Marvel released The Mortal Thor #14 (#800) last week. Here is the official summary
"AN ASGARDIAN MILESTONE: THOR #800! The Serpent has trapped Sigurd Jarlson in the worst of all possible worlds for his greatest trial. Now, without even a weapon in his hand, he must prove himself worthy to enter the Realms of the Gods. Somewhere in the city, a man without even a hammer begins the ultimate quest… the quest for Thor!"
Finally, the spades from the Marvel Comics Heroes playing cards features Hulk, Punisher, Doctor Strange, Thor, Black Panther, Iron Fist, Daredevil, Lockjaw (from the Inhumans), Iron Man, Black Widow (two cards), Spider-Man and Captain America. Black Widow is the only woman that got two cards in this deck. Seeing a card with Lockjaw makes me want a deck of playing cards devoted just to the Inhumans.
The hearts from the Marvel Comics Heroes playing cards include Thor, Spider-Man, Medusa (from the Inhumans), Doctor Strange, Hawkeye, Falcon (two cards), Ghost Rider, Captain America (two cards), Luke Cage, Hulk and Black Widow. Seems unfair to the two women that Falcon and Captain America have two cards each while they only get one card each. To be honest, hearts should have had more cards with women on them. Come to think of it, the backs of the playing cards should have had at least one woman included (Black Widow gets my vote).
The diamonds from the Marvel Comics PLaying Cards features Spider-Man (two cards), Hawkeye, Iron Man, Luke Cage, Karnak, Nova, Hulk, She-Hulk, Falcon, Black Bolt, Spider-Woman and Thor. I was surprised to see two of the Inhumans, Karnak and Black Bolt, included (shame that Medusa wasn't).
Marvel Comics released What if...? Thor #1 yesterday. Here is the official summary:
"WHAT IF… THOR GOT SPIDER-MAN’S SYMBIOTE SUIT? Amid the chaos, there comes a costume — but not to the hero you know! Legend has it that bonding with the symbiote suit made Thor mightier still. But what shadows lurking in the Ten Realms would take interest in such a powerful pairing?"
The local Dollar Tree had another blast from the past last week when I picked up this Marvel Avengers Jumbo Coloring and Activity Book. The copyright date is 2019 and printed by Bendon. The front cover features Black Panther, Thor, Captain America, Hulk, Iron Man and Black Widow. The coloring pages are either of the group, couples or individuals. The activity pages include puzzles, mazes, images search and whatnot. Loki, Thanos and Fin Fang Foom shows up on a few pages.
Avengers Assemble for a group shot:
Ant-Man and Wasp make an appearance:
Black Panther also appears:
Back cover features Iron Man, Hawkeye, Thor, Hulk, Captain America and Black Widow:
I don't know how I missed Marvel Zombies: Red Band #1 since Marvel released it on September 17, 2025. The normal covers feature the Fantastic Four as zombies coming for you. The first alternate retro cover features the Fantastic Four zombies attacking Spider-Man, Iron Man, Hulk, and Daredevil plus a small Zombie Thor in the lower right-hand corner. The second alternate cover features the Fantastic Four zombies battling Iron Man. The third alternate cover features Zombie Thanos and is basically an ad for the Marvel Zombies tv series on Disney+, which I have watched. The fourth alternate cover features Zombie Bruce Banner turning into Zombie Hulk. The fifth alternate cover features Zombie Reed Richards attacking Spider-Man.
Here's the official summary:
"THE DEAD RISE AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME! It was the most important space flight in the history of the Marvel Universe — four intrepid heroes took off into the unknown and returned changed, gifted with great abilities… and hungering for human flesh! Travel back to the birth of a Marvel Universe parallel to our own but chock-full of horror since its very inception! Which heroes will rise to become the champions we know and love? Which will be torn limb from limb? And which will devour the scraps? Find out in this blood-soaked series!"
Somehow I missed Marvel Zombies: Dawn of Decay #1 that came out last month. The cover features zombified Black Widow, Iron Man and Captain America attacking Groot. I should have known that something was up when I saw the words "All Ages" in the lower right corner. The blood was toned way down for a Marvel Zombies title. Rocket Racoon and Groot are guests at the Raft island prison when the Avengers show up with General Ross to spring them. Groot is sniffling and Rocket thinks he has a cold. Groot sneezes on Captain America and a big blob on snot lands on his face. Yep, you guessed it for he is the first to turn into a zombie and he attacks his fellow Avengers. Captain America bites Black Widow, who in turn bites Iron Man.
Thor starts throwing his hammer around inside the quinjet making matters worse. Rocket Raccoon gets sucked out of a hole punctured by Thor's hammer and Groot fails to save him. Groot then has to save Bruce Banner from the zombified Avengers before they both go out the hole. They find themselves facing civilians that has also turned into zombies. Bruce hits himself with a brick to change himself into the Hulk.
The cover of Marvel Zombies: Dawn of Decay #2 features Thor reaching for his hammer while zombies are advancing on him from behind. The issue starts with Groot and Hulk talking. That ends with the Hulk wanting to find Space Skunk (Rocket Raccoon). Zombies try to bite Hulk then he's attacked by Thor, who is trying to fight the mutated zombie virus. Hulk and Thor battle while Groot tries to keep them from killing each other. He finally knocks out the Hulk by choking him. Hulk turns back into Bruce. Groot picks him up and they head down into the subway, where he hears cries for help.
