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AVENGERS CURSE OF THE MAN-THING #1 $4.99 

    (W) Steve Orlando (A) Francesco Mobili (CA) Daniel Acuna

    BURN AT THE TOUCH OF THE HARROWER! For decades, the Man-Thing has haunted the Florida Everglades. Now a new enemy has hijacked his body on a quest to take his incendiary abilities global! We wake to fear as gargantuan monoliths menace cities worldwide, with only the AVENGERS standing between the population of Earth and a planetwide inferno. Can they save Man-Thing in time to douse the fires? And does the man inside the thing, TED SALLIS, even want to be saved? Introducing a sensational new villain, THE HARROWER! PART 1 of 3!

BETA RAY BILL #1 $4.99  

(W/A/CA)Daniel Warren Johnson     

The second-most famous wielder of Mjolnir. The right-hand man to the god of Thunder. And now, a warrior without his best weapon. Beta Ray Bill is tired of playing second fiddle to Thor - and with Bill's famous hammer, Stormbreaker, recently destroyed at the new All-Father's hands, tensions are higher than ever. The Korbinite must strike out in search of a new weapon...and a new destiny. Assuming he can first defeat a Knullified Fin Fang Foom! Plus: This oversize first issue contains an exclusive conversation between Johnson and Beta Ray Bill's creator, the legendary Walter Simonson!

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THE ONLY NEW THOR APPEARANCE IN YOUR LCS 4 YEARS AGO TODAY

AVENGERS #5.1 $3.99 

(W) Mark Waid (A/CA) Barry Kitson

   THE SHOCKING CONCLUSION TO THE TALE OF THE ORIGINAL NEW AVENGERS!  Avenger X isn't who she's been pretending to be! Will the rest of the Avengers learn the truth about her in time to prevent disaster? Thor Odinson appears on the cover and 4 of the first 5 pages.

IN YOUR LCS 43 YEARS AGO TODAY

Thor doesn't appear on the cover of AVENGERS #172 but he does make his 7th appearance of 1978 (his 354th of all time) on 4 of the 17 interior pages.

Written by Jim Shooter. 

Pencils by Sal Buscema. Inks by Klaus Janson.

IN YOUR LCS 38 YEARS AGO TODAY

Seems like a mismatch to me. 
Cover art by Ron Wilson and Hellboy creator, Mike Mignola.
38 pages of story art by Ron Wilson and Danny Bulanadi.

NEW THOR IN YOUR LCS 3 YEARS AGO TODAY

AVENGERS #684 $4.99 

(W) Mark Waid & Various (A) Joe Bennett, Paco Medina (CA) Mark Brooks
     Back from the dead! He cannot be reasoned with. He will not be stopped. Bruce Banner isn't home right now. There is only THE IMMORTAL HULK.

DOCTOR STRANGE #387 $3.99

(W) Donny Cates (A) Niko Henrichon (CA) Michael Del Mundo

     Strange is captive in Mephisto's HOTEL INFERNO!  His only chance to get out? Winning on the casino floor.  But remember, the house ALWAYS wins. A demonic Lady Thor with a burning hammer appears.

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THOR #4 $3.99

(W) Donny Cates (A) Nic Klein (CA) Olivier Coipel

    THOR'S GREATEST ENEMY - AND THE UNIVERSE'S ONLY SAVIOR - REVEALED! The Black Winter is coming - the end of the entire vast universe - and only one entity can stop it. The only one who has survived it before, Galactus the World-Eater, has come to Midgard...in search of a herald for the end of everything.

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ANT-MAN #3 $3.99

(W) Zeb Wells (A) Dylan Burnett (CA) Eduard Petrovich

   The threat of Macrothrax and the impending invasion looms large!  With no choice but to call the Avengers for help, will Ant-Man be able to convince them to take both this threat and himself seriously? Guest-starring Spider-Man and the Black Cat!
      THOR appears in 2 panels and has no lines. Blade gets the punchline that could just as easily been THOR's!

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AVENGERS #32 $3.99 

(W) Jason Aaron (A/CA) Ed McGuinness

     What do the King of Atlantis, the Lord of the Vampires, the deposed duke of Hell, a mysterious Russian assassin and the secret boss of Washington, D.C.'s greatest super-team have in common? They all really hate the Avengers. And so there came a day, a day unlike any other, when Earth's mightiest villains found themselves united against a common threat. 

79 YEARS AGO TODAY

     How familiar was the average literate American with Thor in 1940? A story called "The Roaring Trumpet" by L. Sprague De Camp and Fletcher Pratt published in the May 1940 pulp magazine UNKNOWN. The 77 page story lead off the magazine and it featured Thor, Odin, Loki and Heimdall. 

    Pagsilang Rey Isip's comic book, pulp and movie poster art added to the zeitgeist of America for four decades including the Thor painting he did for the UNKNOWN cover.

The interior art for "The Roaring Trumpet" was by Edd Cartier, a prolific artist who is best known for illustrating The Shadow's stories.