ON THE SPINNER RACKS Aug/Sep 1966

 EGO'S FIRST COVER APPEARANCE 

Ego wouldn't appear on another cover for 28 months. Like this one it would also be a Kirby/Colletta THOR cover.

Plus: a Kirby triptych!

IN YOUR LCS TODAY

 

AVENGERS #17 $3.99

(W) Jed MacKay (A) Valerio Schiti (CA) Joshua Cassara

STORM JOINS THE AVENGERS!

In the aftermath of Blood Hunt and Fall of the House of X, where does that leave the Avengers? The team's roster won't be the only thing shaken up when a deadly threat sets its vengeful sights on Earth!

     CORY SMITH COCA-COLA Variant

     J SCOTT CAMPBELL DISCO DAZZLER Variant

IN YOUR LCS 10 YEARS AGO TODAY

ORIGINAL SIN #5.3 $3.99

(W) Jason Aaron, Al Ewing (A) Simone Bianchi, Lee Garbett (CA) Simone Bianchi

   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! Can Loki be trusted? And will brother and sister murder each other before the truth comes out?

IN YOUR LCS 4 YEARS AGO TODAY

RAGNAROK BREAKING OF HELHEIM #6  $4.99

IDW PUBLISHING

(W/A/CA) Walter Simonson

Thor races to reach the rim of the dead lands and escape the lethal vengeance of Hel, pursued by the beasts of Helheim and the numberless dead. With his destruction almost upon him, the God of Thunder gathers the fate of all of Helheim into his gauntleted hands as Mjolnir, the greatest weapon of the gods, speaks in a voice of thunder across the Dusklands.

EMPYRE #4 $4.99 

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

   As the attack on Wakanda intensifies, the heroes find themselves under attack from their enemies - and their allies!  In a war where nobody can be fully trusted, betrayal cuts deep - as the alien invasion claims its first casualty! In this issue: The shock ending you never expected! 

CHRISTOPHER 2-PACK ACTION FIGURE VARIANT

  GARBETT VARIANT

EMPYRE HANDBOOK #1

(W/A) Various (CA) Ron Lim

Multiple races across the universe are pulled into a major conflict when EMPYRE hits! The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe helps keep the participants straight with updates of the major players in this star-spanning war: The Avengers! The Fantastic Four! Captain Marvel (Danvers)! The Skrulls! The Kree! Hulkling! Plus: All-new profiles of Kree members Bel-Dann, Captain Glory (Gla-Ree) and Tanalth, Skrull member Raksor, and the Cotati Swordsman! Also featuring the mysterious, never-before profiled Blue Area of Earth's Moon!

THOR #3 3RD PTG KLEIN VAR $3.99

THOR #4 2ND PTG KLEIN VARIANT $3.99

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Aug/Sep 1964

For the first time a villain from another title appears on the cover (and inside) of JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY!

Magneto had already appeared in 4 issues of  X-MEN.

Those appearances, like this one, were drawn by Jack Kirby.

Thor's 43rd appearance

Don Blake's 32nd.

Jane Foster's 27th.

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Aug/Sep/Oct 1966

From June 1962 until July 1966 there were 73 Marvel comics published with Thor on the cover. They were all the work of Jack Kirby

John Romita Senior broke Kirby's streak with this cover. (inks by Mike Esposito)

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Aug/Sep 1962

Thor's 3rd appearance.

Loki appears on a cover for the first time and debuts in the 13 page Lee/Kirby story.

Don Blake appears for the 3rd time. 

Nurse Foster's appears for the 2nd time.

Plus Heimdall and Balder appear for the 1st time as does Asgard and the Bifrost Bridge!!!