JACK KIRBY DOES JOHN BUSCEMA A FAVOR

Just before leaving Marvel to work exclusively for DC, Kirby had Surtur burn down Asgard making it possible for John Buscema to design his own Realm Eternal when he took over the art chores on THOR.

THE PERFECT THOR COMIC TO GIVE SOMEONE WHO HAS NEVER READ A THOR COMIC

THOR GOD OF THUNDER #18 features a self-contained story that you don't have to have any prior knowledge of Thor or Marvel Universe History to appreciate. It takes place over one week's time in 894 in a Viking village and Asgard. The cover is by Esad Ribic. 

The  impressive interior art is by Das Pastoras.

The caption gives the impression that Lee did not mention an Asgard Sky Ship in the plot that he supplied Kirby with.

This splash page is from December 1964. The movie THE LONG SHIPS was released 8 months earlier.

Have you met Thor's trio of good-looking grandaughters?

from THOR GOD OF THUNDER #22 

(art by Esad Ribic)

How many of their inherited weapons do you recognize?

By THOR #135 the lead strip had changed from mythology to Sci-fi.

Fortunately you could still rely on Tales of Asgard for a satisfying Dragon battle.

ARE YOU THOR FAN ENOUGH TO WEAR THIS?

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The Wildstorm Universe Thor never appeared on panel but his hammer was an integral plot device in PLANETARY #14. A fan favorite from the early 21st Century by Ellis and Cassaday.

Coming July 26, 2017

$14.99 in Midgardian coinage

THOR ODINSON IN YOUR FUTURE

IN THE SHOPS JUNE 14

ZOMBIES ASSEMBLE #3 $4.99

(W) Yusaku Komiyama, Jim Zub (A) Yusaku Komiyama (CA) Kiichi Mizushima
The outbreak is spreading, and two of Earth's Mightiest Heroes have been infected! Captain America, Hawkeye and Iron Man venture out into the zombie-filled streets to stem the tide, while Bruce Banner and Dr. Amano race to find a cure - and one of them will make a shocking sacrifice to test its effectiveness! Will another Avenger succumb to the virus? Where did the outbreak originate? The thrills continue as the original manga is adapted into English for the first time!

Land variant cover

NEW THOR APPEARANCES IN THE SHOPS TOMORROW

AVENGERS #7 $3.99
(W) Mark Waid (A) Phil Noto (CA) Alex Ross
     The Infamous Iron Man joins the Avengers - or, to hear him tell it, they're joining HIM.  How will Lady Thor and the Avengers  react to a reformed villain like Doctor Doom? 

MARVEL UNIVERSE GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #19 $2.99
(W) Joe Caramagna (A) Various (CA) TBD
   In part one of a two-part story, the GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY must choose sides when ASGARD attacks SPARTAX!  But something more sinister is going on beneath the surface - and it's up to STAR-LORD, GAMORA, DRAX, ROCKET and GROOT to bring that deception to light!

ZOMBIES ASSEMBLE #1 $4.99
(W) Yusaku Komiyama, Jim Zub (A/CA) Yusaku Komiyama
    The original manga is adapted into English for the first time! Time and again, the Avengers have assembled to save the Earth from destruction. But they've never had to face a threat as gruesome and UNDEAD as this one! Now, Earth's Mightiest Heroes must fight to contain an outbreak of horrifying zombies, and stop them from spreading across the Earth! But not all of the Avengers will escape uninfected...

Tony Moore variant cover.

THOR ODINSON IN YOUR FUTURE

ON SALE MAY 17

Cover for MIGHTY THOR #19 $3.99 

Art by Russell Dauterman

THE END OF AN ERA

After 49 episodes Tales of Asgard ends!!!

Tales Of Asgard ended in THOR #145.

It had possibly the lowest panel-to-page ratio of any comic series.

