ON THE SPINNER RACKS 58 YEARS AGO TODAY

 The 70th appearance of Thor
The 4th appearance of the Absorbing Man
(and his 4th cover appearance)

The Kirby/Colletta cover delivers what it promises. 13 of the 16 pages of the lead story depict Absorbing Man/Thor battle action.

Plus Loki makes his 26th appearance.

 

 

This solid issue concludes with the 22nd 5 page installment of the always-welcome TALES OF ASGARD backup.

ON THE SPINNER RACKS 59 YEARS AGO TODAY

For the first time a villain from another title appears on the cover (and inside) of JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY!

Magneto had already appeared in 4 issues of  X-MEN.

Those appearances, like this one, were drawn by Jack Kirby.

Jane Foster's 27th appearance.

Doctor Don Blake's 32nd appearance.

IN YOUR LCS 3 YEARS AGO TODAY

RAGNAROK BREAKING OF HELHEIM #6  $4.99

IDW PUBLISHING

(W/A/CA) Walter Simonson

Thor races to reach the rim of the dead lands and escape the lethal vengeance of Hel, pursued by the beasts of Helheim and the numberless dead. With his destruction almost upon him, the God of Thunder gathers the fate of all of Helheim into his gauntleted hands as Mjolnir, the greatest weapon of the gods, speaks in a voice of thunder across the Dusklands.

EMPYRE #4 $4.99 

(W) Al Ewing, Dan Slott (A) Valerio Schiti (CA) Jim Cheung

   As the attack on Wakanda intensifies, the heroes find themselves under attack from their enemies - and their allies!  In a war where nobody can be fully trusted, betrayal cuts deep - as the alien invasion claims its first casualty! In this issue: The shock ending you never expected! 

CHRISTOPHER 2-PACK ACTION FIGURE VARIANT

  GARBETT VARIANT

EMPYRE HANDBOOK #1

(W/A) Various (CA) Ron Lim

Multiple races across the universe are pulled into a major conflict when EMPYRE hits! The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe helps keep the participants straight with updates of the major players in this star-spanning war: The Avengers! The Fantastic Four! Captain Marvel (Danvers)! The Skrulls! The Kree! Hulkling! Plus: All-new profiles of Kree members Bel-Dann, Captain Glory (Gla-Ree) and Tanalth, Skrull member Raksor, and the Cotati Swordsman! Also featuring the mysterious, never-before profiled Blue Area of Earth's Moon!

THOR #3 3RD PTG KLEIN VAR $3.99

THOR #4 2ND PTG KLEIN VARIANT $3.99

ON THE SPINNER RACKS 57 YEARS AGO TODAY

From June 1962 until July 1966 there were 73 Marvel comics published with Thor on the cover. All of them were the work of Jack Kirby

John Romita Senior broke Kirby's streak with this cover. (inks by Mike Esposito)

NEW THOR IN YOUR LCS 7 YEARS AGO

MARVEL TSUM TSUM #1 $3.99 

(W) Jacob Chabot (A) David Baldeon (CA) Chris Samnee

     These seemingly cute and cuddly creatures are sweeping the globe! What happens when these pint-sized piles of fur find their way into the Marvel Universe? After a crate of them falls to Earth en route to THE COLLECTOR, one small group of Brooklyn teenagers will find out! Thor Odinson makes a cameo and there is a Thor Tsum Tsum.

MARVEL UNIVERSE AVENGERS ULTRON REVOLUTION #2 $2.99

(W) Joe Caramagna (A/CA) Various

   Ultron's got the perfect plan for an imperfect humanity: Replace all humans with robots! The first replacements on the list? THE AVENGERS!  But can the Avengers overcome their own weaknesses to defeat their flawless impostors?

ON THE SPINNER RACKS 61 YEARS AGO TODAY

Thor's 3rd Marvel appearance.

Loki appears on a cover for the first time and debuts in the 13 page Lee/Kirby story.

Don Blake appears for the 3rd time. 

Nurse Foster's appears for the 2nd time.

Plus Heimdall and Balder appear for the 1st time as does Asgard and the Bifrost Bridge!!!

ON THE SPINNER RACKS 55 YEARS AGO TODAY

 ONE OF JACK KIRBY'S 

MANY EFFECTIVE WAYS
 OF MAKING THE HERO SEEM OUTMATCHED...
(The giant opponent hand)

It was a good summer to be a Thor fan with the first Mangog epic. It was Mangog's 4th consecutive appearance since being introduced in THOR #154.

It would be more than 3 years before Mangog made another appearance.