Welcome comic book fans across America (and the world) and all the ships at sea. You’ve tuned in to a new RETRO REVIEW and this week I am looking at a comic from DC Comics. And what is that comic, you might ask? And I will answer, the comic this week is Detective Comics #…
Welcome back for another Fabulous Find. This week I’ve pulled from my collection two (2) paperback books that were published by Warner Paperback Library in conjunction with National Periodical Publications, i.e. DC Comics in 1973. They are The House of Mystery # 1 and The House of Mystery # 2. Both books contain short stories written…
Time for a new RETRO REVIEW, and this week it’s The Spectacular Spider-Man # 1, from Marvel Comics, cover dated July 1968. This is the black and white magazine issue that sold for 35 cents back in 1968, when regular comic books were still 12 cents a piece. This is the only issue of this magazine…
It’s time for a new Fabulous Find, and this week I’ll be looking at the three issue run of The Gods of Mount Olympus in Ancient Mythology. The three issues were published by Quintessence Publications out of Spokane Washington in 1974. I could find no date on the first issue, but issue # 2 was…
It’s time for a new RETRO REVIEW this week, and from a company other than Marvel or DC Comics. So digging around I’ve come up from the comic vault with Heroes, Inc. Presents Cannon. The comic has no number and doesn’t even have indicia to indicate who published it or when. But it’s from comic creator,…
Welcome back for the new Fabulous Find. As promised, this week I’m looking at the second, and last, The Steranko History of Comics 2 book from Jim Steranko and Supergraphics Publications. It came out in 1972, following the success of the first book. You can find my write up of that issue here: https://gobacktothepast.com/fabulous-find-the-steranko-history-of-comics/, if you…
For today’s RETRO REVIEW I have pulled out my copy of The Adventure Of Jerry Lewis # 83. It is cover dated August 1964 and is published by DC Comics (though at the time they were still called National Periodical Publications). The cover is both pencilled and inked by Bob Oksner and it features Jerry Lewis meeting…
Welcome back to 1 out of 5 – Would Recommend, where bad reputations lead to good standing. Today’s subject is the rare big budget Hollywood feature to achieve commendable 1 out of 5 status, 2011’s Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. What’s The Plot? Johnny Blaze, the demonic biker known as Ghost Rider, fights to protect…
This week I’d like to feature the oversized magazine/book entitled; The Steranko History Of Comics. It was published in 1970 by Supergraphics, i.e. Jim Steranko himself. While researching this item on the internet, I’ve discovered my cover is actually a second printing, rather than the first printing I thought it was. This was determined by…
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…