Tuesday, November 23, 2021

49 YEARS AGO TODAY

Gil Kane's first Enchantress cover was for the reprint of AVENGERS #15 
which Jack Kirby did the original cover for 7 years earlier.

Friday, November 19, 2021

53 YEARS AGO

In the Fall of 1968 John Buscema became the second artist to draw more than one Marvel Thor cover
 Jack (House Style) Kirby had done 103 by then.

Saturday, November 13, 2021

IN YOUR LCS 42 YEARS AGO TODAY

Thor's 17th appearance of 1979 was his 394th of all time.

 Not only is Odin in this issue


the 17 page story also crowds in Zeus, Hercules, Ares, Hermes, Athena, Thena, Sersi, Ikaris, Zuras, Makkari, Karkas and Reject.

It is set solely on Olympia.

Neither Don Blake nor Jane Foster appears.

Friday, November 12, 2021

NEW THOR APPEARANCES IN YOUR LCS 7 YEARS AGO TODAY

THOR #2 $3.99 
(W) Jason Aaron (A/CA) Russell Dauterman
    Witness the mysterious all-new Thor in action for the very first time! With an army of Frost Giants invading the earth, she may be the world's only hope! No appearance by the male Thor.
Chris Samnee variant
James Stokoe Rocket Raccoon and Groot variant

 Esad Ribic design variant




AVENGERS AND X-MEN AXIS #5 $3.99 
(W) Rick Remender (A) Terry Dodson (CA) Jim Cheung
   Steve Rogers enlists Spider-Man and Nova for an impossible fight.  The new Sorceress Supreme comes for revenge on Doom.  Iron Man vs Daredevil for the fate of an infected San Francisco.  The X-Men claim a new home.  The Axis of Evil strikes down the heroes of the Marvel Universe! Thor appears on the cover, on the cast page and in 3 panels. He has no dialog and does no fighting.


MARVEL UNIVERSE AVENGERS ASSEMBLE SEASON TWO #1     $3.99 
(W) Joe Caramagna (A/CA) Various
    The Marvel Animated Universe Thor appears, of course.


Stomp Out Bullying variant.

NOVA #23 $3.99
(W) Gerry Duggan (A) David Baldeon (CA) Zach Montoya
    Nova faces the Hulk! Find out why they're fighting and just how Sam thinks he has a chance! 1 panel Thor cameo.

 

Saturday, October 30, 2021

IN YOUR LCS 2 YEARS AGO TODAY

MARVEL ZOMBIES RESURRECTION #1 $4.99 
(W) Phillip Kennedy Johnson (A) Leonard Kirk (CA) In-Hyuk Lee
     When Galactus' corpse appears at the edge of Earth's solar system, the Avengers (including Thor Odinson), X-Men and Fantastic Four investigate. Too late, they discover that Galactus' body is now the vessel of an interstellar terror, which one-by-one transforms Earth's Mightiest Heroes into the universe's most terrifying predators! As our heroes try to escape the superpowered, cannibalistic aberrations that were once their friends and family, will any survive? And even if they do, can they hope to protect Earth from the infestation that has already claimed half of the known universe?

FANTASTIC FOUR GRAND DESIGN #1 $5.99 
(W/A/CA) Tom Scioli
     The bestselling GRAND DESIGN franchise continues with Marvel's First Family!  Brought to you by critically-acclaimed cartoonist TOM SCIOLI (GODLAND, TRANSFORMERS VS. GI JOE) in the sole-authorship tradition made famous by ED PISKOR'S X-MEN: GRAND DESIGN trilogy! Join the Watcher and witness how it all began... Plus appearances by your faves: Doctor Doom! Black Panther! Namor! Galactus! Mole Man! The Inhumans! Thor!


DEAD MAN LOGAN #12 $3.99
(W) Ed Brisson (A) Mike Henderson (CA) Declan Shalvey
    LEGENDS NEVER DIE! Thor Odinson is not in it but someone IS wielding Mjolnir