Saturday, October 12, 2024

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Oct/Nov 1970

Thor's 16th appearance of the year.

This comic delivers what the cover promises. 19 pages of John Buscema definitively depicting Doom battling Thor for 14 of the 19 pages. 
    The conclusion of a two part story.
    Doesn't introduce any new characters.
    Doesn't have any splash pages. 

Friday, October 11, 2024

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Oct/Nov 1969

What the cover promises 13 of the 20 pages inside delivers. Thor battling the Wrecker, drawn dynamically by Jack Kirby and Bill Everett.  The other 7 pages were devoted to Dr. Blake's contributions to the Civil Rights cause.

Thursday, October 10, 2024

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Oct/Nov 1968

The only new Thor appearance for October 1968 was his 14th for the year. Cover by Jack Kirby & Vince Colletta, also the 20 page story.. 

It was a self-contained issue answering questions that had been avoided since Thor's debut.

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

IN YOUR LCS TODAY

MARVEL ZOMBIES DAWN OF DECAY #2 
(OF 4) $3.99
(W) Thomas Krajewski (A/CA) Jason Muhr
THOR vs. HULK: A ZOMBIE SMACKDOWN FOR THE AGES!
Banner must get to Avengers Tower to make an antidote to the virus, but to get through the infested streets he'll have to travel as Hulk. The big green guy may be invulnerable to nasty bites, but he'd also rather smash the zombies instead of save them! Poor Groot needs to usher the uncontrollable beast through the horde, but his task is only complicated when an undead Thor shows up. If Groot wants to prevent Hulk from killing his fellow Avenger, he'll need to think fast!

     DAVID BALDEON VARIANT

     GOMEZ HOMAGE VARIANT

ULTIMATES #5 $4.99
GEOFF SHAW VARIANT

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Oct/Nov 1967

The only new Thor appearance for October was his 13th for the year. It was the 10th Kirby-drawn Thor appearance of 1967. 

It was the 13th Kirby Thor/Loki cover, the 5th  embellished by Colletta. They also collaborated on the 16 page Thor story. There was a 5 page Kirby/Sinnot back-up featuring who-cares-it-wasn't-Thor.

Thor's 102nd appearance
Loki's 31st

Monday, October 7, 2024

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Oct/Nov 1966

Besides fighting the Man-Beast in the 16 page lead story, Thor also encounters the High Evolutionary and his Knights of Wundagore
And if that wasn't enough, in the 5 page Tales of Asgard back-up Thor battles a dragon. All art, including the cover was composed by Jack Kirby and embellished by Vince Colletta.

Sunday, October 6, 2024

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Oct/Nov 1964

Two Kirby covers masterfully embellished by Chic Stone . 

Stone also collaborated on the interior pages. With Kirby  on JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #111 and with Don Heck on AVENGERS #11.


The 3rd Rainbow Bridge cover.
The 2nd Asgard cover