Full Pagers = 52

2 Panel Pages = 1

3 Panel Pages = 50

4 Panel Pages = 133

5 Panel Pages = 8

6 Panel Pages = 1

NO NEW THOR ODINSON OR LADY THOR APPEARANCES IN THE SHOPS TOMORROW

unless you count this 20 copy incentive variant cover by Ron Frenz

STILL HAVEN"T BOUGHT WALTER SIMONSON'S RAGAROK #12?!?

OVERCOMPENSATING ODIN

DON'T TELL IDW BUT I'D GLADLY PAY MORE THAN $4.99 FOR THIS BOOK. THANK YOU MR SIMONSON

IN THE SHOPS APRIL 12

RAGNAROK #12 $4.99

IDW PUBLISHING

(W/A/CA) Walter Simonson

   Thor's hammer, Mjolnir, will decide the fates of the Black Elf Assassin, Regn, his daughter Drifa, and Angantyr, the Lord of the Dead, in the depths of Angantyr's fortress at the edge of Hel. Its decision is written with lightning and thunder, and it is always final. Plus a gallery section of pages from this issue-Artist's Edition style!  The second story arc of Walter Simonson's masterpiece concludes!

 Lee Weeks variant cover

ONLY 5 MORE DAYS

until UNWORTHY THOR #5

FINALLY - IN THE SHOPS MARCH 22

UNWORTHY THOR #5

(W) Jason Aaron (A) Olivier Coipel & Various (CA) Olivier Coipel
   The hammer of the Ultimate Thor is finally within reach of Asgard's fallen son.  Is redemption finally at hand?  No matter what happens next, life will never be the same for the Odinson.

1 in 50 Leinil Francis Yu cover

THOR GOES TO HELL IN 2010

Cover art to THOR #614 by MICO SUAYAN

For your Summer THORdrobe

In the shops July 12

NOT MY NEW COMICS DAY!!! How about you?

For the second week in a row there are NO new appearances by Thor Odinson!!!!!

And there are no Lady Thor appearances either!
 

IN 1966 KIRBY THE FUTURIST PREDICTS THE COMING OF THE WIDESCREEN TV.

I WANT ONE! HOW ABOUT YOU?

JOE JUSKO CORNER BOX VARIANT 

on sale this Wednesday.

IN THE SHOPS TODAY

ARE YOU THOR FAN ENOUGH TO WEAR THESE?

THOR SUNSTACHES SUNGLASSES $9.99
         From H2W. When you're coming out of Asgard to save the world, the sun might make things a little bright, so you probably need some dark sunglasses. These Thor Sun-Staches are perfect when you're duking it out with Loki in the middle of the day. One size fits most.
 

Two decades ago, when comics were only $2.50, there was a Comico Comics Thor.

From ELEMENTALS #24

If you are a fan of Thor and Robert (WALKING DEAD) Kirkman this is the comic for you.

How popular was the archetypal comic goddess in the Silver Age?

Marvel waited barely more than two years to reprint the first appearance of the Enchantress.

“Odin was a drunken old sot, occasionally wandering off to get into fights. I had 30 years of anger and frustration towards Odin for his sanctimonious and racist treatment of Thor and Loki. I wasn’t going to hold back.” - Bill Messner-Loebs (OaklandPress.com, 11/9/13)

THOR #495, the first issue written by Bill Messner-Loebs, is a double treat thanks to the impressive full art by Geoff Isherwood. The coloring is an example of what could be done with a computer in 1995. 
Plus, for those of us that like good-looking women, Amora appears on 12 of the 21 pages.

It was like Image was daring Marvel to send them a cease and desist letter!

THREE YEARS AGO TODAY: Norse Mythology versus Zombies

 THOR: THE DARK WORLD surpassed WORLD WAR Z in domestic box office gross by $160,000. 

Both of these covers by the amazing Arthur Suydam.

HAPPY 94th BIRTHDAY TO STAN *MAESTRO OF THE MARVEL MULTIVERSE* LEE

"Lee's dialogue was witty and filled with character. Place it over exciting visual storytelling by Kirby or Ditko and you had something very special."
       - Mark Evanier KIRBY KING OF COMICS