Sunday, March 31, 2024

ON THE SPINNER RACKS Mar/Apr 1969

 PLUTO'S BACK!
Pluto's 6th appearance but only the 3rd time he made the cover (all drawn by Jack Kirby and Vince Colletta)
Thor's 4th 1969 appearance, 125th of all time.
Sif's 3rd 1969 appearance, 26th of all time.

Saturday, March 30, 2024

IN YOUR LCS 8 YEARS AGO TODAY

from IDW
RAGNAROK #8
script, art and cover by Walter Simonson
With his dead child behind him, and a thousand burning demons before, the Black Elf assassin, Regn, fights furiously alongside Thor, so that after the battle, he and he alone can kill the God of Thunder.
Mike Mignola subscription variant

from MARVEL

CAPTAIN AMERICA SAM WILSON #7 $5.99
(W) Nick Spencer (A) Daniel Acuña (CA) Alex Ross
  Since World War II, Steve Rogers has wielded his shield against unspeakable odds. When he fell, Bucky Barnes picked it up. When it was time to rest, he handed it to Sam Wilson. But now Steve will be asked to wield it one last time, against a foe so deadly it could very well be his final stand. Thor Odinson appears on one page as an example of a hero that "inspired" Steve Rogers.

Friday, March 29, 2024

IN YOUR LCS 1 YEAR AGO TODAY

 
AVENGERS BEYOND #1 $3.99
(W) Derek Landy (A/CA) Greg Land
Someone has been manipulating the Avengers for the past several months, altering the very fabric of reality in an attempt to prepare the planet for a threat that could destroy everything. Here, now, this unseen individual is to be dragged, kicking and screaming, from the shadows and into the light - and is revealed as the Beyonder! Something big is coming to the Marvel Universe...
50 COPY INCENTIVE GARBETT VARIANT

GREG LAND VARIANT


THOR #32 $3.99
(W) Donny Cates (A) Juan Gedeon (CA) Nic Klein
THOR VS. DOCTOR DOOM! It's THOR against DOOM in a battle of wits, morals and, of course-might! Doom's latest plot lies deep in Asgard's history. And nothing, not even time itself, will stop him from getting what he wants-except maybe for Thor, who must pursue him to protect reality itself!
MAHMUD ASRAR INFINITY SAGA PHASE 3 VARIANT

NICK BRADSHAW VARIANT

Thursday, March 28, 2024

NEW THOR IN YOUR LCS 6 YEARS AGO TODAY

AVENGERS #686 $3.99
(W) Mark Waid & Various (A) Paco Medina (CA) Mark Brooks
    NO SURRENDER Part 12 As Wonder Man struggles to get through to the Hulk, the Black Order attacks Avengers HQ! The grand cosmic game comes to its shocking conclusion - but the war for Earth is just beginning! Lady Thor is not on the cover but she does have a large part inside.

BEN REILLY SCARLET SPIDER #16 $3.99
(W) Peter David (A) Will Sliney (CA) Khary Randolph
   DAMNATION TIE-IN!  Ben Reilly is the Spider-Man who can't die - the only spider to slip through Mephisto's grasp time and again. But even the Scarlet Spider cannot avoid DAMNATION. Demon Lady Thor appears on one page (in a group shot of the Demon Avengers).

OLD MAN HAWKEYE #3 $3.99 
OLIVIER COIPEL MIGHTY THOR VARIANT
WARNING: NO THORS APPEAR INSIDE
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #598 $3.99 
DALE KEOWN MIGHTY THOR VARIANT
WARNING: NO THORS APPEAR INSIDE
DAREDEVIL #600 $5.99  
YU MIGHTY THOR VARIANT
WARNING: NO THORS APPEAR INSIDE
BLACK PANTHER #171 $3.99 
NICK BRADSHAW MIGHTY THOR VARIANT
WARNING: NO THORS APPEAR INSIDE
THOR VS HULK TP CHAMPIONS OF UNIVERSE $14.99
(W) Jeremy Whitley (A) Simone Buonfantino, Alti Firmansyah (CA) Dan Mora
     An Elder of the Universe has come to Earth, and he means to battle our planet's strongest hero. But will Thor and Hulk ever agree on which one of them that is? Asgard's Avenger and the green goliath will have to run a gauntlet of impossible challenges to prove their worthiness to face down this cosmic menace - but what's really waiting for them at the finish line? And can even the two mightiest heroes on the planet smash their way out of this one? 
       This is a digital-original comic in print for the first time.


Wednesday, March 27, 2024

IN YOUR LCS 34 YEARS AGO TODAY

Ron Frenz channels his inner Kirby!!! 
Embellished by the great Joe Sinnott !!!

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

IN THE SHOPS 10 YEARS AGO TODAY


AVENGERS #27 $3.99 
   Writer: Jonathan Hickman Art: Salvador Larroca Cover art: Mike Deodato
    The science war overtakes the world(s). The collision of Avengers and New Avengers is imminent. Plenty of Thor battle action in this issue.





UNCANNY AVENGERS #18.NOW $3.99 
   Writer: Rick Remender Cover and interior art: Daniel Acuña
    Welcome to Planet X, the new mutant homeworld, where everything is great-presuming that you possess the mutant gene! Janet Van Dyne, the Wasp, is the last human being alive, relentlessly pursued by Magneto and his All-New X-Force and their "No More Humans" campaign, and protected by her husband, Havok!
    There is a one-panel appearance by a probable parallel-time Thor…

Monday, March 25, 2024

NEW THOR IN YOUR LCS 4 YEARS AGO TODAY

 
ROAD TO EMPYRE KREE SKRULL WAR #1 $4.99 
(W) Robbie Thompson (A) Mattia De Iulis, Javier Rodriguez (CA) Phil Noto
EMPYRE IS COMING!
The build-up to Marvel's massive event series of the spring begins here-but in actuality, it began a millennia ago, with a challenge on the moon! In the wake of INCOMING, everything has changed for the Kree and the Skrulls. And out in the cold on Earth, the Warner family (MEET THE SKRULLS) need to work out what has happened and what it means for the future of their family and their race! And that means educating their kids on just how the Kree and the Skrulls first went to war!
RON LIM VARIANT




TAROT #4 $4.99 
(W) Alan Davis (A/CA) Paul Renaud
Merged into a single amalgamated band, the combined heroes of the amalgamated Avengers and Defenders race against the clock to put everything right - as the final card begins to turn.

ALAN DAVIS VARIANT 




MARVEL ACTION AVENGERS #1
IDW PUBLISHING
(W) Katie Cook (A/CA) Butch K. Mapa

Year two of Marvel Action: Avengers begins here! Grab your favorite teammate and strap in for adventure, Avengers-style! Every issue of this humorous, fun-filled series will find an Avenger paired up with an unlikely fellow super hero to thwart the plans of outrageous villains! First up, Thor and Ant-Man go...antiquing? Anything to stop Loki's newest scheme!