Tuesday, September 3, 2024

IN YOUR LCS 10 YEARS AGO TODAY

ORIGINAL SIN #8 $4.99
(W) Jason Aaron (A) Mike Deodato (CA) Julian Totino Tedesco
   Not only is Thor on the cover. He's also on two panels inside.


CAPTAIN AMERICA #24 $3.99
(W) Rick Remender (A/CA) Carlos Pacheco
    Zola unleashes the hyper-mutates on New York! Jet Black and Falcon vs Zola to the death! The Red Skull's long game revealed! If you look carefully you can find Thor in one panel.

Monday, September 2, 2024

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Sep/Oct 1966

The High Evolutionary made his first appearance
Galactus made his first non-FANTASTIC FOUR appearance.
Art by Jack Kirby and Vince Colletta

Sunday, September 1, 2024

ON THE SPINNER RACKS SEP/OCT 1967

 


As with many issues the story begins with a dynamic Kirby splash and a necessary Lee recap.

The only other Kirby and Colletta splash treats us to the full Circus of Crime and naïve Thor.

PLUS: Jane Foster was in the circus crowd and would make a one panel cameo. It was her 50th appearance. Her previous appearance was in THOR #136.

The 16 page story ends with a cliffhanger and a "Next - the wrath of Odin"

Thor does not appear in the debut episode of the 5 page Lee/Kirby TALES OF ASGARD replacement.

Saturday, August 31, 2024

LEE/KIRBY/COLLETTA INTRODUCE FIVE MORE GODS

JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #119's Tales of Asgard introduces crew members Hogun, Volstag, Fandral, Kroda and Magrat.
On the Spinner Racks June/July 1965.

Friday, August 30, 2024

IN YOUR LCS 7 YEARS AGO TODAY

SECRET EMPIRE #10 $4.99 
(W) Nick Spencer (A) Steve McNiven (CA) Mark Brooks
      Can there be any redemption for Captain America as the SECRET EMPIRE starts to crumble? Both Thor Odinson and Lady Thor appear.


JS CAMPBELL VARIANT

 SORRENTINO HYDRA HEROES VARIANT


THANOS #10 $3.99 
(W) Jeff Lemire (A) German Peralta (CA) Mike Deodato
   Earth's Mightiest Hero! Leader of the Avengers!  Champion of all that is good...THANOS?! Lady Thor appears in a few panels.

Thursday, August 29, 2024

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Aug/Sep 1959

Plenty of differences between this Thor and the Marvel one. Possibly the most interesting was having thunderstorms trigger the mortal-to-Thor transformation. The cover is the work of Curt Swan and Stan Kaye.

Wednesday, August 28, 2024

IN YOUR LCS TODAY


MARVEL 85TH ANN SPECIAL $7.99 
(W) Ryan North, Various (A) Carlo Pagulayan, Various (CA) Kaare Andrews
      CELEBRATE MARVEL'S 50,000TH COMIC-BOOK!
In the year 50,000, the heroes of the Marvel Age are the stuff of legend, half remembered but still celebrated! Come with us now on a tour of the greatest museum in all the cosmos, in which the few surviving relics of those bygone days have been assembled. Each piece tells a unique story - about the Contest of Champions and how it wrought an end to the Age of Heroes!
 Marvel's greatest storytellers gather to commemorate the whole of Marvel history in a once-in-a-lifetime celebration!
LUCIANO VECCHIO WRAPAROUND Variant