Friday, January 31, 2025

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.

Saturday, January 25, 2025

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?
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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 RĂșna 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?
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Thursday, January 23, 2025

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.

Friday, January 10, 2025

IN YOUR LCS 47 YEARS AGO TODAY

 The 8th consecutive THOR to have a Walt Simonson cover.

The 11th consecutive issue of THOR with story art by Walt Simonson.


More than half of the 17 page story delivers what the cover promises. Thor battling a worthy opponent

Doctor Blake makes a rare 3 page appearance.

Plus Tony Stark makes a non-violent appearance.

Sunday, December 29, 2024

Thor first appeared in comics 22 years before his Marvel incarnation.

His series debuted in Weird Comics #1 (1940) and lasted five issues.

Wednesday, December 18, 2024

IN YOUR LCS TODAY

 


ALLIGATOR LOKI HOLIDAY SPECIAL #1 $6.99
(W) Alyssa Wong (A) Bob Quinn (CA) Nicoletta Baldari
AN ALLIGATOR LOKI HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR!
The Alligator of Mischief is back! Join Alligator Loki and his many friends - from the X-Men to the Young Avengers to symbiotes - as they romp across the Marvel Universe in in a brand-new story starring Alligator Loki and the REAL meaning of the holiday season.
This issue also collects issues #13-24 of the hit ALLIGATOR LOKI Infinity Comic for the first time in print!


CAPTAIN AMERICA #16 $4.99
(W) J. Michael Straczynski (A) Carlos Magno (CA) Taurin Clarke
Captain America, Spider-Man and Thor are trapped in a mirror dimension harboring Broxton's glory days - and ghosts of Thor's failures are ready to exact their revenge. Can Cap and Spidey help free Thor of his past, or is Broxton's history doomed to repeat itself forever?
      
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IMMORTAL THOR #18 $4.99
(W) Al Ewing (A) Jan Bazaldua (CA) Alex Ross
THOR VERSUS HIS OLDEST FOES!
•  On Asgard, Thor had been outplayed by the Enchantress - and their game would have vast consequences for the Golden Realm.
•  And on Earth, the self-styled Gods of Midgard made their bid to take the kingdoms of humankind for their own.
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