ON THE SPINNER RACKS May/June 1969

Thor is guilty of the "most forbidden malady of all!"

Words by Stan Lee

Art by Jack Kirby and Vince Colletta

Thor's 6th appearance of 1969. His 127th of all time.

Adam (Him) Warlock's 2nd consecutive THOR appearance.

His 3rd appearance of all time (not counting when he was a cocoon.)

Plus Sif's 5th appearance of 1969. Her 29th of all time.

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.

ON THE SPINNER RACKS May/June 1968

 

What this busy Kirby/Colletta cover promises, the 20 page story delivers. 

Mangog's 1st appearance!!! 

It's epic entrance was the only other full-pager besides the splash.

Thor's 8th appearance of 1968. His 112th of all time.

Loki's 5th appearance of 1968. His 39th of all time.

Sif's 5th appearance of 1968. Her 19th of all time.

Karnilla's 9th appearance.

Hela's 4th appearance

ON THE SPINNER RACKS May/June 1963

Thor's 5th appearance of 1963. His 12th of all time.

So far Thor had only appeared in JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY.

It was the 3rd Thor/Loki cover of 1963. The 5th of all time. 

All 5 were penciled by Jack Kirby.

 This was the 4th to be embellished by Dick Ayers

    This is a Big Event story packed into 80 panels divided among a mere 12 pages (not counting the above splash). Joe Sinnott is tasked with drawing many landmarks including the U.N. Building, the Empire State Building, the Golden Gate Bridge, the Sphinx and the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

    FUN FACT: This was the first issue since JIM #83 not to have Jane Foster in it.

IN YOUR LCS 6 YEARS AGO TODAY

 AVENGERS #1 $4.99 

(W) Jason Aaron (A/CA) Ed McGuinness

    Thor Odinson. Steve Rogers. Tony Stark. The Big Three of the Avengers are reunited at last! And just in time to save the world from total annihilation at the hands of their most powerful enemies yet: the 2000-foot-tall space gods known as Celestials. Behold the coming of the Final Host. Who will answer the call to assemble? And what world-shaking connection exists between the Final Host and Odin's ancient band of Prehistoric Avengers?

Arron Kuder Young Guns variant

Esad Ribc variant

Greg Land Party variant

Premiere variant

HUNT FOR WOLVERINE WEAPON LOST #1 $3.99 
    Note: Thor does not appear inside but he does appear on this Todd Nauck Where's Wolverine Variant cover

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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! 

     25 COPY INCV KAEL NGU VAR

     LEINIL YU WRAPAROUND VAR

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!

                   25 COPY INCV YU BLOODY HOMAGE VARIANT

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