Saturday, August 10, 2024

IN YOUR LCS 2 YEARS AGO TODAY

AXE JUDGMENT DAY #2 (OF 6) $4.99
(W) Kieron Gillen (A) Guiu Villanova (CA) Kaare Andrews
...THE WICKED WILL BE PUT TO DEATH!
As the world shakes, an unlikely group of heroes and less-than-heroes gather to find a peaceful solution. Sadly, the best laid plans of man, mutant and Eternal oft go awry...

50 COPY INCENTIVE ANDREWS VARIANT


JANE FOSTER MIGHTY THOR #3 (OF 5) $3.99
(W) Torunn Gronbekk (A) Michael Dowling (CA) Peach Momoko
JANE VS. S'YM OF LIMBO FOR THE FATE OF ASGARD!
The battle against the Dark Elves and their allies rages on in Asgard, and the warriors of the Golden City are losing - badly. RĂșna the Valkyrie has managed to stave off total defeat, but Asgard desperately needs Thor. Can Jane find clues to the Thunder God's whereabouts in Limbo - or will she lose herself to S'ym's dark magics?

MOMOKO VARIANT

Friday, August 9, 2024

IN YOUR LCS 7 YEARS AGO TODAY

ZOMBIES ASSEMBLE 2 #1 $4.99 
(W) Yusaku Komiyama, Jim Zub (A) Yusaku Komiyama (CA) Kiichi Mizushima
   Caught in a massive explosion, Captain America, Hawkeye and Iron Man wake up in the midst of a city overrun by zombies. Miraculously, they haven't been turned, and they find themselves face-to-face with a mysterious scientist who claims to have a cure for the virus. But who is he really, and does he actually possess the antivirus that Bruce Banner has been struggling to create? More importantly: Is the Hulk immune to the zombie plague?

SAMNEE VARIANT COVER

Thursday, August 8, 2024

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!

Wednesday, August 7, 2024

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

Tuesday, August 6, 2024

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?

Monday, August 5, 2024

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

Sunday, August 4, 2024

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.