IN THE SHOPS 11 YEARS AGO TODAY

LOKI AGENT OF ASGARD #1 $2.99

Writer: Al Ewing  Art: Lee Garbett  Cover: Jenny Frison

     Kid Loki's all grown up and is stronger, smarter and sneakier than ever. Asgardia's one-man secret service, he's ready for the most treacherous missions starting with a heist on Avengers Tower and the death of Thor!

IN YOUR LCS 5 YEARS AGO TODAY

 

RAGNAROK BREAKING OF HELHEIM #4  $4.99

IDW PUBLISHING

(W/A/CA) Walter Simonson

As Thor travels deeper into the monstrous canyons of Helheim, he encounters a wild pack of ferocious wolves, larger than any he has seen before. They bear him a terrible grudge and reveal a hitherto unknown secret of the final battle between the gods and their enemies, a secret that has stretched across the centuries since the fall of the gods. And it could spell death-the real death-for Thor.

STEVE RUDE VARIANT

MARVEL #1 $4.99 

(W) Alex Ross, More (A) More, Alex Ross (CA) Alex Ross
Thirty years ago, Alex Ross had a vision of a new series showing the Marvel heroes in a way they'd never been seen before. Today Alex finally brings about his original vision: An anthology of stories by exceptional talents. Over this series you'll see work by Adam Hughes, Bill Sienkiewicz, Dan Brereton and more, linked by an overarching story by Alex and Steve Darnall. Not only does Thor appear on the Rude variant cover but also in the Rude-drawn story inside.

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Feb/Mar 1966

 THE FIRST UNCONSCIOUS THOR COVER

Art by Jack Kirby and Vince Colletta

Their 10th Thor cover collaboration

Thor's 76th appearance. 

Nurse Foster's 41st  
Odin's 36th 

Balder's 16th 

Heimdall's 13th 

Debut of Pluto, Netherworld Lord and Hippolyta, Amazon Queen.

Ragnarok is explained for the first time in the 5 page Tales of Asgard back-up. Loki, of course, appears.

The 12th consecutive issue with Kirby/Colletta art.

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Feb/Mar 1968

 Thor's 107th appearance

    This impending battle cover delivers what it promises. A  Kirby/Colletta battle story so epic that it  continues to the next issue!

    Loki's 36th appearance.

    Sif's 16th appearance             

    Karnilla's 6th appearance 

    Destroyer's 5th appearance

    Ulik's 4th appearance 

    Odin's 54th appearance 

    Balder 30th appearance

IN YOUR LCS 41 YEARS AGO TODAY

Walt Simonson's 18th Thor cover surely intrigued you enough to check out the splash page

Any Simonson THOR issue is a better-than-average THOR issue but this one is better than most. It is both a self-contained tale highlighting Thor's connection with the common man and part of a multi-part epic, in the tradition set by Lee/Kirby.

Plus it had the fourth appearances of  Toothgnasher and Toothgrinder - the then underused inspirations for Santa's reindeer.

IN YOUR LCS 2 YEARS AGO TODAY

 
ALL-OUT AVENGERS #5 $3.99

(W) Derek Landy (A/CA) Greg Land

Spider-Man versus the Avengers in Manhattan!  Someone's mind is being controlled, someone's decisions are being directed and someone's reality is being altered...but whose?

ALAN DAVIS VARIANT

THOR #30 $3.99

(W) Torunn Gronbekk (A/CA) Nic Klein

"THE LEGACY OF THANOS" CONCLUDES!

After chasing Corvus Glaive-the kidnapper of Thor's baby sister-into a vault that requires the blood of a god to open, Thor and Rúna find themselves face-to-face with King Bor himself! And...Thanos? What dark, bloody secrets of Asgard's past lie in this twisting, cryptic story...and what will it reveal about the future of the entire Marvel Universe?

25 COPY INCENTIVE FRANK CHO VARIANT

RUSSELL DAUTERMAN MCU VARIANT

LUCAS WERNECK STORMBREAKERS VARIANT

MARIA WOLF X-TREME MARVEL VARIANT

How popular was the archetypal comic goddess in the Silver Age?

Marvel waited barely more than two years to reprint the first appearance of the Enchantress.