I WILL TELL YOU #68: Merry Pop Culture Christmas! But first, just a normal but jolly Merry Christmas, one and all! There’s no place I’d rather be! Now, lest you think this is some kind of misguided attempt to relive my childhood and be up and wide awake at 7AM on Christmas morning, I will…
I WILL TELL YOU #67: I Feel Fine “We ate the food, we drank the wine. Everyone was having a good time, Except you. You were talking about the end of the world.” Lyrics © U2, 1991 Hey. You’re still here. Looks like we all are. So we all survived another apocalypse that never was. We’re…
Greetings fellow comic fans and welcome to another edition of Greg Turner‘s Retro Review! This week I’m looking at D C Comics‘ The Fury of Firestorm, The Nuclear Man numbers three (#3) and four (#4). Issue number three was cover dated August 1982 and number four is cover dated September 1982, therefore both these books…
I WILL TELL YOU #66: Thank God It’s Christmas “My friends, it’s been a long hard year. But now it’s Christmas. Yes, it’s Christmas; thank God it’s Christmas!” Lyrics © Queen, 1984 To any kid that grows up in a household that observes it, it goes without saying that the one thing they arguably look…
I WILL TELL YOU #65: No More Walks Despite her age, declining mental state, and increasing reliance on others, she remained physically healthy and as active as the aforementioned conditions would allow. Summer mornings, always her favorite time, frequently provided the ideal setting for enjoying a cup of coffee on the back patio, or tending…
This week I’ve decided to write about the fanzine, The Heroine Addict. This fine fanzine, dedicated to Super-Heroines, was published beginning in September 1974, and ran till it’s final issue, #11, in the summer of 1977. Actually it then became Heroines Showcase, but I’ll leave those issues for another edition of Fabulous Finds! That version…
Hey out there, it’s time for another RETRO REVIEW, so what do you think of that? Hopefully, you’re in favor of it, as today, I bring you Luke Cage, Hero For Hire # 1, cover dated June 1972, from Marvel Comics! Though in the indicia, the title is listed as simply; Hero For Hire. This book features…
So, Thanksgiving is now in our rearview mirror, and we all know what that means, corporate America is going to start cramming Christmas down our collective throats in an orgy of materialism, decadence and greed. Surely there is no better way to celebrate (9 months late) the birth of a religious/philosophical leader who was avidly against these…
Welcome back to another Fabulous Find! This week I’ve brought to the light of day, The Shadow Secret Society Membership Kit. And just what is the Shadow Secret Society, you ask? Well it’s a club started by Jim Steranko and his Supergraphics Publications. The very first mention of this club was a two page poster/center spread in the Steranko fanzine; Mediascene #…
Howdy and welcome to Black Friday! Not that Black Friday has anything to do with this week’s RETRO REVIEW, but it just seems appropriate that the comic book I’m reviewing this week is a “black” or “dark” character and it’s also Black Friday! And that character? It’s The Spectre, from D C C0mics and the…