"In the '60s and the early '70s, I read a lot of SF, so I'm fairly well-versed in that material. And I had an interest in fantasy starting with the Lord of the Rings, I read a lot of fantasy in the '70s. Classic stuff: Lord Dunsany, E.R. Eddison, Mervyn Peake. Later work by Michael Moorcock. Besides Tolkien, Ballantine published about 60 or 70 volumes of an Adult Fantasy series, and I read that entire series. So I have a real interest in what Tolkien called secondary world creation, one of the things we do in comics. Because mainstream comics has this large shared universe-even though we all curse continuity under our breaths and sometimes, deservedly so, as far as I'm concerned. I like part of what it bestows-a rich complexity in the material that you can really mine and work. In a way, that helps to create stories worth re-reading because it enlarges them. It depends on the writer of course and the way you use the material, but it's such a fertile field for the imagination, I think it's one of the reasons I've stayed with mainstream comics for a long time."

Walt Simonson quote from his interview in COMIC BOOK ARTIST #10

IN YOUR LCS 42 YEARS AGO TODAY

Thor's 27th appearance of 1982 was of the Thor Completist Only variety.

Thor appears in 4 panels of DAZZLER #21 as one of many superheroes supporting the Dazzler's singing career.

Art by Frank Springer and Vince Colletta,

IN YOUR LCS 1 YEAR AGO TODAY

 
AVENGERS #3 $3.99

(W) Jed MacKay (A) C.F. Villa (CA) Mark Brooks

The first Tribulation Event strikes the Earth! The Avengers fly into action as the Ashen Combine - a collection of the Multiverse's greatest monsters - descends from the Impossible City to follow their respective appetites. Cityslayers all, pursuing the assassination of metropolitan areas for sport!

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AVENGERS BEYOND #5 (OF 5) $3.99

(W) Derek Landy (A/CA) Greg Land

New York has fallen. The Lost One steps over the broken bodies of heroes and villains alike in his search for the Beyonder, who cowers in the shadows without his powers. Outplayed and outmaneuvered, the Avengers have one last chance to snatch desperate victory from the jaws of unimaginable defeat...

IN YOUR LCS 6 YEARS AGO TODAY

VENOM #4 $3.99

(W) Donny Cates (A/CA) Ryan Stegman

   An ancient Klyntar has awakened on Earth, and with it, something has stirred in Eddie Brock's symbiote.  And while Venom would never do anything to hurt Eddie or an innocent person, the ancient symbiote has no such qualms. Thor Odinson has an historic cameo.

Plus THOR #1 was reprinted.

THOR #1 

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THOR #1 

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IN YOUR LCS 11 YEARS AGO TODAY

Writer/artist/mythologist Walt Simonson returns to THOR!!!!!

RAGNAROK #1

 (from IDW PUBLISHING)

 

   Ragnarök...the Twilight of the Gods in Norse mythology...the destruction of the Nine Worlds.  And now, three hundred years later, the birth of vengeance.  

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And from Marvel...  

ORIGINAL SIN #5.2 $3.99 

(W) Jason Aaron, Al Ewing (A) Simone Bianchi (CA) Dale Keown
   Thanks to the events of ORIGINAL SIN, the deepest secret of the Nine Realms is revealed... a Tenth Realm! Thor and Loki embark on a quest to discover this strange new world -- and the sister Thor never knew he had!

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #4 $3.99 

(W) Dan Slott (A/CA) Humberto Ramos
   The radioactive spider that gave Peter Parker his powers bit someone else, too! Thor cameo in 2 panels depicting a key event from ORIGINAL SIN.

DAREDEVIL #6 $3.99

(W) Mark Waid (A) Javier Rodriguez (CA) Chris Samnee
   When Matt learns something about his past that's too terrible to accept he seeks out his mother only to find her in more trouble than he could possibly have imagined. Thor cameo in a double-page spread depicting a key event from ORIGINAL SIN.

ORIGINAL SINS #4 $3.99

(W) Charles Soule & Various (A) Various (CA) Mark Brooks
   The ORIGINAL SIN of DOCTOR DOOM! (Thor appears in an Avenger-crowd-scene cameo)   

IN YOUR LCS 4 YEARS AGO TODAY

EMPYRE #2 $4.99 

(W) Al Ewing, Dan Slott (A) Valerio Schiti (CA) Jim Cheung

    Three Avengers are trapped on the moon as war breaks out on Earth - and an ancient enemy reveals a scheme decades in the making! Meanwhile, the Fantastic Four fight against a creeping horror that might destroy them all - starting with the Thing! Captain Marvel is their last, best hope... But if Carol Danvers survives, what will she become?

IN YOUR LCS 3 YEARS AGO TODAY

THOR ANNUAL #1 $4.99

(W) Aaron Kuder, Jed MacKay (A) Aaron Kuder, Juan Ferreyra (CA) Travis Charest

    Thor and the other leaders of the Ten Realms (and, uh, Hawkeye?) have gathered for a World Tree celebration! But the festivities come to an abrupt halt when a mysterious guest - and his otherworldly powers - crashes the party. And his "plus-one" is a dark, twisted version of Thor who is determined to become the iron-fisted ruler of all the realms!  

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Thor (and Thori's) fifth page entrance.

We don't get treated to the first of two worthy splashes until the tenth page.

This would have been a flawless issue if not for the inclusion of the five page episode of a Thorless story. Part 5 (of 8) of "Infinite Fury"!