RETRO REVIEW: Avengers # 66

For this week’s RETRO REVIEW, I’ve gone back to another Marvel Comics Avengers book, Avengers # 66, cover dated July of 1969.  It features a very nice John Buscema / Sam Grainger cover with a interesting perspective!  The cover is without word balloons, which personally I prefer and simple states; “The Great Betrayal!”  Though as you’ll…

RETRO REVIEW: Avengers # 53

This week with all the hype about the upcoming Marvel’s Avengers Versus the X-Men storyline/crossover I’d like to go back thirty-four (34) years and look at Marvel Comics’ Avengers # 53, cover dated June 1968.  Take a look at the cover below and tell me if you notice something a bit similar. Yes, that’s right,…

RETRO REVIEW: Marvel Premiere # 26

Marvel Premiere # 26, Nov. 1975 This week I’m back to Marvel Comics and specifically, Marvel Premiere # 26, featuring Hercules.  Hercules was introduced into the Marvel Universe, back in 1965, ten years earlier, in the Journey Into Mystery Annual # 1, where he battled the Thunder God, Thor!  And here ten years later, Marvel was…