"To me, a job is a job. My job was to sell magazines - and that's what I did. I'm a professional, and I'm more interested in being professional than being an immortal artist of some kind." - Kirby

An example of what sold comic magazines in 1966.

MOST UNUSUAL THOR LINE EVER!?

5 YEARS AGO TODAY: the last of the 19 variant Thor covers inspired by iconic movie posters arrived at the stores.

AVENGERS ACADEMY #13 boasted the second Thor Hollywood Variant Cover by Amanda Conners. According to THOR GOES HOLLYWOOD adding Sif and the Enchantress to the composition was her idea. 

In 1962 Marvel published 134 comics. 89 of them had Kirby covers and 78 also had interior Kirby art totaling 1,167 pages.

Kirby's 15th consecutive cover for JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY hit the shops in the Fall of 1962.

If you are a THOR fan in your Fifties JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #116 might have been your introduction to the dynamic artistry of Kirby.

5 YEARS AGO TODAY

THORMANIA HIT NEW HEIGHTS PLUS A HOMAGE TO KING KONG AND STERANKO!!!

25 New Marvels shipped. 
5 had variant covers featuring the Thor corner of the shared universe paying homage to iconic movie posters. 

AGE OF X UNIVERSE #2 

     Cover by SIMONE BIANCHI
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #659

     Cover by STEFANO CASELLI
ANITA BLAKE CIRCUS OF DAMNED INGENUE #3 

    Cover by BRETT BOOTH
AVENGERS #12  

    Cover by BRYAN HITCH
CAPTAIN AMERICA #617

    Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
    Thor Goes Hollywood Variant by KHOI PHAM
DEADPOOL #36 

    Cover by DAVE JOHNSON
FF #2

    Cover by DANIEL ACUÑA
    Character Variant by MARKO DJURDJEVIC 
    Thor Goes Hollywood Variant by GREG HORN
INCREDIBLE HULKS #627 

     Cover DOUG BRAITHWAITE Thor Goes Hollywood Variant by MIKE DEL MUNDO
MIGHTY THOR #1

    Cover by OLIVIER COIPEL 
    Variant Cover by TRAVIS CHAREST 
    Variant Cover by WALT SIMONSON  
    Thor Movie Variant Cover
MIGHTY THOR SAGA #1
NAMOR FIRST MUTANT #9 

     Cover by PHIL NOTO
NEW MUTANTS #24

    Cover by MICO SUAYAN
ORSON SCOTT CARDS SPEAKER FOR DEAD #4 

   Cover by GUISEPPE CAMUNCOLI
OSBORN #5 

   Cover by BEN OLIVER
POWER MAN AND IRON FIST #4 

   Cover by MIKE PERKINS

RUSE #2 

   Cover by JACKSON GUICE
SECRET AVENGERS #12 

   Cover by MIKE DEODATO Thor Goes Hollywood Variant by MICHAEL KALUTA
SPIDER-GIRL #6 

   Cover by JELENA KEVIC-DJURDJEVIC
SPIDER-MAN #13 

   Cover by BARRY KITSON
THOR ASGARDS AVENGER #1 

   Cover by TOM RANEY
THUNDERSTRIKE #5 

   Cover by RONALD FRENZ
TOMB OF DRACULA PRESENTS THRONE OF BLOOD #1 

   Cover by BRYAN HITCH
UNCANNY X-MEN #536

    Cover by TERRY DODSON
VENOM #2

    Cover by TONY MOORE
X-23 #9 

    Cover by KALMAN ANDRASOFSZKY 

   Thor Goes Hollywood Variant by CHRIS STEVENS

X-MEN #10

    Cover by TERRY DODSON Variant Cover by CHRIS BACHALO 
    Thor Goes Hollywood Variant by JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER

Plus:

CAPTAIN AMERICA OPERATION REBIRTH PREM HC $24.99

CAPTAIN AMERICA TRIAL OF CAPTAIN AMERICA PREM HC $24.99
FANTASTIC FOUR BY JONATHAN HICKMAN PREM HC VOL 04 $19.99
THOR TRIALS OF LOKI PREM HC $19.99
THOR WARRIORS THREE UNLEASHED PREM HC $19.99
Written by STAN LEE, JOHN LEWANDOWSKI, TOM DEFALCO, RON FRENZ & WALT SIMONSON
Penciled by JACK KIRBY, KEVIN KOBASIC, RICH YANIZESKI, HERB TRIMPE, MARK TEXEIRA, JOE BARNEY & DEODATO STUDIOS
Covers by JOE BARNEY & JACK KIRBY
Collecting THOR ANNUAL #2 & #17; THOR (1966) #400, #410 & #415-416; MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS (1988) #66; MARVEL SUPER-HEROES (1990) #15 and JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #-1
 X-MEN OMNIBUS HC VOL 02 $99.99
 DOOMWAR TP $15.99
ESSENTIAL X-MEN TP VOL 06 NEW ED $19.99
MMW FANTASTIC FOUR TP VOL 06 $24.99
PUNISHER TP FRANKEN-CASTLE $34.99
SENSATIONAL SHE-HULK BY JOHN BYRNE TP VOL 01 $24.99
THOR OFFICIAL INDEX TO MARVEL UNIVERSE GN TP $19.99

The Marvel Misunderstanding Method was the plot device of choice in the Silver Age to get heroes to battle each other.

The misunderstanding for the issue-long fight in FANTASTIC FOUR #73 was set up in DAREDEVIL #38.

 

It takes place during THOR #150 when Thor was still depowered by Odin which explains why he didn't defeat the Thing with one punch. Continuity can be a wonderful thing in the right hands.