Nostalgia rules here at Back to the Past, so if no one minds, I’m going to step away from pop culture for a change and indulge in a little childhood nostalgia that’s somewhat fitting in the spirit of St Patrick’s Day. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll leave; pick one. Remember how, when we were kids,…
DetailsFor this week’s Retro Review, I pulled out the three issue run of Captain America that Jim Steranko put together back in 1969. The issues were # 110, 111 and 113. Issue # 112 was written by Stan “The Man” Lee drawn by Jack “King” Kirby and was basically a point 1 (.1) issue, though…
DetailsWhenever a member of any team is taken out of play because of illness or injury, the team has to make adjustments to carry on. Van Halen continued without David Lee Roth, although some of us dispute how well that worked out; the Packers had success post-Brett Favre, which no one can dispute anymore; and…
DetailsWith the return of Atlas Comics heroes to the comic shop this week, in the form of Wulf, I decided to pull out the original series from Atlas Seaboard, so this week’s Retro Review is of Wulf The Barbarian # 1 cover dated February 1975. The book would have hit the comic book stores /…
DetailsHis flame went out. It’s better to burn out than fade away. He went down in a blaze of glory. He went up in smoke. Those are all of the clichés that immediately come to mind when thinking about the fate of Johnny Storm, whose apparent demise was chronicled recently in Fantastic Four. I thought…
DetailsWelcome back to this week’s Retro Review. Today we’re looking at D C Comics’ The Brave And The Bold # 79 cover dated September 1968. It features a very nice Neal Adams’ cover of Batman and Deadman facing off against Deadman’s killer, the Hook! The story is entitled; “The Track Of The Hook“ and is…
DetailsDungeons and Dragons RPG miniatures from a recent online auction.
Just how well do we know our four-color heroes? We all know Superman. We all know that as a baby, he was rocketed to our world as his own was in its death throes. We all know that he gained extraordinary powers here on Earth. And we all know that he took on the identity…
DetailsThis week for my Retro Review, I bring Marvel Comic’s Marvel Team-Up # 61, Featuring Spider-Man and The Human Torch, which is cover dated September 1977. The cover is not signed, but I believe it is penciled by Al Milgrom and inked by Joe Sinnott. It’s nicely done and features Spider-Man asking … “Why are…
DetailsLast week, as you’ll remember, I took a shot at the new ratings system set to be implemented by DC Comics in the wake of their dumping the Comics Code Authority. I also jabbed Marvel Comics’ own system, which has been in use for a decade but is different from DC’s, which in turn is…
DetailsThis week I bring to your attention Dark Horse Presents # 1 published by Dark Horse Comics in July 1986. It’s an anthology book, the first in a series that ran for one hundred and fifty-seven issues, plus a number of annuals and the Fifth Anniversary Special that introduced the world to Frank Miller’s Sin…
DetailsIt’s been a long time since the outdated Comics Code Authority had made headlines, which, ironically, is probably the reason why its long-overdue demise did make headlines. Long powerless, at worst, and symbolic, at best, the CCA recently took its final breath after more than a generation on a respirator, when Archie Comics became the…
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