This week’s RETRO REVIEW looks at Marvel Comics’s Tales of Suspense # 79 – 81, at least the Captain America half of these three books! The books were cover dated July, August and September 1966. A quick recap of Marvel in the sixties; Marvel was under a strict distribution plan where they were only able…
“Art takes time, time is money, Money’s scarce, and that ain’t funny.” Low Budget, from The Kinks’ Low Budget, © 1979. Lyrics by Ray Davies When that song was released, it was a time of record inflation, led the way by oil and gas prices but quickly followed by ever-increasing prices in just about everything…
Welcome to this week’s RETRO REVIEW! This time I’m looking at Sirius Entertainment’s Poison Elves # 1, cover dated June 1995. It’s a comic book that is written and drawn, by its creator, Drew Hayes. This is the first issue under a new publisher, as Hayes had previous self-published twenty issues under the Mulehide Graphics imprint.…
Yes, it is almost the fourth of July, the birthday of the United States of America, but I’m featuring a slightly different hero, no not Superman, who is American as mom’s apple pie, well he was until that certain recent story, where he renounces his U. S. citizenship. But already D C Comics is back…
Attention, DC Editorial: I’m not one to say I told you so, but, I will tell you anyway: I told you so. Or at least, I’ve been trying to. For awhile now. What have I been trying to tell you, you ask? Why, I will tell you what I’ve been trying to tell you. Superman…
Greetings and welcome back for another edition of Greg Turner’s RETRO REVIEW. This week, by popular demand, well actually maybe not, I bring to your attention, Dazzler # 1, cover dated March 1981, from the Marvel Comics Group! This comic is written by Tom DeFalco and is pencilled by John Romita Jr., with inks provided…
Last week, as you’ll remember, I spoke of DC Comics’ upcoming line-wide relaunch. And how it was not the first time DC had been to that dance, nor had it been the first time that we all accompanied them, as much as they would have us believe otherwise. That first dance, of course, was 1985’s…
This week I’m writing about Jon Sable, Freelance # 1, from First Comics. The comic is cover dated December 1983 and features a very nice Mike Grell cover. It’s done as a black and white drawing with red accents, as you can see to the left. The story is entitled; The Target” and is is…
Hey, wanna win a prize? Guess what comic book company said the following: “Change; real, permanent change; is on the way. Changes that will affect our top line of heroes.” If you guessed that quote was from DC Comics regarding their revamp of the DC Universe, then congratulations; you’re correct. Come on in and pick…
Greetings and salutations! This week’s Retro Review looks at D C Comics Blue Devil # 1, cover dated December 1984. It’s got a great ‘romance-style’ cover by artist Paris Cullins announcing that the book features Danny and Sharon’s first date! Wow, that certainly would have had the young boys lining up to buy this comic,…