Monday, November 18, 2024

IN YOUR LCS 9 YEARS AGO TODAY


MIGHTY THOR #1 $4.99
(W) Jason Aaron (A/CA) Russell Dauterman
   When DR. JANE FOSTER lifts the mystic hammer Mjolnir, she is transformed into the Goddess of Thunder, THE MIGHTY THOR! Her enemies are many, as Asgard descends further into chaos and war threatens to spread throughout the Ten Realms. Yet her greatest battle is against the cancer that is killing her mortal form.
 Dauterman variant
 
Coipel variant




 

   Dauterman design variant
Deotato Hip Hop variant


Cosplay variant


Blank variant - duh

MS MARVEL #1 $4.99 
(W) G. Willow Wilson (A) Takeshi Miyagawa, Adrian Alphona (CA) Cliff Chiang
    Look out world, Kamala Khan is back and officially an Avenger! She's toe to toe with the best of the best, but will being one of Earth's mightiest heros be everything she imagined? Is being a celebrity hero as wonderful as Kamala has hoped? Lady Thor has a two page cameo.

SECRET WARS TOO #1 $4.99
(W/A) Various (CA) Chip Zdarsky
THE BEYONDERS TRY THEIR (SCARY, EXTRA-DIMENSIONAL) HAND AT MARKETING:
   These tales from across the multifarious domains of Battleworld - not of heroism, but of humor - provide a brief respite from millennia of omnipotence.  A couple of pages have cheap Thor Odinson yuks.

SPIDER-WOMAN #1 $3.99 
(W) Dennis Hopeless (A/CA) Javier Rodriguez
      Jessica Drew is a private investigator, a super hero and... a mom to be? Ben Urich and Porcupine are still along for the adventure, too, and aren't making Jess' life any easier - half the time they won't even let her leave the car! Lady Thor has a one panel cameo. 

MARVEL UNIVERSE AVENGERS ASSEMBLE SEASON TWO #13 $2.99
(W) Joe Caramagna (A/CA) Various
   The Avengers and Squadron Supreme FACE OFF!  It's the final battle of the super-teams. But which will prevail?! Of course animated Thor Odinson has a large role.

RAGNAROK HC VOL 01 LAST GOD STANDING 
IDW PUBLISHING $24.99
(W/A/CA) Walter Simonson

     Ragnarök...the Twilight of the Gods in Norse mythology...the destruction of the Nine Worlds. And now, three hundred years later, the birth of vengeance. Walter Simonson returns to comics in this stunning all-new series.

    Reprints the first six issues plus all the covers and previously unseen preliminary art by Walt Simonson!!!!!

Sunday, November 17, 2024

IN YOUR LCS 43 YEARS AGO TODAY

Thor's 436th appearance was his 21st for 1981.

What the cover promises the 21 page conclusion of a two-part story inside delivers, Alan Weiss artwork and the Molecule Man. It does not warn you that there is more Don Blake than Thor.

Saturday, November 16, 2024

IN YOUR LCS 2 YEARS AGO


MURDERWORLD AVENGERS #1 $3.99
(W) Jim Zub (A) Jethro Morales (CA) Paco Medina
   Hundreds are killed every year in an elaborate secret tournament run by a sadistic man with nearly limitless resources. It's not an urban legend. Not a myth. MURDERWORLD is real! It's gruesome truth has been hidden from everyone except its victims - until NOW.
    Meet Paul Pastor, the extraordinary young documentarian who's going to expose it all, with some super-powered help. Gut-wrenching twists, unbelievable deaths, the Avengers bloodier than you've ever seen them before!

Friday, November 15, 2024

IN YOUR LCS 7 YEARS AGO TODAY


MIGHTY THOR #701 $3.99 
(W) Jason Aaron (A) James Harren (CA) Russell Dauterman
   The Mangog comes to Asgard! Attention Lee/Kirby fanatics this  story is possibly the best take yet on the Mangog. Plus the War Thor carries an issue single-handedly. My favorite line "They're not used to seeing hugs in Hel."


 Alex Ross variant cover






CHAMPIONS #14 $3.99
(W) Mark Waid (A/CA) Humberto Ramos
     The High Evolutionary is on a suicide course - and he plans to take billions of people from two worlds with him! How can even the Champions and the Avengers together save an entire planet from destruction? Lady Thor appears.

DOCTOR STRANGE #381 $3.99 
(W) Donny Cates (A) Gabriel Hernandez Walta (CA) Michael Del Mundo
   Is the world ready for LOKI: SORCERER SUPREME?  He has the cloak, the spells - he's even got Zelma Stanton as his assistant - but is this the chance he needed to become a hero, or is the god of lies dangerously close to unlimited power? Lady Thor makes an appearance. And what happened to STEPHEN STRANGE? PLUS: Includes 3 bonus MARVEL PRIMER PAGES!


NOT BRAND ECHH #14 $3.99 
(W) Nick Spencer & Various (A) Jay P. Fosgitt & Various (CA) David Nakayama
    FORBUSH MAN IS BACK - and he's ready to take over the comics industry! Meanwhile, Captain America, Gwenpool, and more are...not quite themselves these days.?!  Includes 3 Lady Thor jokes.

Thursday, November 14, 2024

IN YOUR LCS 6 YEARS AGO TODAY


THOR #7 $3.99
(W) Jason Aaron (A) Tony Moore (CA) Michael Del Mundo
    A TALE OF YOUNG THOR FROM THE VIKING AGE! Every time Thor comes to Midgard, he gets all the mead, battle and romance a young god could possibly want. But he still can't figure out how to prove himself worthy of Mjolnir. And now Odin is determined to keep his son away from Midgard for good. And young Loki knows just the way to do it.



AVENGERS #10 $5.99 
(W) Jason Aaron (A) David Marquez & Various (CA) David Marquez
    After 700 issues of saving the world, you'd think the Avengers would be due some celebration. But instead the whole world seems to be gunning for them, especially Namor's fearsome new Defenders of the Deep and the Russian Super-Soldiers of the Winter Guard. Plus: The all-new Agents of Wakanda! The mystery of the Avengers of 1,000,000 BC deepens! A key revelation concerning the resurrection of Wolverine! And the next startling new Avenger is revealed!
Arthur Adams variant

Finch variant


Ron Lim variant

David Marquez variant

Ed McGuinness variant

George Perez variant

Alex Ross variant

Skottie Young variant


Wednesday, November 13, 2024

IN YOUR LCS TODAY

 

CAPTAIN AMERICA #15 $4.99
(W) J. Michael Straczynski (A) Jesus Saiz (CA) Taurin Clarke
   THE NEW WARRIORS THREE" PART TWO!
When Captain America, Spidey and Thor find themselves drawn to Broxton, Oklahoma, the trio will have to work together to find what's drawn them to the ruined town - and site of Thor's greatest shame. But what they find may prove too horrifying for even the greatest of heroes to overcome...

CORIN HOWELL Variant 

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Nov/Dec 1970

John Buscema became the third artist to depict Asgard's most enchanting goddess on a cover.
Jack Kirby was the first.
Don Heck did a headshot of her on the 1st AVENGERS ANNUAL