ON THE SPINNER RACKS 53 YEARS AGO TODAY

Sal Buscema and Sam Grainger provide a cover and story art featuring the 2nd appearance of the Growing Man. Its first appearance was in THOR #140

Writer Roy Thomas creates future MCU star, the Grandmaster. He also creates 4 more classic characters for this issue - Doctor Spectrum, Hyperion, Nighthawk  and Whizzer.

Writer Roy Thomas creates future MCU star, the Grandmaster. He also creates 4 more classic characters for this issue - Doctor Spectrum, Hyperion, Nighthawk  and Whizzer.

ON THE SPINNER RACKS 52 YEARS AGO TODAY

If you had been buying comics for more than five years this Kirby cover would have been familiar to you.

So might the 52 pages of Kirby art contained inside (reprinted from six different issues of JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY)

IN YOUR LCS TODAY

THOR #26 2ND PTG $3.99

 10 COPY INCV FRANK SKETCH VAR 

 COCCOLO VARIANT

THOR #28 POSTER $8.99

IN YOUR LCS 5 YEARS AGO TODAY

 CAPTAIN AMERICA STEVE ROGERS #19
(W) Nick Spencer (A/CA) Jesus Saiz

    SECRET EMPIRE TIE-IN!  Steve Rogers has won over the hearts and minds of the people - save one! Unfortunately, that one is the person he cares about the most. So Sharon Carter has a fateful decision to make. Thor Odinson does not appear on the cover but he is featured in a well-written and well-drawn 6 page sequence.

  MIGHTY THOR LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK THUNDER STRIKE $4.99

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(W) John Sazaklis (A/CA) Patrick Spaz Spaziante

    Marvel's Mighty Thor teams up with the Incredible Hulk! This book also features the the villians Skurge and Grandmaster! A great way to introduce boys and girls 2-5 to Thor and the other heroes in the Marvel Universe.

IN YOUR LCS 43 YEARS AGO TODAY

Thor's 11th appearance of 1979

His 388th of all time.

Bill Mantlo writes a respectful version of Thor in a well-crafted self-contained Avengers story.  

Thor appears on half of the 34 pages

Pencils by Don Newton

Inks by Jack Abel and Josef Rubenstein

ON THE SPINNER RACKS 59 YEARS AGO TODAY

     Not only was Thor and Loki in both of these comics but so was Jane Foster.

     Both covers were by Jack Kirby (with intricate Dick Ayers embellishing). Kirby also did the story art on the AVENGERS. 
      The JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY Thor story was drawn by Joe Sinnott.    

       Words by Stan Lee.

IN YOUR LCS 4 YEARS AGO TODAY

Odinson did not grace any of the myriad covers of the MUST BUY COMIC OF THE WEEK  but he did appear in it!!!

 SECRET EMPIRE #5 $3.99

(W) Nick Spencer (A) Andrea Sorrentino, Rod Reis (CA) Mark Brooks
    The heroes of the Marvel Universe never reckoned on the dread power that Steve Rogers would unleash! The Odinson makes a worthy appearance!