Wow, the summer is almost over already! Where does the time go? But hopefully you’re measuring the summer’s passing with my rotating columns; Fabulous Finds and RETRO REVIEWs! This week it’s time for a new Fabulous Find. So digging around in my collection I have unearthed a pretty rare and hard to find fanzine; Glx Sptzl Glaah!…
DetailsWelcome back everyone! It’s time for another RETRO REVIEW! Normally this week I’d be looking at a D C Comic book, but since today is the official opening of Marvel Comics’ Guardians Of The Galaxy movie, I thought you’d forgive me if I stick with Marvel for this week and return to the rotation and…
DetailsHappy Friday everyone! It’s time once again for another Fabulous Find! And this week I’ve unearthed another great old fanzine. It seems I get the most feedback when I pull one of these babies out of my collection to share with you all, so I think you must like and appreciate my posts when I’m…
DetailsHello out there, where ever you might be in this wide and wondrous world! It is once again time for a new RETRO REVIEW! And this week it’s time to dig into the Marvel Comics Universe, so after a little bit of thought, I’ve decided on Fantastic Four # 252, cover dated March 1983. It’s got…
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DetailsWhat time is it kids? It’s time for another Fabulous Find! And this week I’m featuring the Scream Along with Marvel record from 1967! It’s a flexible, black disc that came in a picture sleeve and it was part of the original 1967 through 1969, Merry Marvel Marching Society, or M.M.M.S. membership kit. The ads for the new…
DetailsFirst let me open by wishing all my readers a Happy Fourth of July! And in honor of this most patriotic day, I choose to do a RETRO REVIEW on a patriotic hero! No, not the obvious, Captain America, who was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, but another lesser known patriotic hero, also…
DetailsGreetings fellow comic book and collectibles fans. This week I thought I’d focus on a Fabulous Find from a 1988 joint effort between DC Comics and Burger King! Yes indeed, it’s the fabulous superhero cup holders that you could purchase when buying a meal at Burger King fast food restaurants back in 1988. When you…
DetailsHi kiddies … This is Greg Turner, your able caretaker of the RETRO REVIEW column! Come on in … I’m gonna tell you a story about this li’l comic book, published by DC Comics, called House of Mystery # 178! It’s cover dated February 1969, though technically it would be Jan. – Feb. 1969, as the comic was…
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DetailsHey, Hey, Hey, it’s another Fabulous Find! This week I bring to your attention the 1968 inflatable Marvel plastic pillows from Marvel Comics and Massachusetts Art Pillows. Maybe you remember seeing them advertised in your Silver Age Marvel Comic books, I sure do. Though I have never had the pleasure of owning one, I did…
DetailsGreetings 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…
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