48 YEARS AGO TODAY

Wouldn't this cover be just as dramatic without the word balloons? (art by Rich Buckler)

Gerry Conway tries to come up with a story with all the elements that a Thor fan would want. 

Art by possibly one of Marvel's most under appreciated artists - Sal Buscema

NEW THOR APPEARANCES IN YOUR LCS 6 YEARS AGO TODAY

SECRET WARS #2 $4.99

(W) Jonathan Hickman (A) Esad Ribic (CA) Alex Ross

 

   THE MARVEL UNIVERSE IS GONE, ALL THAT REMAINS IS BATTLEWORLD! LEARN THE SECRETS OF THIS BRAVE NEW REALM IN THIS SPECIAL OVERSIZED ISSUE! Even more Thors in the issue then there are on the cover!!!

Yasmine Putri Variant cover

Esad Ribic Variant cover

THOR #8 $3.99 

(W) Jason Aaron (A/CA) Russell Dauterman

   The final battle with the Destroyer! Guest stars galore! A shocking return! And Thor's secret identity revealed at last!!!

Mike Mayhew NYC variant cover

MARVEL UNIVERSE AVENGERS ASSEMBLE SEASON TWO #7 $2.99

(W) Joe Caramagna

    Fed up with his son's dealing with mortals, Odin orders Thor back to Asgard. Now Thor must prove to his father that he does good on earth or return home forever!

ANGELA ASGARDS ASSASSIN #6 $3.99

(W) Kieron Gillen, Marguerite Bennett (A) Phil Jimenez, Stephanie Hans (CA) Stephanie Hans

   In the climax of a battle between Heven and Asgard, both their futures are changed forever. Thor Odinson guest stars.

GUARDIANS 3000 $3.99

(W) Dan Abnett (A) Nico Leon (CA) Gerardo Sandoval

   Stranded on 21st century Earth, the 31st century Guardians finally have a chance to locate the anomaly that is ripping the past, present and future of the Universal Time-stream apart.  But locating it is one thing...preventing it is something else altogether. Shocking twists and end-of-the-World action! A dramatically posed but silent Thor appears in two panels.

NEW THOR APPEARANCES ON THE SPINNER RACKS 57 YEARS AGO TODAY

It was the best May since recorded time to be a Thor fan. 

Not only did this admitably average Lee/Kirby THOR issue appear on the local spinner racks...

There was also this 23 page self-contained battlefest with Kirby visuals and Lee verbiage.

Plus Thor gets involved with a Loki and Doctor Strange wizard battle.

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with 9 pages of artwork by the legendary Steve Ditko.

And there was also a 2 panel Thor cameo in the Iron Man half of TALES OF SUSPENSE #56 (art by Don Heck)

NEW THOR APPEARANCES IN YOUR LCS 1 YEAR AGO TODAY

Even Though Thor appears on the 

Giuseppe Camuncoli connecting variant cover for 

WAR OF REALMS 

NEW AGENTS OF ATLAS #1 

he DOES NOT appear inside.

SPIDER-MAN DEADPOOL #50 $4.99

(W) Robbie Thompson (A) Jim Towe, Matt Horak (CA) Dave Johnson

   Spider-Man and Deadpool fight the Manipulator for the fate of the entire Marvel Universe! A silent Thor appears on 2 crowd-scene pages.

NEW THOR IN YOUR LCS TOMORROW

HEROES REBORN #1 $5.99 

(W) Jason Aaron (A) Ed McGuinness (CA) Leinil Francis Yu

      Welcome to a world where Thor is a hard-drinking atheist who despises hammers. Where Tony Stark never built an Iron Man armor. Where Wakanda is dismissed as a myth. And where Captain America was never found in the ice because there were no Avengers. Instead this world has always been protected by the Squadron Supreme of America. And now the Squadron faces an attack from some of their fiercest enemies, like Dr. Juggernaut, the Black Skull, the Silver Witch and Thanos with his Infinity Rings. Why is the Daywalker Blade the one man who seems to remember that the entire world has somehow been...reborn?

THOR AND LOKI DOUBLE TROUBLE #3 $3.99

(W) Mariko Tamaki (A/CA) Gurihiru

    Thor and Loki are transported to an alternate universe where they run into the Goddess of Thunder: JANE FOSTER! Can she help these misbehaving brothers find their way home?

IMMORTAL HULK #46 $3.99 

(W) Al Ewing (A) Joe Bennett (CA) Alex Ross

   We thought they were dead. We thought they'd been banished, controlled, made harmless. We were wrong.  The gamma monsters are coming back - converging, one by one, on New York City. And who can stop them now?  Who can save us...from the IMMORTAL HULK? Thor and the Avengers appear.

If you were born a 100 years ago your favorite Thor artist might have been Johannes Gehrts.

His artwork appeared in popular magazines and children's books at the beginning of the 20th century.

He made a living illustrating pirate stories, German legends, Fairy Tales and, obviously, Norse Mythology.

THE NEW THOR IN YOUR LCS TOMORROW

THE MARVELS #1 $4.99 

(W) Kurt Busiek (A) Yildiray Cinar (CA) Alex Ross

  ALL-NEW, ONGOING SERIES! Kurt Busiek (MARVELS, Astro City) is back, telling stories that span the decades and range from cosmic adventure to intense human drama, from the street-level to the cosmic. This first issue includes an invasion from orbit, a picnic in Prospect Park, super hero sightseeing in Manhattan, the All-Winners Squad in 1947, Reed Richards during his time in military intelligence, cosmic beings beyond space and time- and that's only for starters. Featuring Captain America, Spider-Man, the Punisher, the Human Torch, Storm, the Black Cat, the Golden Age Vision, Aero, Iron Man and Thor, and introducing two brand-new characters, all beautifully drawn by Yildiray Cinar (X-MEN, Legion of Super-Heroes, IRON MAN) in the opening act of a thriller that'll take us across the Marvel Universe...and beyond. Plus: Who (or what) is KSHOOM? It all starts here. And it goes...everywhere.