Tuesday, April 8, 2025

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Apr/May 1968

This was the 16th time Loki appeared on a cover.
It was the 8th time that Kirby and Colletta did the art.
Thor's 111th appearance.
It was Loki's 38th.

It was Sif's 18th.

It was Balder's 4th appearance of 1968. His 31st of all time.

It was Odin's 4th appearance of 1968. His 57th of all time.

It was Karnilla's 4th appearance of 1968. Her 8th of all time.

It was Ulik's 3rd appearance of 1968. His 6th of all time.

This was the first time a Thor story filled an entire issue.

Monday, April 7, 2025

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Apr/May 1967

How could this cover NOT convince you to give up your 12 cents?!
Cover to cover Lee/Kirby/Colletta,
 

 mobsters and criminally-controlled robots.
A rare self-contained story. 
Thor 's 93rd appearance                Dr Blake's 45th     
No Jane or Sif. All other characters new.
The Warriors 3 appear in the 42nd TOA episode.          

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.

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

IN YOUR LCS TODAY

 
IMMORTAL THOR #22 $4.99
(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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