Thursday, April 4, 2024

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Apr/May 1964

Counting the first 5 issues of the AVENGERS, this was Thor's 28th appearance. 

The 18 page lead story had a guest appearance by the Avengers in their sparse headquarters.

The 6th Tales Of Asgard back-up was a 5-pager spotlighting Heimdall. It was his 7th appearance.

Wednesday, April 3, 2024

IN YOUR LCS TODAY


AVENGERS #12 $3.99
(W) Jed MacKay (A) Francesco Mortarino (CA) Stuart Immonen
The FALL OF X comes for Earth's Mightiest heroes! The Avengers have hung in space over the Earth, a sword of Damocles over Orchis, for too long. But knowing they had only one chance to strike, they waited while Iron Man prepared. Now, on his signal, it is time, and the Avengers only know one way to strike: hard!
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IMMORTAL THOR #9 $4.99
(W) Al Ewing (A) Ibraim Roberson (CA) Alex Ross
THE ENCHANTRESS OF WORLDS! The Son of Odin came to the citadel of Roxxon - to make war for the sake of the Earth herself. But his enemies were waiting to steal from him the one thing that was Thor's alone...and they had crafted the foulest of weapons to do it. This is the story of THE IMMORTAL THOR...and of the trap he could not escape.

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Apr/May 1963

Thor's 11th appearance in JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY introduced Radioactive Man, a Stan Lee-Robert Bernstein-Jack Kirby creation (Dick Ayers embellished the 13 page story and the Kirby cover)

Radioactive Man would appear in 4 issues of the AVENGERS over the next 6 years.

Monday, April 1, 2024

IN YOUR LCS 9 YEARS AGO TODAY


AVENGERS ULTRON FOREVER #1 $4.99   
(W) Al Ewing (A/CA) Alan Davis, Mark Farmer
PART 1 OF 3 - 
   500 years into the future, Ultron has won. Humanity is all but extinct - dead or enslaved by the Ultron Singularity.  Now, seven Avengers are brought through time by Doctor Doom to battle the machine god for the fate of the cosmos or die trying! Thor is 2 of the 7 Avengers!
MIKE MCKONE VARIANT COVER
SKOTTIE YOUNG VARIANT COVER


 
AVENGERS MILLENNIUM #1 $3.99
(W) Mike Costa (A) Carmine DiGiandomenico (CA) Leinil Francis Yu
   At a secret Hydra installation hidden away in rural Japan, the Avengers discover a time-portal that sends them on an adventure that spans millennia. 
     THOR APPEARS ONLY ON THE COVER!

Sunday, March 31, 2024

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Mar/Apr 1969

 PLUTO'S BACK!
Pluto's 6th appearance but only the 3rd time he made the cover (all drawn by Jack Kirby and Vince Colletta)
Thor's 4th 1969 appearance, 125th of all time.
Sif's 3rd 1969 appearance, 26th of all time.

Saturday, March 30, 2024

IN YOUR LCS 8 YEARS AGO TODAY

from IDW
RAGNAROK #8
script, art and cover by Walter Simonson
With his dead child behind him, and a thousand burning demons before, the Black Elf assassin, Regn, fights furiously alongside Thor, so that after the battle, he and he alone can kill the God of Thunder.
Mike Mignola subscription variant

from MARVEL

CAPTAIN AMERICA SAM WILSON #7 $5.99
(W) Nick Spencer (A) Daniel Acuña (CA) Alex Ross
  Since World War II, Steve Rogers has wielded his shield against unspeakable odds. When he fell, Bucky Barnes picked it up. When it was time to rest, he handed it to Sam Wilson. But now Steve will be asked to wield it one last time, against a foe so deadly it could very well be his final stand. Thor Odinson appears on one page as an example of a hero that "inspired" Steve Rogers.

Friday, March 29, 2024

IN YOUR LCS 1 YEAR AGO TODAY

 
AVENGERS BEYOND #1 $3.99
(W) Derek Landy (A/CA) Greg Land
Someone has been manipulating the Avengers for the past several months, altering the very fabric of reality in an attempt to prepare the planet for a threat that could destroy everything. Here, now, this unseen individual is to be dragged, kicking and screaming, from the shadows and into the light - and is revealed as the Beyonder! Something big is coming to the Marvel Universe...
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THOR #32 $3.99
(W) Donny Cates (A) Juan Gedeon (CA) Nic Klein
THOR VS. DOCTOR DOOM! It's THOR against DOOM in a battle of wits, morals and, of course-might! Doom's latest plot lies deep in Asgard's history. And nothing, not even time itself, will stop him from getting what he wants-except maybe for Thor, who must pursue him to protect reality itself!
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