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Monday, April 7, 2025
Sunday, April 6, 2025
ON THE SPINNER RACKS Apr/May 1966
Thor's 4th appearance of 1966. His 78th of all time.
Plus appearances by Hercules(7th), Zeus(3rd), Pluto (3rd), Dionysus(3rd) Artemis(1st), Hephaestus(1st) and Hera(1st)Also Balder made his 18th appearance with his grand entrance in this iconic Kirby/Colletta NYC/Bifrost/Asgard page.
Of course, the frequently reappearing Jane Foster (42nd) and Odin (38th) are also in this issue
Loki appears in the Tales of Asgard back-up.
Yet another worthy issue.
Saturday, April 5, 2025
ON THE SPINNER RACKS Apr/May 1965
STAN LEE, JACK KIRBY and VINCE COLLETTA SEND THOR TO VIET NAM!!!
Thor's 64th appearance.
Dr. Blake's 39th appearance
Jane Foster's 34th appearance.
Odin's 27th appearance.
Loki's 21st appearance.
Balder's 10th appearance.
The 9th appearances of the Enchantress and the Executioner.
Karnilla's 2nd appearance.
The Tales of Asgard 5 page Lee/Kirby/Colletta back-up is a prelude to the next big epic.
Overall a worthy issue.
Friday, April 4, 2025
ON THE SPINNER RACKS Apr/May 1964
Counting the first 5 issues of the AVENGERS, this was Thor's 28th appearance.
The 18 page lead story had a guest appearance by the Avengers in their sparse headquarters.
The 6th Tales Of Asgard back-up was a 5-pager spotlighting Heimdall. It was his 7th appearance.
Thursday, April 3, 2025
ON THE SPINNER RACKS Apr/May 1963
Thor's 11th appearance in JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY introduced Radioactive Man, a Stan Lee-Robert Bernstein-Jack Kirby creation. Dick Ayers embellished the 13 page story and Kirby cover.
Radioactive Man would appear in 4 issues of the AVENGERS over the next 6 years.
Radioactive Man would appear in 4 issues of the AVENGERS over the next 6 years.
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
IN YOUR LCS TODAY
(W) Al Ewing (A) Jan Bazaldua (CA) Alex Ross
LOST IN UTGARD! Thor had made his way to Utgard - and there waited the Utgard-Loki, who the Odinson had never yet defeated.And with the Elder Trickster stood his pantheon...beginning with NRGL, Lord of Murder-in-Darkness. He who was his own place of power.
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MILES MORALES SPIDER-MAN #32 $3.99
(W) Cody Ziglar (A) Marco Renna (CA) Federico Vicentini
GOD AGAINST GOD?! NOT IN SPIDEY'S BACKYARD!
ANANSI, the story-weaving SPIDER-GOD, chooses MILES MORALES as his champion in a contest between gods - and their mortal heralds - to settle his ancient blood feud with ARES, GOD OF WAR, once and for all! But Miles is WAY out of his depth! Even with THOR and HERCULES in his corner, Spider-Man may not have what it takes to overcome
Ares' own champion - and prevent ALL-OUT WAR!
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Tuesday, April 1, 2025
IN YOUR LCS 10 YEARS AGO TODAY
AVENGERS ULTRON FOREVER #1 $4.99
(W) Al Ewing (A/CA) Alan Davis, Mark Farmer
PART 1 OF 3 - 500 years into the future, Ultron has won. Humanity is all but extinct - dead or enslaved by the Ultron Singularity. Now, seven Avengers are brought through time by Doctor Doom to battle the machine god for the fate of the cosmos or die trying! Thor is 2 of the 7 Avengers!
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AVENGERS MILLENNIUM #1 $3.99
At a secret Hydra installation hidden away in rural Japan, the Avengers discover a time-portal that sends them on an adventure that spans millennia.
THOR APPEARS ONLY ON THE COVER!
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