Thor 419 Unpublished COVER - Ron Frenz

"The Summons"

The Colnoizers are investigating disturbances in the Black Galaxy, and send a Recorder to investigate. Inside the Black Galaxy, the High Evolutionary is working towards creating a new race of gods. The Celestials sent the Replicoid to summon Thor and Hercules back to the Black Galaxy, when they are attacked by a mysterious spaceborn figure. In Asgard, seven Frost Giant children were ruthlessly slaughtered by Bellos and sacrificed into the Crack of Doom to bring about the endless circle. The creature impersonating Odin is slowly working towards the destruction of Asgard.

This is one of two tightly penciled Thor cover prelims by Ron Frenz that I picked up. I asked Bob Layton to ink them for me and they both came out awesome! If you look at the published covers you can see some differences from the unpublished version. But in both cases I think I of prefer the one they didn't go with. For this one I also have the original cover sketch that Ron drew and it's closer to this layout than it is the published cover.

1990 - 11" x 17"