ON THE SPINNER RACKS 59 YEARS AGO TODAY

If you read the previous issue you would have recognized the shadow on this Jack Kirby/Vince Colletta cover as telegraphing the 3rd appearance of Hercules in JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY.

Hercules was not the villain, of course. It was actually this poor over-matched (even with a Norn stone) schmuck. Art by Kirby/Colletta

ON THE SPINNER RACKS 58 YEARS AGO TODAY

Not only was it Ulik's debut,

it was also the third appearance of Sif.

If you liked this issue you were in luck. The next 2 issues would also feature Ulik and Sif . They would also be the product of the same creative team, Lee/Kirby/Colletta.

Neither Don Blake nor Jane Foster appears.

IN YOUR LCS 3 YEARS AGO TODAY

THOR #20 $3.99

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

"GOD OF HAMMERS" PART 2 of 5

Mjolnir is on a rampage across the realms and leaving death and destruction in its path! Thor must act fast to save his kingdom for the deadly prophecy of the God of Hammers is about to be unleashed!

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IN YOUR LCS TODAY

MARVEL HOLIDAY TALES TO ASTONISH #1

(W) Gerry Duggan, Various (A) Phil Noto, Various (CA) Lee Garbett

HOLIDAY HIJINKS IN THE MIGHTY MARVEL MANNER!

You're invited to the Fantastic Four's Holiday Party! But who are the uninvited guests? Then, in a tale of Hanukkahs past, can Kitty Pryde scramble to save the day while struggling to shop for gifts for her merry X-Men? And ring in the New Year, with Peter Parker and Miles Morales, as only Spider-Men can!

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ON THE SPINNER RACKS January/February 1967

 Thor's 89th appearance.

What the cover promised the story delivered - Jack Kirby trolls! 

Plus the second appearance of Ulik
- Mightiest of the Rock Trolls

Although Ulik doesn't appear in this trollfest splash, or the other  2 splashes either, he does appear on half of the 16 pages.

Sif 's 4th appearance and a 5 page Thor-centric Kirby/Colletta Tales of Asgard back-up featuring the Warriors Three make this a better than average issue. Both stories are continued. 

ON THE SPINNER RACKS 57 YEARS AGO TODAY

The second Unconscious Thor Cover

This was Thor's 16th appearance of 1967, his 104th of all time.

The Wrecker's second appearance. He debuted in the previous issue. He was featured on both covers, both by Jack Kirby and Vince Colletta, as were the interior pages of both issues.

IN YOUR LCS 4 YEARS AGO TODAY

THOR #10 $3.99

(W) Donny Cates (A) Nic Klein (CA) Olivier Coipel

   THE DARK PRISON OF DONALD BLAKE! For years Doctor Donald Blake has wandered a land far from Midgard, the place he once thought home. Now he has returned to the Ten Realms - but it is not the place it was, nor he the man who once shared a body with a god. New terrors await in what is perhaps Donny Cates' darkest story yet!

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