The Hulk: Incredible or Not? Last week, as you’ll remember, I wrote about Avengers founding member Iron Man, and how the character, despite his popularity with comic fans over the years, has been one of the most ill-treated by Marvel, as witnessed by long passed events such as The Crossing in 1995, where he was…
Iron Man: Finally Some Respect No comic book character deserves to be a hero more than Iron Man. And I don’t mean a superhero; he’s already been filling that roll for nearly fifty years. No, I mean a pop culture hero; one whose likeness can adorn a tee-shirt or lunchbox or toothbrush and look right…
Greg Turner turns the wayback clock to 1911 in this quick video recap of the history of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ John Carter of Mars. Way before it was a movie, it was a pulp series and eventually a string of novels. Get the lowdown in this video! Full Text: Hi, Greg Turner here, from Back…
If this is Friday, then this must be Greg Turner‘s Retro Review! This week I’ll be looking at Marvel Comics’ John Carter, Warlord Of Mars # 11. This bronze age beauty is cover dated April 1978. And features a lovely cover drawn by Dave Cockrum. The inks were done by Dave himself, with the possible assistance of Rudy…
Welcome back to the second Retro Review covering the pulp character, Doc Savage, in the comic books. This week I’ll be reviewing Doc Savage B & W Magazine # 1 from Marvel Comics. The magazine is cover dated August of 1975 and features a still of Ron Ely, as Doc Savage, from Doc Savage: The Man of…
“A very Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year! Let’s hope it’s a good one, without any fear.” From the John Lennon single Happy X-Mas (War is Over), © 1971. Lyrics by John Lennon. Happy New Year, everybody! And I put the emphasis on “New”, because despite the name that is attached to the day…
Hello and welcome to another edition of Greg Turner’s RETRO REVIEW. This week I’m going to look at another comic book, but one from two publishers! Yes, that’s right, it’s one of the Special Collector’s Issues, or in this case, a Marvel Treasury Special, i.e. one of the oversized, ten by thirteen inch comics that Marvel…
I wanted to rejoice when that glass office building in Chicago was destroyed. Yeah. I’ll explain. Sit back and listen ye to a tale of hope, healing, and the American spirit. That might sound a little deep for a pop culture column, but hey; it’s Independence Day and since I can’t set off any fireworks…
From Marvel Comics, cover dated January 1981, comes Daredevil # 168. It sports a cover drawn by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson and features a shadowing female figure poised above our hero, Daredevil. The caption on the cover reads; “Elecktra, once he loved her …now she is his most deadly enemy!” Well, except for…
His flame went out. It’s better to burn out than fade away. He went down in a blaze of glory. He went up in smoke. Those are all of the clichés that immediately come to mind when thinking about the fate of Johnny Storm, whose apparent demise was chronicled recently in Fantastic Four. I thought…