Thursday, June 27, 2024

IN YOUR LCS 35 YEARS AGO TODAY

Hate it or love it, this is an historic issue...
Not just because Thor shaves. Also Asgard drifts further into the Negative Zone, and the Eric Masterson Era of Thor truly begins.
Cover and lead story by Ron Frenz & Joe Sinnott

 


If you don't like the lead story there is always the back-up.

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

IN YOUR LCS 10 YEARS AGO TODAY

UNCANNY AVENGERS #21 $3.99
(W) Rick Remender (A/CA) Daniel Acuña
   The conclusion to an epic two years in the making! In our darkest hour The Avengers Unity Squad unite entirely and the fate of the seven futures decided! Thor appears for the big finale and on the cover!


FANTASTIC FOUR #6 $3.99
(W) James Robinson (A/CA) Leonard Kirk
   They were the best of friends since that fateful trip into the cosmic unknown. The day the Fantastic Four were born, they became a family. Cosmic explorers - forever united. Johnny Storm became the high-flying, hot-headed Human Torch. Ben Grimm, the hideous monster known as The Thing. Super-Scientist Reed Richards has tried time and again to reverse Grimm's condition. Each and every time was met with failure. But there was a time when he possessed a device that held the key to permanently curing The Thing - until Johnny inadvertently destroyed it! Reed has kept Johnny's secret for as long as he could - but now it's about to get out! What will Ben do when he discovers that one of his closest friends and steadfast ally condemned him to a life sentence as a monster? A silent Thor appears with other Avengers during a four page sequence.

NEW WARRIORS #6 $3.99
(W) Christopher Yost (A) Nick Roche (CA) Ramon K. Perez
  The All-New New Warriors announce their arrival to the rest of the world, which doesn't make anyone happy.  The Avengers vs. the New Warriors!  Thor pretty much dominates this issue. 

ORIGINAL SINS #2 $3.99
(W) Ryan North & Various (A) Mark Bagley (CA) Mark Brooks
    Thor makes a one page cameo for the retelling of the exploding  Truth Bomb incident!



Monday, June 24, 2024

IN YOUR LCS 15 YEARS AGO TODAY

THOR has had at least 3 golden eras - Lee/Kirby, Walt Simonson and Straczynski/Djurdjevic. 
THOR #602 was Straczynski/Djurdjevic's 5th collaboration. Here is masterful Marko Djurdjevic's great cover painting minus any word salad  distractions. 

Friday, June 14, 2024

IN YOUR LCS 7 YEARS AGO TODAY

ZOMBIES ASSEMBLE #3 $4.99
(W) Yusaku Komiyama, Jim Zub (A) Yusaku Komiyama (CA) Kiichi Mizushima
The outbreak is spreading, and two of Earth's Mightiest Heroes have been infected! Captain America, Hawkeye and Iron Man venture out into the zombie-filled streets to stem the tide, while Bruce Banner and Dr. Amano race to find a cure - and one of them will make a shocking sacrifice to test its effectiveness! Will another Avenger succumb to the virus? Where did the outbreak originate? The thrills continue as the original manga is adapted into English for the first time!
Land variant cover

Wednesday, June 12, 2024

THE PERFECT THOR COMIC TO GIVE SOMEONE WHO HAS NEVER READ A THOR COMIC

THOR GOD OF THUNDER #18 features a self-contained story that you don't have to have any prior knowledge of Thor or Marvel Universe History to appreciate. It takes place over one week's time in 894 in a Viking village and Asgard. The cover is by Esad Ribic. 




The  impressive interior art is by Das Pastoras.

Tuesday, June 4, 2024

IN YOUR LCS 10 YEARS AGO TODAY

LOKI AGENT OF ASGARD #5 $2.99
(W) Al Ewing (A) Lee Garbett (CA) Jenny Frison
    Loki's crew (which includes Thor) comes together to crack the deepest dungeons of Asgardia itself! It's the ultimate caper - but is there one plot twist too many for even the God of Trickery to handle?

ORIGINAL SIN #3 $3.99 
(W) Jason Aaron (A) Mike Deodato (CA) Julian Totino Tedesco
    He Who Holds the Eye is still on the run, and now we meet his boss, the villainous mastermind behind the raid on the Watcher's lair. And in deep space, the Winter Soldier leads a team that uncovers the most bizarre murder of all. Thor appears just long enough to make a continuity-altering exclamation!

Monday, May 6, 2024

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.