RETRO REVIEW: Spider-Man # 129

For this week’s RETRO REVIEW, I’ve visited the Marvel Comics wing of my vault and come out with the Amazing Spider-Man # 129.  This book is cover dated February 1974 and features the introduction and first appearance of the Punisher!  Yep, that’s right, this is where it all began for all you Punisher fans out…

Fabulous Find: 1976 Marvel Fun Book

It’s time for a new Fabulous Find.  Woo hoo!  This week I’ve found the 1976 Mighty Marvel Superheroes Fun Book filed away on my book shelves.  It’s a Fireside Book , published by Simon and Schuster.  It is actually written and illustrated by someone named; Owen McCarron.  Though to my eyes, some of the artwork is culled from…

RETRO REVIEW: Daredevil # 18

Greetings and salutations!  And welcome back for a new RETRO REVIEW!  It’s time to dig into the Marvel Comics section of my vast comic book library, and this week I’ve pulled out Daredevil # 18.  It’s cover dated; July 1966, and it features a nice John Romita Sr. cover!  Romita had just recently joined the Marvel staff and Stan Lee had…

Marvel-Con ’76 Booklet

Fabulous Find Welcome back to another Fabulous Find!  This week I’ve brought to light the convention program book from the 1976 Marvel Comic Book Convention, held in New York City, entitled; Marvel-Con ’76! This was one of the last small cons before cons became a really big deal.  Quickly comic book conventions went from small…

RETRO REVIEW: Marvel Feature (Vol 2) # 1

Welcome back for another Retro Review!  This week I’ve brought to light the first book, in the second series, of Marvel Comics’ comic book Marvel Feature # 1, cover dated November 1975.  This issue presents the first color Red Sonja solo feature!  Roy Thomas had first brought Marvel readers Red Sonja in the pages of Conan # 23 & 24, that…