IN YOUR LCS 9 YEARS AGO TODAY

RAGNAROK #7 $3.99

(W/A/CA) Walter Simonson 

The Black Elf assassin, Regn, and his young daughter, Drifa, have hunted Thor for countless leagues across the Dusk Lands, to the ruins of Asgard. Now, as Thor calls down the lightning to create a funeral pyre for the dead of Asgard, Regn prepares himself for his greatest challenge, to kill the last god standing, the god responsible for the death of his wife. 

 

Art Adams variant cover

MARVEL THOR 8IN RETRO ACTION FIGURE SET $80

      Capturing Marvel's God of Thunder in all his 1970s glory, this retro-style action figure set features a cloth-costumed Thor just as he looked when he was released by the Mego Corporation in his first action figure appearance! With his hammer, helmet, and long golden hair, Thor comes packaged inside a vintage-style window box. Thor also comes with two extra heads and outfits to change into his alter ego, Dr. Donald Blake, as well as a more modern take on the hero, complete with an updated hammer. All are packaged in a display-ready gift tray. Limited to 3,000 sets! Designed and Sculpted by EMCE Toys!

NEW IN YOUR LCS 30 YEARS AGO TODAY

Thor makes his 400th appearance in the title formerly known as JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY

    Behind the simple but effective cover by Lou Harrison is an epic 50 page story written by the legendary Roy (the Boy/the Super-Adaptoid) Thomas.

    31 of the pages were penciled by M.C. Wyman and embellished by Mike DeCarlo.

    Keith Pollard provided 9 pages of full art.

    The team of Stewart Johnson and Carmen Imperato were responsible for 10 pages.

    Plus there was a 22 page Tales of Asgard back-up starring the Warriors Three that was both exciting and heart-warming. It was written by Glen Greenberg with art by Robert Walker and Jim Amash.

IN YOUR LCS 35 YEARS AGO TODAY

    What the cover promises the 17 page story delivers, Ron Frenz and Joe Sinnott depicting a Thor battle. Hercules guest stars and there are two mystery villains.

    Plus a 5 page Beta Ray Bill back-up tale drawn by Ron Lim and Mike DeCarlo.

IN YOUR LCS 34 YEARS AGO TODAY

Thor's 31st appearance of 1990

Ron Frenz collaborates with Joe Sinnott on the cover and the 22 interior pages. Co-plotter Tom DeFalco provides the variation of Marvel Misunderstanding that causes Thor to battle Excalibur.

Helping to make this a better than average issue are appearances by Ulik, the Enchantress and the cover-featured Wrecker (with his Wrecking Crew)!

IN YOUR LCS 5 YEARS AGO TODAY

AVENGERS #27 $3.99

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

     STARBRAND REBORN Part One: RIOT IN THE SPACE PRISON! An epic space adventure that takes the Avengers into an alien prison the size of a galaxy, where a mysterious new wielder of the all-powerful Starbrand has suddenly appeared, unleashing cosmic chaos. Good thing the Avengers brought along their newest member, the Black Widow.
      Not only is Thor Odinson on the cover. He is inside too!

FANTASTIC FOUR GRAND DESIGN #2 $5.99 

(W/A/CA) Tom Scioli
  Writer/artist/colorist/letterer TOM SCIOLI distills the magic of Stan and Jack's legendary FF run into forty pages of nonstop fun! Featuring Galactus and the Silver Surfer! Thor appears in a couple of panels.

VENOM #20 $3.99

(W) Donny Cates (A) Iban Coello, Jose Carlos Silva (CA) Kyle Hotz
    It's the final tie-in to ABSOLUTE CARNAGE! Thor appears on one flashback page

IN YOUR LCS 44 YEARS AGO TODAY

 
Cover by Dave Simons and Josef Rubinstein

The 33 page Peter Gillis self-contained story is logical yet imaginative. The events it alters are from THOR #136.  To increase your enjoyment Gillis/Buckler/Simons do a 2 page retelling of the 16 page Lee/Kirby/Colletta classic.

 

IN YOUR LCS 3 YEARS AGO TODAY

 THOR #19

(W) Donny Cates (A/CA) Nic Klein

"GOD OF HAMMERS" STARTS HERE!

Mjolnir has gone missing! And nobody, not even the powerful eyes of Lady Sif, is able to locate it. So Thor must turn to the last person he wants help from - Odin. For until the hammer is found, nobody in the realms is safe! Artist Nic Klein is back for the twists and turns not even the All-Father is ready for!

Gary Frank variant

Mahmud Asrar variant