IN YOUR LCS 9 YEARS AGO TODAY

AVENGERS VS #1 $5.99

(W) Joe Caramagna (A) Andrea Di Vito & Various (CA) Tom Raney
   It's the Avengers versus some of their all-time greatest foes! Powerful Asgardian artifacts are on Earth...but can the Avengers recover them before Loki?  Contains four short stories featuring the  Red Skull, Attuma, Loki, MODOK, and more! Thor Odinson appears in 3 out of 4 stories and on 2 out of 4 covers (art by Ron Lim and Michael Ryan)

Ron Lim variamt 

  Michael Ryan variant

HULK #16 $4.99 

 (W) Gerry Duggan (A) Mark Bagley, Rhoald Marcellius (CA) Mark Bagley

   The HULK confrontation you've been waiting for: DOC GREEN VS JEN WALTERS  What is Doc Green's startling confession???  Lady Thor appears on five pages and Thor Odinson appears in a double-page spread of dead heroes.

SECRET WARS #1 $4.99 
(W) Jonathan Hickman (A) Esad Ribic (CA) Alex Ross

THE FINAL INCURSION!  THE MARVEL UNIVERSE IS COLLIDING WITH THE ULTIMATE UNIVERSE! NEITHER WILL SURVIVE! Lady Thor appears but not Thor Odinson. (unless you count his appearance on the Cheung variant cover)

Variant cover by Chip Zdarsky

Variant cover by Esad Ribic

Variant cover by Cheung

UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL #5 $3.99
(W) Ryan North (A/CA) Erica Henderson
    These TAILS of the Squirrel Girl will show you the Marvel Universe's most powerful super hero from a bunch of brand-new perspectives. Lady Thor flies by on one page.

ON THE SPINNER RACKS May/June 1970

John Buscema became the second artist to draw more six Marvel Thor covers. Jack Kirby was the first. 

The 19 pages of story art was also by Buscema.

Thor's 6th appearance of 1970. His 146th of all time.

Sif's 4th appearance of 1970. Her 34th of all time.

IN YOUR LCS TODAY

BLOOD HUNT #1 $5.99

(W) Jed MacKay (A/CA) Pepe Larraz

The skies have gone dark. The vampires have risen from the hidden places as one to drown the world in blood. Final night has fallen. Can the heroes of this doomed world stem the tide of blood to come? Join the AVENGERS, BLADE, BLOODLINE, SPIDER-MAN, HUNTER'S MOON, TIGRA, DOCTOR STRANGE and CLEA as the dance of death begins! 

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BLOOD HUNT RED BAND #1 $6.99

(W) Jed MacKay (A/CA) Pepe Larraz

EXPANDED AND UNEXPURGATED - AND POLYBAGGED FOR YOUR PROTECTION - THE RED BAND EDITION OF BLOOD HUNT #1 CONTAINS ADDITIONAL PAGES OF UNEXPURGATED MATERIAL THAT ARE TOO EXPLICIT FOR THE REGULAR EDITION!

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IMMORTAL THOR #10 $4.99

(W) Al Ewing (A) Martin Coccolo (CA) Alex Ross

THOR MUST DIE!

The son of Odin faced three of his greatest foes in battle - with the fog of magic closing around him. Yet even if he won, he lost...for Thor fought not for his life - but for his death. This is the story of the Minotaur's final triumph.

    GREG CAPULLO VARIANT

    PAULO SIQUEIRA BLACK COSTUME VARIANT

IN YOUR LCS 7 YEARS AGO TODAY

MIGHTY THOR #18 $3.99

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

   The gods of the Shi'ar call down their ultimate judgment on the Asgardians. And where the Phoenix goes, lately so does the X-Men's favorite troublemaker, Quentin Quire! Has the rebel-without-a-cause finally found one, or will he just let the world(s) burn?

IN YOUR LCS 48 YEARS AGO TODAY

Kirby's penultimate Odin cover (Joe Sinnott inks)
Story art by John Buscema and Tony DeZuniga.

Not a good jumping-on point issue - a dense chapter of a continued story with a cliff-hanger ending...

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.

NICK BRADSHAW CONNECTING VARIANT

SERGIO DAVILA VAMPIRE VARIANT

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