IN YOUR LCS 6 YEARS AGO TODAY

MIGHTY THOR #705 $3.99

(W) Jason Aaron (A/CA) Russell Dauterman

   Thor battles the unstoppable Mangog, with the fate of all Asgardia hanging in the balance. Is Thor willing to pay the ultimate price in order to save the gods? The tragic and heroic story of Jane Foster finally reaches its heart-rending zenith. You knew it was coming. The Death of Thor is here at last. And, of course, Thor Odinson is there for it.

Artgerm variant

Jee Hyung variant

Esad Ribic variant

DOCTOR STRANGE DAMNATION #3 $3.99

(W) Donny Cates, Nick Spencer (A) Szymon Kudranski (CA) Rod Reis

   Wong's makeshift Midnight Sons (Iron Fist! Blade! Moon Knight! The Scarlet Spider?!) stand against a whole platoon of Ghost Riders and a Demon Lady Thor.

INCREDIBLE HULK #714 $3.99

(W) Greg Pak (A) Carlo Barberi (CA) Mike Deodato

    WORLD WAR HULK II BEGINS! Following his apocalyptic adventure on Planet Hulk, Amadeus Cho returns to Earth - but the raging monster inside of him has been unchained, leading to dire consequences for anybody who crosses the Formerly Awesome Hulk's path! The still hammerless Thor Odinson appears on the first 2 pages.

THANOS #17 $3.99

(W) Donny Cates (A/CA) Geoff Shaw

   THE SURFER STRIKES! Thanos and his future self take on the most powerful opposition to his reign left in the universe -  Norrin Radd.   Can even two Thanoses crack his Cosmic Shell? Even though no Thors appear in this issue, Mjolner co-stars.

IN YOUR LCS 45 YEARS AGO TODAY

What an historic confrontation.

The cover and story art by Herb Trimpe and Dan Green.

Doug Moench provided the words.

IN YOUR LCS 50 YEARS AGO TODAY

Thor's 7th appearance of 1974. (252nd of all time)

Cover art by John Romita and Frank Giacoia.

Story art by John Buscema and Dave Cockrum.

Thor appears on the first 5 pages until the Star Stalker (2nd appearance) smacks Thor so hard that he doesn't appear for the next 3 pages. Thor appears on 12 of the 18 pages.

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Mar/Apr 1970

Thor's 145th appearance.

He doesn't appear until page 11 of the John Buscema/Tom Palmer drawn 20 page story (written by Roy Thomas).  Even though Thor only appears in 7 panels he IS crucial to the story.

IN YOUR LCS 3 YEARS AGO TODAY

 

THOR #13

(W) Donny Cates (A) Nic Klein (CA) Olivier Coipel
"PREY" PART FIVE OF SIX!
A vengeful Donald Blake, Thor's enchanted ax, Jarnbjorn, and the World Tree - not a good combination! With Thor still nowhere to be found, Blake is about to finish what he started: the end of Asgard! Meanwhile, Valkyrie manages to track down the long-absent Odin, but he is not the same All-Father he once was. Can Odin rise to the occasion and help save his son and Asgard? And who will help Lady Sif and the others in Dimension Blood? Surprises abound as the gods face the fight of their eternal lives in the penultimate chapter of "Prey"!

Nic Klein variant

Michael Cho two-tone variant 

CAPTAIN AMERICA ANNIVERSARY TRIBUTE #1 $6.99 

(W) Joe Simon & Various (A) Various (CA) Steve McNiven

     Captain America celebrates 80 years of battling tyranny this month by having Marvel's best artists redraw and modernize Captain America's origin and the debut of the Red Skull from CAPTAIN AMERICA COMICS #1 as well as Cap's return in the Marvel Age from AVENGERS #4! The legendary stories that changed the course of comic book history are presented in an all-new way!

MARVEL #6 $4.99 

(W) Alex Ross, More (A) More, Alex Ross (CA) Alex Ross

    Doctor Strange's battle with Nightmare concludes in spectacular fashion as illustrated by Alex Ross and Mitch O'Connell! Nick Fury battles a conspiracy to destroy S.H.I.E.L.D. courtesy of Greg Smallwood, and the Silver Surfer returns to a dead Earth thanks to Lee Bermejo! THOR ONLY APPEARS ON THE COVER!

BLACK KNIGHT CURSE EBONY BLADE #1 $3.99

(W) Simon Spurrier (A) Sergio Davila (CA) Iban Coello

     Dane Whitman is the BLACK KNIGHT and wielder of the magical EBONY BLADE, but the blade's power comes at a terrible price. Dane forever bears the burden of its curse: an insatiable lust for blood and mayhem that constantly threatens to swallow its owner in darkness. Must that be Dane's fate? Following the battle against the KING IN BLACK, a reinvigorated Dane has a greater sense of purpose than ever before. But his sword is the key to a new enemy's evil plan and only the Black Knight can prevent the coming death and destruction. This conflict spanning mythical Camelot to modern-day NYC will test Dane like never before and challenge everything he believes about himself, the Ebony Blade, and the entire history of the Black Knight! Guest starring the AVENGERS!

IN YOUR LCS 2 YEARS AGO TODAY

AVENGERS #54 $3.99

(W) Jason Aaron (A) Juan Frigeri (CA) Garron, Javier
Doctor Doom and his Multiversal Masters of Evil have come hunting Deathloks. And now there's only one Deathlok left, trapped inside the rubble of a besieged Avengers Mountain. Just in time for a new group of Avengers to rise from the ruins, with new members and at least one Avenger having been wildly transformed. And just who is the cosmic general who commands the Deathloks, the mysterious Avenger Prime?

THE MARVELS #9 $3.99

(W) Kurt Busiek (A) Yildiray Cinar (CA) Alex Ross
Years ago, the war in Siancong ended, in a shattering, emotionally wrenching disaster few remember. And today, all the secrets buried from then have come alive to menace the present. What drew the Marvels to Siancong? What drove them out? And what was behind it all? The Avengers, Lady Lotus and more star in the earth-shaking climax of a conflict that never truly died - one that sends the present-day story barreling toward its fateful climax.

IN YOUR LCS 1 YEAR AGO TODAY

 AVENGERS FOREVER #15 $3.99

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

AVENGERS ASSEMBLE: PART 9 - THE PENULTIMATE CHAPTER! The greatest battle in the history of the Multiverse is raging, featuring Avengers from throughout time and space, countless different versions of Captain America and Iron Man and the God of Thunder. Yet somehow, it all comes down to one Starbrand and one Ghost Rider, who unfortunately are the only Avengers whose powers don't seem to be working.

HAINSWORTH CONNECTING WRAPAROUND VARIANT

PAST FUTURE AVENGERS ASSEMBLE CONNECTING STEFANO CASELLI VARIANT

AVENGERS WAR ACROSS TIME #3 $3.99
(W) Paul Levitz (A/CA) Alan Davis

The king of the dwarfs has Mjolnir, the Lava Men are ready to erupt, and while the Avengers are all that stand between Earth and a fiery doom, Kang is picking the perfect moment to strike again.

STEFANO CASELLI VARIANT