Saturday, May 17, 2025

IN YOUR LCS 2 YEARS AGO TODAY

 

AVENGERS #1 $4.99
(W) Jed MacKay (A) C.F. Villa (CA) Stuart Immonen
The Star. The Icon. The Witch. The Construct. The God. The Engineer. The King. A new team of Avengers mobilizes to meet any dangers that dare threaten the planet. But when TERMINUS attacks, a new and insidious danger rears its head: one that comes to them in the most dangerous of guises - that of a friend.

100 COPY KAEL NGU VIRGIN VARIANT

25 COPY MARCO CHECCHETTO VARIANT

DANIEL ACUNA VARIANT

MARK BROOKS CORNER BOX VARIANT

SKOTTIE YOUNG VARIANT


FANTASTIC FOUR #7


SCOTT KOBLISH WRAPAROUND VARIANT

Friday, May 16, 2025

ON THE SPINNER RACKS May/June 1964

Good May to be a Thor fan. 

A new Lee/Kirby AVENGERS with a 23 page Kirby battlefest.


Plus Thor involved in a Loki/Doctor Strange wizard battle
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with 9 pages of art by the legendary Steve Ditko.
There was also a 2 panel Thor cameo
 in the Iron Man half of TALES OF SUSPENSE #56
(art by Don Heck)

Thursday, May 15, 2025

ON THE SPINNER RACKS May/June 1971

Is this the fourth Thor Unconscious Cover?
Or the second Thor Dead Cover? 

Behind this John Buscema/Frank Giacoia cover is an epic John Busema/Joe Sinnott 19-pager.

               
It is one of those rare THOR issues where the splash page is the only full-pager.
Thor's 171th appearance.
Hela's 7th          Sif's 46th         Loki's 58th

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

IN YOUR LCS TODAY

 

IMMORTAL THOR #23 $4.99
(W) Al Ewing (A) Jan Bazaldua (CA) Alex Ross
GODWAR!
•  The All-Father had battled to the middle of the endless city - and now he faced the beast at the center of the maze.
•  Kemur, who was bull and hawk and serpent, who was fire and the sword, now faced Thor Odinson...and perhaps neither would survive.
•  This is the story of the IMMORTAL THOR...and the God of Violence.


MARIA WOLF variant


COCCOLO DEATH OF THE IMMORTAL THOR variant

     GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI IMPOSSIBLE variant


MILES MORALES SPIDER-MAN #33
(W) Cody Ziglar (A) Marco Renna (CA) Federico Vicentini
WAR-CRY LEADS THE NEW HERALDS OF ARES INTO BATTLE!
SPIDER-MAN's first task as spider-god Anansi's herald? BATTLE TO THE DEATH against Anansi's ancient enemy, ARES, GOD OF WAR! HERCULES may lend Miles his strength against his old foe, but Team Spider-Man is going to need a lot more muscle if they hope to best Ares' own champions. Introducing War-Cry, Philomelus, demigod of earth, and Pyrrah, demigoddess of water!

ROGE ANTONIO variant

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

ON THE SPINNER RACKS May/June 1970

John Buscema became the second artist to draw more than six Marvel Thor covers. Jack Kirby was the first. 
The 19 pages of story art was also by Buscema.
Thor's 146th appearance.       Sif's 34th

Monday, May 12, 2025

ON THE SPINNER RACKS May/June 1969

John Buscema became the second artist to draw more than three Marvel Thor covers. 


Jack Kirby had done 110 by then!!!

Sunday, May 11, 2025

ON THE SPINNER RACKS May/June 1969


Thor is guilty of the "most forbidden malady of all!"
Words by Stan Lee
Art by Jack Kirby & Vince Colletta

Thor's 127th appearance.
Adam (Him) Warlock's 2nd consecutive THOR appearance.
His 3rd appearance (not counting when he was a cocoon.)
Sif's 29th appearance