Thor Collecting Thread! 3 3

[Black_Adam]

I searched to the Bifrost Bridge and back, but it appears I'd have an easier time lifting Mjolnir than finding a thread dedicated to the God of Thunder. I'm nowhere near the biggest Thor collector (I hope), but I find it hard to understand how of all the Silver Age Marvel threads created there hasn't been one for the third hero (tied with Spidey, I believe) of the Marvel Age of Comics. I don't exactly have the search skills of Heimdall, so I probably missed the thread (if it does exist). If it doesn't, here's one to start the party, with a special guest appearance by the Absorbing Man!

 

 

Edited July 27, 2017 by Black_Adam

[namisgr]

https://www.cgccomics.com/boards/topic/91406-thor-appreciation-thread/

Unfortunately, many of the image links are now broken.

[Black_Adam]

Thanks for the link! My hunt for it had about as much success as one of Volstagg's diets...even with you pointing me in the right direction, I still can't get the thread to show on a search! 

[Dick Pontoon]

That thread is severely neutered. Might as well start anew. Not sure what I have scanned, but here's my JIM #104.

[Dave2739]

I've posted this one before, but since we're starting fresh, here's my JIM83.

[namisgr]

4 hours ago, Pontoon said:

That thread is severely neutered. Might as well start anew. Not sure what I have scanned, but here's my JIM #104.

I love this cover, and consider it a classic along side JIM89.

[Black_Adam]

1 hour ago, Dave2739 said:

I've posted this one before, but since we're starting fresh, here's my JIM83.

By Sif's Scarlet Shorts! That's a sweet #83!

[piper]

I would think that putting a early SA run of Thor would be relatively inexpensive in 8.0 once you've purchased whatever copy of 83 you can afford.

I'm toying with the idea.

If you were putting a SA run where would you stop?

[Black_Adam]

4 minutes ago, piper said:

I would think that putting a early SA run of Thor would be relatively inexpensive in 8.0 once you've purchased whatever copy of 83 you can afford.

I'm toying with the idea.

If you were putting a SA run where would you stop?

Always debatable as to when the Silver Age ended, but if I was completing a SA Thor run I would stop at #192 (last 15-cent issue).

[Dave2739]

24 minutes ago, Black_Adam said:

Always debatable as to when the Silver Age ended, but if I was completing a SA Thor run I would stop at #192 (last 15-cent issue).

I agree with this. But if you don't want to go that far, then maybe just the Journey Into Mystery issues, 83-125 and Annual 1.

[Dick Pontoon]

31 minutes ago, piper said:

I would think that putting a early SA run of Thor would be relatively inexpensive in 8.0 once you've purchased whatever copy of 83 you can afford.

I'm toying with the idea.

If you were putting a SA run where would you stop?

After Kirby left for me.

[piper]

4 minutes ago, Pontoon said:

After Kirby left for me.

What issue is that?

[Black_Adam]

5 minutes ago, piper said:

What issue is that?

I think #179 was the last Kirby issue (Neal Adams did #180 - #182).

[Black_Adam]

One more of mine.

[Dick Pontoon]

12 minutes ago, Black_Adam said:

I think #179 was the last Kirby issue (Neal Adams did #180 - #182).

Yup, #179 was the last. With the exception of #178 which had John Buscema pencils.

[marvelmaniac]

I go from JIM 83 up to Thor 265, that is where I stopped.

All raw with the early JIM's in lower grade.

Unfortunately my JIM 83 is a GRR in VF- 7.5

 

 

[Black_Adam]

1 hour ago, marvelmaniac said:

I go from JIM 83 up to Thor 265, that is where I stopped.

All raw with the early JIM's in lower grade.

Unfortunately my JIM 83 is a GRR in VF- 7.5

 

 

 

 

 

Just completing this run (in any condition) is an accomplishment of Asgardian proportion, and there's nothing unfortunate about owning a GRR JIM 83 that looks as nice as this one! 

[FineCollector]

On 7/27/2017 at 3:12 PM, piper said:

I would think that putting a early SA run of Thor would be relatively inexpensive in 8.0 once you've purchased whatever copy of 83 you can afford.

I'm toying with the idea.

If you were putting a SA run where would you stop?

Thors after 126 are definitely cheap.  I've been plugging away at them seriously in the last 5 years, and been very satisfied with the raw copies I've been able to find.

Journey Into Mystery is a tough run to build in nice shape from 83-112.  I can't picture another silver age title where the number of low grade copies available for sale dwarfs the number of mid and high grade copies as much as those early JIMs.  Dealer bins are always overflowing with low grade copies that don't turn over.  I wonder if that's been turning off collectors from buying Thor, and has kept demand down and prices low for all these years.

[namisgr]

Thor is a great run.  The Lee/Kirby stories and art are terrific, and the issues are affordable even in really nice shape.

Here's a few scans of the run posted before, but now inaccessible thanks to Photobucket shenanigans.

 

[namisgr]

Pacific Coast pedigree

Edited July 30, 2017 by namisgr