ON THE SPINNER RACKS Aug/Sep/Oct 1966

From June 1962 until July 1966 there were 73 Marvel comics published with Thor on the cover. They were all the work of Jack Kirby

John Romita Senior broke Kirby's streak with this cover. (inks by Mike Esposito)

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Aug/Sep 1962

Thor's 3rd appearance.

Loki appears on a cover for the first time and debuts in the 13 page Lee/Kirby story.

Don Blake appears for the 3rd time. 

Nurse Foster's appears for the 2nd time.

Plus Heimdall and Balder appear for the 1st time as does Asgard and the Bifrost Bridge!!!

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Aug/Sep 1968

The first Mangog epic made it a good summer to be a Thor fan. It was Mangog's 4th consecutive appearance since its debut in THOR #154.

It would be more than 3 years before Mangog appeared again.

17 YEARS AGO

Dark Horse's THE END LEAGUE's  premise was that the last surviving team of heroes tries to save the world by combining Thor's magic Hammer with an altruistic soul. 

Thor appears in the first two issues.

Unfortunately Thor has been lobotomized causing him to battle Divinity, the mortal-loving daughter of Zeus, and Soldier American, Living Legend of World War Two. Script by Rick Remender. Art by Matt Broome.

IN YOUR LCS TODAY

BRING ON THE BAD GUYS LOKI #1 $4.99

(W) Anthony Oliveira, Marc Guggenheim (A) TBA (CA) Lee Bermejo

WHO GETS THE LAST LAUGH?

Loki, Mischief God or Mephisto, Lies Lord. In a centuries-old battle of wits, Loki needs of a favor, and in exchange, Mephisto commands him to retrieve a soul - one belonging to an agent of Khonshu. But no one tells Loki what to do. Part FOUR of SEVEN Villainous One-Shots!

IN YOUR LCS 10 YEARS AGO TODAY

THORS #2 $3.99 

(W) Jason Aaron (A/CA) Chris Sprouse

 (Keown variant cover)

plus

DEADPOOLS SECRET SECRET WARS #3 $3.99

(W) Cullen Bunn (A) Matteo Lolli (CA) Tony Harris

    The war that's so secret, the rest of the Marvel Universe doesn't even remember it!  Deadpool dons a new costume?! Plus an attack on GALACTUS! Classic ‘80’s Thor appears silently in crowd scenes on four pages.

MODOK ASSASSIN #3 $3.99

(W) Christopher Yost (A) Amilcar Pinna (CA) David Lafuente
    The Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing has fallen head over heels in love with a beautiful Thor.  But with the love of his life caught in the crosshairs of Killville's most ruthless mercenaries, can M.O.D.O.K. stay one step aHEAD of his rivals and live long enough to find out who set her up? Plus another Thor appearance that establishes this series as being prior to SECRET WARS #4 continuity-wise.

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Jul/Aug/Sep 1972