posted March 30, 2003 03:51 PM               

I thought it must have been really frustrating for anyone who bought the 2nd THOR book ("Vol.26"-- it's so easy to see why I hate this single-numberingstupidity) that it ended on a CLIFFHANGER. The 3rd THOR book took what felt like forever to come out! Ironically, "The Power Of The Thunder God", which opened the 3rd book, was the very 1st THOR story I ever read, way back in a MARVEL TALES reprint.

I've been buying original THORs a few ata time over the last few years, trying to plug the gaping holes in my collection. I've tried focusing on the ones I don't have as reprints, but sometimes the local stores really run short of anything by Kirby. Last week I wound up picking up JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #111! So now I have 3 different printings of the same story.

Guess what? There's a full-page LOKI pin-up by Kirby that DOES NOT appear in the Masterworks-- and that book came out just last year!!! What is Marvel's problem??