Overall, the first two issues of Marvel Zombies: Dawn of Decay makes for interesting reads. The artwork is actually pretty good for an All Ages title. It's interesting to see flowers coming out of the zombies instead of blood and dangling eyeballs.
This Avengers: Endgame DVD is another one that I picked up for $4.95 at the local Dollar General last Wednesday. The cover is another one crowded with Marvel superheroes including Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, Captain Marvel Hawkeye, Black Widow and Rocket Raccoon among others. I always catch the end of the movie on tv so I'm glad that I finally have the DVD so I can watch it all.
Avengers: Infinity War is another Marvel movie that I have yet to watch all the way through in one setting. I usually miss the beginning so I was glad to find this DVD at the local Dollar General. The price was only $4.95 and now I can finally watch it all the way through. There are so many superheroes from Doctor Strange to Spider-Man on the front cover that I couldn't tag all of them.
I found eight boxes of Marvel Nano Pods Wave 2 at the local Walmart's last week. They were in the clearance aisle for a dollar each so I got them all. I think I might have seen them earlier this year in the toy aisle but I passed on them because they were between five and six dollars. Half of the boxes had the round clear sticker peeled half off so it appeared that they had either been tampered with or the quality control at Wow! Stuff really sucks. The pods are two by two inches, which makes the figurines about an inch tall. The Marvel Nano Pods Wave 2 includes the following miniature figurines: Super Rare Metallic Star-Lord, Uniform Rocket Raccoon, Black Widow, Star-Lord, Captain Marvel, Attack Rocket Raccoon, Potted Groot, Thor, Spider-Man, Ghost-Spider, Miles Morales, Spider-Man 2099 and Anti-Venom. I will be posting what figurines I got in future posts.
The Marvel 2024 16-Month Calendar starts off by using the cover of King-Size Thor Annual #2 for the last four months of 2023. Naturally, my digital camera didn't want to cooperate before the batteries died. However, I did manage to get a blurry picture of it below:
Here's the actual scan (not mine) of the Giant-Size Thor Annual #2 cover from Marvel Comics:
I picked up this white Marvel Characters t-shirt at the local Walmart's last week for almost nine dollars. The artwork is not the best but it does have that hand-drawn feel. The Marvel characters include Spider-Man, Wolverine, Hawkeye, Captain America, Iron Man, Hulk, Moon Knight (yeah, he's a little hard to see at first), Black Widow, Black Panther (I think it's him), She-Hulk, Daredevil, Silver Surfer, Thor, Doctor Strange, Human Torch, Wasp, Ant-Man, Thing, Mister Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Cyclops (another one that's hard to make out) and Iron Fist. The pictures shows it draped over my office chair so you can only see the bottom of the Marvel logo.
Yes, it's Thor's Day again but the Lord of Thunder is not this week's focus. Instead, it's Lady Thor, who is currently known as Mighty Thor. I have yet to watch Thor: Love and Thunder movie but I did pick up the Mighty Thor Hot Wheels car last week. I found it at the local Walmart's for $4.47.
Wow, I haven't bought a t-shirt since the Black Panther Starry T-shirt back in 2021. I found this Periodic Table of Marvel t-shirt earlier today while I was shopping for a thermal shirt at the local Walmart's. The price was a whopping $8.98 and the fabric is a little on the thin side. It's black with faces of superheroes and supervillains from Marvel Comics. The superheroes include Spider-Man, Captain America, Black Widow, Hulk, Black Panther, Iron Man, Hawkeye, Thor, Vision, Doctor Strange, She-Hulk, Nova, Black Bolt, Clea, Ant Man, Wasp, Luke Cage, Daredevil, Iron Fist, Falcon, Lockjaw, Rocket Raccoon, Spider-Woman and Ghost Rider. The supervillains include Venom, Green Goblin, Thanos, Liki, Red Skull, Hel, Baron Zemo, Dormammu, MODOCK and Ultron.
Yes, you guess it it for today is another Thorsday (this is the last one for a while, I promise). Today's post spotlights the Thor Pocket Pop Keychain that I received from Disney Movie Rewards. I traded four hundred points for him and he is part of the Thor: Love and Thunder movie set. He has a bobble-head and is holding a battle axe. The box is three inches tall and two inches wide.
Hey, we made it to another Thorsday and the first day of Autumn. I'm finally presenting the Thor: Love and Thunder Happy Meal box. The left side of part one shows Thor and Mighty Thor aka Lady Thor aka Jane Foster. The right side shows all the ten toys in the set plus the "Try Me" code.
The left side of part two shows the smiling mouth, which is always creepy if you ask me. The right side shows a larger image of the ten toys in the set plus a more detailed instruction on how to play the Thor Music Experience.
The toy set includes Rocket, Mantis, Thor, Mighty Thor, Star-Lord, Groot, Valkyrie, Korg, Thoothgnasher and Toothgrinder, and Golden Armor Thor. I was surprised that I actually got five of the ten.
Hooray for it's Freyaday, which is why I'm posting this Valkyrie Happy Meal toy that I picked up several weeks ago. She is holding her sword named Dragonfang in her right hand. There is a button on the back of her head that moves her right arm up and down. Her left hand can manually be moved up and down. She is number eight in the Thor: Love and Thunder movie set.
I thought I would post this Thor Happy Meal toy that I received several weeks ago since it's Thorsday. He is holding his battle axe, Stormbreaker, which overhangs the base a little. You can twist him to his right to make it look like he is swinging his axe. He the first toy in the Thor: Love and Thunder movie set.
