IN YOUR LCS 6 YEARS AGO TODAY

AVENGERS #6 $3.99 

(W) Jason Aaron (A/CA) Ed McGuinness

    The final battle against the Dark Celestials. A battle unlike any the Avengers have ever experienced. A battle a million years in the making. The new team of heavy hitters assembles at last. But will the young, inexperienced Ghost Rider prove to be the most important member of all?

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MARVEL HEROES THOR GEEKI TIKI GLASS $19.99 

   From Beeline Creative This Geeki Tiki stands approximately 7-inches tall and is made of durable ceramic that is top-shelf dishwasher safe and microwaveable. This Thor Geeki Tiki mug holds up to 15 ounces of your favorite beverage. 

IN YOUR LCS TODAY

GIANT-SIZE THOR #1 $6.99

(W) Al Ewing (C) Brian Hitch

Thor All-Father and Hercules, God of Heroes, had joined forces many times, as fast friends and fierce rivals...but never before like this. For in the farthest reaches of space, the Deific Duo faced the greatest and most terrifying war machine ever created...and it bore the Thunderer's face. 

ALSO: Reprinting Bob Harras and Jackson Guice's THOR #365 - a Thor and Hercules tale told by the only real authority on such things: Hercules himself!

       DAVE BARDIN DEADLY FOES Variant

WALT SIMONSON Variant

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Aug/Sep 1963

The 16th appearances of Thor and Don Blake since their debuts 14 months earlier. 

Jane Foster makes her 14th appearance since her debut 14 months earlier.

Loki's 8th appearance since debuting a year earlier.

The 13 page lead Lee/Kirby story is heavily soap opera-ish

Don Blake's rival Doctor Andrew's debuts.

Thor does not appear in the debut episode of the 5 page Lee/Kirby TALES OF ASGARD back-up serial.

IN YOUR LCS 44 YEARS AGO TODAY

Cover by George Perez and Terry Austin

Not only is Thor on the cover but he also appears on the first 5 pages of the issue.

IN YOUR LCS 3 YEARS AGO TODAY

 KANG THE CONQUEROR #1 $4.99  

(W) Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing (A) Carlos Magno (CA) Natacha Bustos
     Kang the Conqueror has been a pharaoh, a villain, a warlord of the space ways and on rare occasions a hero. Across all timelines, one fact seemed absolute: Time means nothing to Kang. The truth is more complex. Kang is caught in an endless cycle of creation and destruction dictated by time and previously unseen by any but the Conqueror. A cycle that could finally explain the enigma that is Kang. And a cycle that begins and ends with an old and broken Kang sending his younger self down a dark path...

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IN YOUR LCS 42 YEARS AGO TODAY

 

This Bob Layton/Joe Rubenstein cover delivers what it promises, an epic 37 page self-contained story (plotted by Alan Zeletz and Mark Gruenwald.)

Not only do these 6 sun gods from 6 different pantheons appear so does Hela and 6 death gods from 6 different pantheons

Plus there is a 2 page map of Asgard and an informative text page by Marvel scholar Peter B. Gillis titled A GAZETTEER OF ASGARD AND ENVIRONS.

IN YOUR LCS 41 YEARS AGO TODAY

Behind this unassuming Bob Layon cover is 40 pages of tales of Thor's early life written by Alan Zeletz, with pencils by Bob Hall and inks by Vince Colletta

And, of course, Loki plays a large role in this enjoyable, self-contained, Norn-narrated tale.