAL THOR...and the story may yet destroy us all.



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