ON THE SPINNER RACKS Aug/Sep 1965

 The 70th appearance of Thor
The 4th appearance of the Absorbing Man
(and his 4th cover appearance)

The Kirby/Colletta cover delivers what it promises. 13 of the 16 pages of the lead story depict Absorbing Man/Thor battle action.

Plus Loki makes his 26th appearance.

 

 

This solid issue concludes with the 22nd 5 page installment of the always-welcome TALES OF ASGARD backup.

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Jul/Aug 1963

     Not only was Thor and Loki in both of these comics but so was Jane Foster.

     Both covers were by Jack Kirby (with intricate Dick Ayers embellishing on the AVENGERS cover). Kirby also did the story art. 
      The JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY Thor story was drawn by Joe Sinnott.     

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Jul/Aug 1962

 

Jane Foster appears on a cover for the first time

She also debuts in the 13 page story inside.

It was Thor's 2nd appearance.

Cover and story art by Kirby. 

Joe Sinnott inked the cover.

Dick Ayers embellished the story art.

Stan Lee supplied the words.

IN YOUR LCS TODAY

 

GODZILLA VS THOR #1 $4.99

(W) Gerry Duggan (A) Garron, Javier (CA) Mark Brooks

GODZILLA TAKES ON THE GOD OF THUNDER! The deadly group of assassins known as THE HAND have bestowed GODZILLA with the power of THE BEAST! KRA-KOOM!!! THOR must defend MIDGARD from GODZILLA - but at what cost?!

ROUND SIX IN A SERIES OF SIX ONE-SHOT THROWDOWNS!

    100 COPY INCV WALTER SIMONSON variant

      25 COPY INCV CLAYTON CRAIN variant

      EM GIST MARVEL UNIVERSE variant 

      GUIDRY KING OF MONSTERS HOMAGE variant

      LEE GARBETT variant 

      MARK BAGLEY FOIL variant $5.50

MITSUHIRO ARITA variant

      NICK BRADSHAW MONSTER HOMAGE variant

WALT SIMONSON variant

IMMORTAL THOR #25 $5.99

(W) Al Ewing (A) Justin Greenwood (CA) Alex Ross

THE STORY ENDS...

At the end of his tale, Thor strode into Vidblainn, third land of the dead, whence nothing could return. And there, beyond all battles, beyond all cares, he stood and fought for justice one last time - against the great Serpent who wore his own face and held his own hammer. This was the story of the IMMORTAL THOR...and the deciding of his fate.

25 COPY INCV GREG LAND variant

     COCCOLO DEATH OF THE IMMORTAL THOR variant

     DAN JURGENS RETRO VISION VAR  (Image pending)

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Jul/Aug 1967

The second part of the Enchanters trilogy.

After this rather stark synopsis page was an issue even more exciting then the previous one. 

Thor's 9th appearance of 1967. His 97th of all time.

Odin's 6th appearance of 1967. His 48th of all time.

Balder's 3rd appearance of 1967. His 23rd of all time.

Sif's 6th appearance of 1967. Her 9th of all time.

It was the second Thor comic that I ever read. Lee and Kirby could be sure that I wouldn't miss the final episode of this epic!!

IN YOUR LCS 2 YEARS AGO TODAY

AVENGERS BEYOND #4 (OF 5) $3.99

(W) Derek Landy (A/CA) Greg Land

The Lost One stalks our world, the Beyonder watches from orbit and the Avengers prepare to battle...the Bootleg Avengers! Six ordinary people, gifted with amazing powers and abilities they neither earned nor (frankly) deserve, seek to replace Earth's Mightiest Heroes at LITERALLY the worst possible time. And when the Ivory Kings show up to pass judgment on the Beyonder's last, desperate ploy to keep his race from being wiped out, things go rapidly downhill.

THOR #35 $3.99

(W) Torunn Gronbekk (A) Juan Gedeon, Sergio Davila (CA) Nic Klein

THE FINALE OF "BLOOD OF THE FATHERS"! Doctor Doom makes his final stand to control all of humankind - past, present and future! Thor must defeat him before the course of history and the future of the Ten Realms are irrevocably altered - but taming a force powerful enough to destroy free will itself might prove to be a greater challenge than Thor could have imagined? Plus, the origin of Hela is finally revealed!

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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #28 $3.99

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IN YOUR LCS 7 YEARS AGO TODAY

THOR #2 $3.99

(W) Jason Aaron (A/CA) Michael Del Mundo

   The sons of Odin ride again! In the land of the dead, Thor is reunited with his long-lost brother, Balder, the King of Hel, just in time to face the Fire Goblin armies of the Queen of Cinders, as the War of the Realms continues to burn its way across all creation. Plus Loki! Thori the Hel-hound! Skurge with a really big gun! Monster trucks! And more!

Russell Dauterman Young Guns variant

Mike Deodato variant

James Harren Connecting Hammer variant