ON THE SPINNER RACKS Jul/Aug 1966

THOR ANNUAL #2 was in the shops with 30 pages of new Kirby art.

It featured the third appearance of this easily reusable Lee/Kirby-conceived Thor opponent. The Destroyer is a more dramatic foe than a robot because it has to be animated by the lifeforce of  a living being..

Plus: In THOR #132, Thor encountered two iconic science fiction threats - 

a cosmic toll booth

and planet stealing aliens.

IN YOUR LCS 1 YEAR AGO TODAY

 
THOR ANNUAL #1 $4.99

(W) Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly (A) Ibraim Roberson (CA) Adam Kubert
Enter...MYTHOS! When M.O.D.O.K. - fueled by revenge and a refusal to ever again be someone else's pawn - seizes control of all of the Ten Realms but Asgard, Thor the All-Father must step in and regain control of the Ten Realms and the World Tree. But M.O.D.O.K.'s new, cosmic power proves to be a greater threat than Thor could imagine, and he'll need the inspiration of some beloved friends from Midgard to reclaim his realms and his awesome power.

GEORGE PEREZ VARIANT

DAVID MARQUEZ HELLFIRE GALA VARIANT 

IN YOUR LCS 6 YEARS AGO TODAY

AVENGERS #4 $3.99

(W) Jason Aaron (A) Ed McGuinness, Paco Medina (CA) Ed McGuinness
    How do the Avengers possibly defeat a crew of 2,000-foot-tall, nearly omnipotent Dark Celestials bent on annihilating the human race? While Thor and Hulk search for answers deep within the bowels of Old Asgard, we learn more about the untold history of Odin and his Prehistoric Avengers!

DEADPOOL #2 $3.99

(W) Skottie Young (A/CA) Nic Klein

   A strange and powerful being from outer space is coming to destroy Earth - but WHY? WHO CARES?! Deadpool is totally going to merc it dead! A silent Thor appears in 2 panels.

ASTONISHING X-MEN #13 $3.99 

(W) Matthew Rosenberg (A) Greg Land, Oscar Bazaldua (CA) Greg Land
   The Reavers are back, and they have a new weapon that only Havok knows about. It's going to take a ragtag group of X-Men to save a world that hates and fears them! But after his villainous turn, can any of the X-Men really trust him? Can he blame them? Havok! Beast! Dazzler! Warpath! Colossus! A silent Thor Odinson appears in 2 panels.

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Aug/Sep 1965

 The 70th appearance of Thor
The 4th appearance of the Absorbing Man
(and his 4th cover appearance)

The Kirby/Colletta cover delivers what it promises. 13 of the 16 pages of the lead story depict Absorbing Man/Thor battle action.

Plus Loki makes his 26th appearance.

 

 

This solid issue concludes with the 22nd 5 page installment of the always-welcome TALES OF ASGARD backup.

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Jul/Aug 1962

 

Jane Foster appears on a cover for the first time

She also debuts in the 13 page story inside.

It was Thor's 2nd appearance.

Cover and story art by Kirby. 

Joe Sinnott inked the cover.

Dick Ayers embellished the story art.

Stan Lee supplied the words.

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Jul/Aug 1963

     Not only was Thor and Loki in both of these comics but so was Jane Foster.

     Both covers were by Jack Kirby (with intricate Dick Ayers embellishing on the AVENGERS cover). Kirby also did the story art. 
      The JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY Thor story was drawn by Joe Sinnott.     

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Jul/Aug 1967

The second part of the Enchanters trilogy.

After this rather stark synopsis page was an issue even more exciting then the previous one. 

Thor's 9th appearance of 1967. His 97th of all time.

Odin's 6th appearance of 1967. His 48th of all time.

Balder's 3rd appearance of 1967. His 23rd of all time.

Sif's 6th appearance of 1967. Her 9th of all time.

It was the second Thor comic that I ever read. Lee and Kirby could be sure that I wouldn't miss the final episode of this epic!!