IN YOUR LCS 12 YEARS AGO TODAY

MIGHTY THOR #22

(W) Jason Aaron (A) Russell Dauterman, Valerio Schiti (CA) Russell Dauterman

EVERYTHING BURNS!  Thor and the Ultimate Thor go face-to-flame with the Queen of Cinders!  But even the fire of Muspelheim pales beside the fury of the Ultimate Thor... And with his thunder comes his vengeance.

Joyce Chin variant

Pasqual Ferry variant

collage variant

IN YOUR LCS TODAY

 

CAPTAIN AMERICA #14 $4.99

(W) J. Michael Straczynski (A) Carlos Magno (CA) Taurin Clarke

THE NEW WARRIORS THREE!

J. Michael Straczynski revisits THOR and SPIDER-MAN! Still reeling from recent events at the Front Door Cabaret, Captain America needs friends now more than ever. But Spidey and Thor have problems of their own, and so the impromptu Warriors Three set out on an adventure that will either draw them closer together or drive them all insane!

IN YOUR LCS 21 YEARS AGO TODAY

Do you think that this cover enticed anyone to purchase their first Thor comic?
Art by Glenn Fabry

Thor appears on 10 of the 22 Fabry story pages.
Thor appears on 1 of the 3 splash pages.
The only double-page spread is Thorless.
Doctor Strange guest stars.

IN YOUR LCS 9 YEARS AGO TODAY

WHAT IF INFINITY DARK REIGN #1 $3.99

(W) Joshua Williamson (A) Goran Sudzuka (CA) James Flames
   What if NORMAN OSBORN had the INFINITY GAUNTLET?! DARK REIGN returns as the GREEN GOBLIN gets his hands on the most dangerous item in the Marvel Universe! No one is safe, not even Thor! 
NOTE: Thor does not appear on the cover

IN YOUR LCS 37 YEARS AGO TODAY

Thor's 601st appearance was his only new appearance for October 1987. It was his 24th for the year. 

What the cover promises the 22 page story delivers. Thor battling a Celestial, drawn dynamically by Ron Frenz and Brett Breeding. This is the second chapter of a Celestials trilogy.

93 YEARS AGO TODAY

Larry Lieber, the first man to script Thor was born.

Thor was just another story. I didn't think about it at all. Stan said, "I'm trying to make up a character," and he gave me the plot, and he said, "Why don't you write the story?"

      -  Larry Lieber from Alter Ego Vol. 3 #2 

IN YOUR LCS 36 YEARS AGO TODAY

 

Thor's 2nd appearance of October 1988 was his 22nd of the year.

It was his 625th appearance of all time.

Ron Frenz/Brett Breeding cover. A DeFalco/Frenz/Sinnott 35 page  homage to the Lee/Kirby/Sinnott Era. The splash was followed by a 2-page spread.

 

There were 5 more splashes counting this one.

And it wouldn't be a Kirby homage if there wasn't some 4-panel pages.

Plus back-up features:

A 4 page Thor overview by DeFalco/Frenz/Breeding

A couple of pin-up pages.

An 8 page Thorless Warriors Three tale.

A 5 page Thor/Hercules tussle

and

the issue ends with a Frenz/Vess visually stunning, but sadly Thorless nine-pager with Loki, Odin, his ravens and Surtur!