Monday, June 2, 2025

ON THE SPINNER RACKS JUNE/JULY 1966

How could you not have been triggered by this "bullseye" layout to give up your 12 cents? 

Not only was there a visit to Olympus with Hercules...


feminine beauty was redefined.
Cover and story art by Jack Kirby and Vince Colletta.
Thor's 80th appearance.
Jane Foster's 44th appearance.
Hercules' 9th 1966 appearance.

Sunday, June 1, 2025

ON THE SPINNER RACKS JUNE/JULY 1967


Jack Kirby and Vince Colletta cover and main story art. TOS art by Kirby & Colletta.
Thor's 96th appearance. Balder's 22nd.
Sif's 8th, her 2nd cover appearance.
Plus the  debut of the three Enchanters.
Both lead story and the TOS back-up are continued stories.

Saturday, May 31, 2025

IN YOUR LCS 37 YEARS AGO TODAY


Thor's 616th appearance.
Cover and 22 pages of art by Steve Lightle.
Story by Louise Simonson

Friday, May 30, 2025

IN YOUR LCS 29 YEARS AGO TODAY

 AVENGERS #400

Thor appears on the front half of the Mike Deodato/ Tom Palmer wraparound cover and on 13 of 32 Mike Wieringo/Tom Palmer interior pages.

 
This is the closest the issue comes to a splash page.

Warning: this is one of those AVENGER issues spotlighting Jarvis the brave butler!

Thursday, May 29, 2025

IN YOUR LCS 6 YEARS AGO TODAY

THOR #13 $3.99 
(W) Jason Aaron (A/CA) Michael Del Mundo
Odin sent his brother, Cul the God of Fear, Thor's backstabbing uncle - into Svartalfheim. There lies the Black Bifrost, Malekith's corrupted Rainbow Bridge. Cul's mission is to gather intelligence and destroy it. Will Cul redeem himself or has Odin made another mistake in the War of the Realms?

HEEJIN JEON MARVEL BATTLE LINES VARIANT



ALEX ROSS MARVELS 25TH VARIANT
(a homage to the first Kirby splash I ever saw)

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

IN YOUR LCS 11 YEARS AGO TODAY

AVENGERS #30 $3.99 
(W) Jonathan Hickman (A/CA) Leinil Francis Yu
     Thor is a major player in this Original Sin story.

THANOS ANNUAL #1 $4.99
(W) Jim Starlin (A) Ron Lim (CA) Dale Keown
Thanos faces Mephisto, his future self, the Avengers and more!  Learn how a past Thanos defeat triggered events will redefine the Marvel Universe!
Thor appears in 3 panels. He's unconscious in 2.








UNCANNY AVENGERS #20 $3.99 
(W) Rick Remender (A/CA) Daniel Acuña
   The Avengers Unity Squad pull it together, but is it too late? Which of the seven futures will become dominant? Kang continues to clean up Thor’s mess.

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

IN YOUR LCS 5 YEARS AGO TODAY

AVENGERS #33 $3.99
(W) Jason Aaron (A) Javi Garron (CA) Matteo Scalera
MOON KNIGHT VS. THE AVENGERS
Mummies are rising from their graves. Secret armies march by moonlight, from K'un-Lun to Wakanda to Greenwich Village. A dark god invades Asgard. And the Moon Knight has been unleashed as never before. So begins the Age of Khonshu. So fall the Avengers.
Ryan Benjamin zombies variant

This was Thor Odinson 's first new appearance since his March 18  appearances in  CAPTAIN MARVEL #16  and VALKYRIE JANE FOSTER #9