Welcome back to 1 out of 5 – Would Recommend, where Hollywood can’t hide its past. This week, we’re bringing the month of megacheese 80’s studio flicks to a close with 1986’s Soul Man. What’s The Plot? When a rich white student (C. Thomas Howell) gets cut off financially by his parents just after getting…
DetailsIt’s another Fabulous Friday, therefore, it’s time for a new Fabulous Find. This week I’d like to talk about the second volume of the fanzine known as: The Art Of Neal Adams Volume Two. This, like Volume One, was published by Sal Quartuccio, and it is dated 1977. Like the first volume that I featured…
DetailsWelcome back to 1 out of 5 – Would Recommend, where well-made bad movies are just as fun as poorly made bad movies. This week, we’re watching the very first movie Mike Nelson riffed for RiffTrax, a movie described by Roger Ebert as leaving “reality so far behind that you have to accept it on…
DetailsGreetings to all my fellow comic book fans, be it here, at the Back To The Past website, or those that follow me on Facebook or Twitter. It is time, once again, to take a look at a DC Comics comic book. Therefore, this week, I’ve pulled out from the DC vault, a comic that…
DetailsWelcome back to 1 out of 5 – Would Recommend, where we’re examining big budget megacheese this month. To that end, we’re watching 1989’s dubiously family friendly family film, The Wizard. What’s The Plot? A 13 year old boy (Fred Savage) sneaks his apparently autistic nine year old brother out of a mental institution and…
DetailsWednesday, November 11th – Estate Comics Preview Featuring a Plethora of First Appearances! @6PM Eastern This auction session is both in the showroom and online – join us in person or live via Proxibid. Here’s a taste of our Saturday Comic Book Estate auction, including all the lots too numerous to fit into Saturday. But do not overlook…
DetailsWelcome back to a new edition of Fabulous Finds, brought to you by your host, Greg Turner. This week I’ve only taken a couple of steps over to my bookshelves and pulled out my copy of the 1978 limited edition hardcover book entitled; The Wizard King. This graphic novel is the brainchild of writer/artist Wallace,…
DetailsWelcome back to 1 out of 5 – Would Recommend, where sometimes our expectations are exceeded. That is the case this week with Elvira’s Haunted Hills (2001). What’s The Plot? In 19th Century Carpathia, cabaret performer Elvira becomes stranded in the spooky castle of the creepy and duplicitous Hellsubus family. Can she survive the castle’s…
DetailsIt’s RETRO REVIEW week folks, and this week I’m looking at Avengers # 201 from Marvel Comics. It is cover dated November 1980, and features an unusual cover, pencilled by George Perez and inked by Terry Austin, featuring Jarvis, the Avengers’ butler. Take a gander: The comic actually has two separate stories within it’s covers.…
DetailsWelcome back to 1 out of 5 – Would Recommend, where we’re celebrating Halloween all month! This week, we’re watching the fifth entry in an…existing horror franchise, 2000’s Leprechaun in the Hood! What’s The Plot?’ A murderous leprechaun is accidentally freed in modern day Compton and kills his way through the ‘hood trying to get…
DetailsWhat time is it kids? It’s time for a new Fabulous Find, that’s what time it is! I’m glad you found your way back and for this week, I’ve brought up from the vault the 1975 oversized book entitled, Jeff Jones Idyl. It measures a large 11 by 15 inches and is published in glorious…
DetailsWelcome back to 1 out of 5 – Would Recommend, where no one can hide their past no matter how obscure. Today, we’re enjoying the seventh film in the Puppet Master Franchise, 1999’s Retro Puppet Master! What’s The Plot? A young French puppeteer named Andre Toulon is schooled in the arts of magic by a…
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