ON THE SPINNER RACKS Feb/Mar 1963

 Loki's first cover!

Jack Kirby's 20th consecutive cover for JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY. 80% of those covers, including this one, were embellished by Dick Ayers.           

Thor encounters Loki for the third time in seven issues. Scripter Larry Lieber and plotter/editor Stan Lee prove that they researched Norse Mythology. 

Art by Joe Sinnott.

IN YOUR LCS 6 YEARS AGO TODAY

 

AVENGERS #14 $3.99  #14  

(W) Jason Aaron (A/CA) David Marquez

THE WAR OF THE VAMPIRES BEGINS!
TRANSYLVANIA IS BURNING! As vampire civil war throws the world into chaos, the mysterious Shadow Colonel and his squad of undead revolutionaries have one burning question on their murderous minds: Where is Dracula? And if the Avengers find him first, will the lord of the damned be friend or foe?

MATTEO SCALERA WRAPAROUND VARIANT

MARVEL ACTION AVENGERS #2

(W) Matthew K. Manning (A/CA) Jon Sommariva

Fiendish foes have taken control of Tony Stark's armor! With Iron Man out of the game, it's up to the rest of the Avengers to keep Fin Fang Foom out of villainous hands.

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 1967

Sif's 5th appearance was the first to be cover worthy! Cover and 21 pages by Jack Kirby and Vince Colletta.

    Sif's first appearance was in the Tales of Asgard back-up feature in JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #102. She appeared in 3 panels on the last page of the five page story and wasn't seen again until 3 years later when she appeared on the last two pages of the main story in THOR #136. 

      

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