Earth’s Mightiest Heroes Comics fans have understood the concept of The Avengers for a long time now; the idea, of course, was to bring the individual stars of the Marvel Universe together in one title to form not just a team of superheroes, but an all-star team of superheroes. That idea was hardly anything new…
DetailsHappy Friday to all my readers! This week I’ve pulled out The Incredible Hulk # 161, cover dated March 1973, from Marvel Comics. It has a cover drawn by Herb Trimpe and inked by Sal Trapani, showing the Hulk fighting the X-Men’s Beast, aka Hank McCoy! The story itself is entitled; “Beyond The Border lurks…
DetailsI loved the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I loved the cartoon. I loved the toys. I loved the comic. I loved the movies. I loved those turtles so much that I’m pretty sure I wore out the cassette single my oldest sister bought me of “Turtle Power” by Partnerz in Kryme and can still recite…
DetailsThe Hulk: Incredible or Not? Last week, as you’ll remember, I wrote about Avengers founding member Iron Man, and how the character, despite his popularity with comic fans over the years, has been one of the most ill-treated by Marvel, as witnessed by long passed events such as The Crossing in 1995, where he was…
DetailsGreg Turner revisits a very odd comic, indeed! Plop #1, debuting from DC Comics in 1973, looked to claim some of the readership of Mad Magazine. Here’s Greg’s retro review in video! Full Text: Hi, Greg Turner here, with something new this week, a video Retro Review! And for April Fools Day, I thought I’d…
DetailsJim Johnson reviews a few of his favorite Iron Man stories (this week’s spotlighted Avenger). There’s been a few missteps along the way, but these tales of Tony Stark make up for it! Full Text: JJ here, Back to the Past Pop Culture TV, and this week, in anticipation of the upcoming Avengers movie, I’m…
DetailsHave you checked out this classic double sized issue of Iron Man? Greg Turner revisits the tale of Iron Man vs. Doctor Doom in Camelot from Iron Man #150 in this video retro review! Full Text: Welcome to the video version of Retro Review. I’m Greg Turner with Back to the Past Pop Culture TV…
DetailsI’m unbelievably tired of all the snark and hate on the internet. It seems that every time I go to any comic book news site, message board, facebook or twitter there’s an overabundance of people bashing books or complaining about the pricing of comics, the creators, the companies and even other fans. Anything people can…
DetailsIron Man: Finally Some Respect No comic book character deserves to be a hero more than Iron Man. And I don’t mean a superhero; he’s already been filling that roll for nearly fifty years. No, I mean a pop culture hero; one whose likeness can adorn a tee-shirt or lunchbox or toothbrush and look right…
DetailsOn Tuesday, April 3rd, Back to the Past will remain open from 7PM until about 8:30PM for a special Avengers versus X-Men #1 release party! The #1 issue of the blockbuster event will go on sale at 8PM, sharp! It wouldn’t be a BTTP event without a dizzying variety of surprises, so here’s what…
DetailsJim Johnson looks for clues to Avengers vs. X-Men round winners, based on the teaser art we’ve seen so far. Does the scale tip in favor of either team? Watch & find out! Full text: JJ here, Back to the Past Pop Culture TV, and on this installment of I Will Show You: I choose…
DetailsGreg Turner turns the wayback clock to 1911 in this quick video recap of the history of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ John Carter of Mars. Way before it was a movie, it was a pulp series and eventually a string of novels. Get the lowdown in this video! Full Text: Hi, Greg Turner here, from Back…
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