There are only a few comic from my childhood/teenage years that remain on my wants list of comic books that I either used to own or missed out on the first time around. Thor issue 180 from 1970 (cover and art by Neal Adams) was one of those comics that I always wanted but never managed to find. That all changed last week when I managed to find the above issue at a very reasonable price in Glasgow. I now only require to pick up a copy of Thor 181, the second part of this Neal Adams /Stan Lee Thor collaboration to complete my small but perfectly formed Thor wants list. Below as some of my favourite US Thor comics that I have managed to pick up from back issue shops, charity shops and jumble sales over the years:
My first US Thor comic was the above issue 205 ( Cover by Gil Kane & Frank Giacoia) cover dated November 1972, which I purchased around March 1973. I still have my original copy but it is badly ripped. I picked up this nice cents copy in a specialist shop in Edinburgh for £2.
Thor 204 (cover by John Buscema & Joe Sinnott) Cover dated October 1972. I purchased this issue in the same newsagents as number 205 around June 1973. It wasn’t uncommon at this time for US comics to appear on sale out of order and sometimes many months apart. I lost my copy many years ago and managed to find this replacement copy recently in Glasgow.
Thor 198 (cover by John Buscema & Joe Sinnott) - Cover dated April 1972 .
Thor 187 (cover by John Buscema, Joe Sinnott & Marie Severin) -Cover dated April 1971
Thor 184 (cover by John Buscema & Joe Sinnott) -Cover dated January 1971
Thor 177 (Jack Kirby & John Verpoorten) - June 1970.
Thor 157: (Jack Kirby and Vince Colletta) 1968 –
Thor 155 (Jack Kirby and Vince Colletta) 1968
Thor 140 (Jack Kirby and Vince Colletta) – 1967
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I think I've only got 140 and 177 in their original comics form, but I have the others in Masterworks and Omnibus editions. These issues are from a time when the covers made you want to pick up the mag - not like today, alas.
ReplyDeleteI only have the above Thor comics and about 10 others, mostly from the Walt Simonson run. I have the first Thor Epic collection ( a present) which I wasn't impressed by as I didnt really like those very early Thor tales.
DeleteNowadays I find those old Thor comics almost unreadable with all that ridiculous cod-Shakespearean dialogue - why would Norse gods speak as if they all came from Ye Old Englande anyway?? Thankfully the modern Thor comics no longer use that style of language.
ReplyDeleteI suppose in hindsight it was silly using Shakespearean type talk for Thor etc, but I thought it worked as a shorthand methods to portray old Norse or the fact he came from another time or era. Having Thor speak in American English is of course just as silly as having him speak Shakesperean really . Saying that I haven't read a Thor comic in years so it may work.
ReplyDeleteI definitely prefer my Norse gods to talk like they've swallowed a copy of "Hamlet". It makes them sound less mundane.
ReplyDeleteThe only Thor comic I have is #207, which I picked up recently as it is part of the 3-part unofficial Marvel-DC crossover set around Tom Fagan's Halloween parade. I will look out for those Adams issues, though. I don't believe that I ever bought a Thor comic back in the 70s, and my exposure to the character was through the pages of the Marvel weeklies.
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