Welcome to another Friday! This week, I’ve pulled out Metamorpho # 2, from D C Comics. It’s cover dated October 1965 and is the third appearance of a relatively new character. Metamorpho had first made his appearance just six months earlier, in Brave and the Bold # 57, cover dated January 1965, where his origin was told,…
And now, for something completely different, yet the same. Welcome to another Friday RETRO REVIEW, as always, brought to you by Greg Turner. This week I’m looking at the two issue run of Crimson Plague, created, written and drawn by the fabulous George Perez and published by Image Comics. These comics show a cover date…
The wait is over, Marvel Comics’ The Avengers has finally made it to the theaters today, May 3, 2012! And to go along with our month long celebration of all thing Avengers, I present this week’s RETRO REVIEW on Avengers # 170 & 171. These comics were cover dated April 1978 and May 1978. Number…
Jim Johnson thinks there has never been a better time to be an Avengers fan, and he’ll show you why in this video segment featuring the Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Nick Fury and more as they assemble the Avengers on the big screen for the first time! Full Text: JJ…
Top 5 Reasons Why The Avengers Are So Cool The Avengers are so cool, in fact, that I will tell you why with no lead-in whatsoever. 5. Comics’ Mightiest Creators Sure, Fantastic Four had Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, and Uncanny X-Men had Chris Claremont and John Byrne. But The Avengers had all of those…
Well, we’ve made it to another Friday, so it is time, once again, for another Retro Review! Yay! Well, it at least makes me happy! This week I’ve opened up Marvel Comics’ Captain America and the Falcon # 175. This comic is cover dated July 1974 and features a cover drawn by Sal Buscema over…
Jim Johnson assesses one of the least “super-powered” team mates on the Avengers: Captain America. What makes him so great as a member when he is surrounded by so much firepower? JJ will show you in this video clip! Full text: JJ here, Back to the Past Pop Culture TV, and this week I’m taking…
My Moments With Cap My first moment with Captain America was a pretty inglorious one. That was in 1973 or so, when I was 10, before I was into comics but was plenty into the Adam West Batman TV series that ran daily on weekday afternoons, right after school. What does that have anything to…
As part of Avengers month (plus), leading up to the opening of the movie; The Avengers, this week I am looking at Thor # 377, from Marvel Comics. It is cover dated November 1983 and features a really strange looking image of the title character, Thor! Or does it? Who is this strange looking creature wearing…
I met my best friend when I was ten years old. It was the summer of 1992, the fourth of July, to be exact. My parents were invited to a barbecue at a friend’s house, from church. I, being ten, got dragged along, whether I wanted to or not. Doomed was I to spend a…