This week I’d like to write about Doc Savage, maybe the world’s first super-hero. Specifically Marvel Comics Doc Savage # 1 & 2. But before I get to that I want to first mention that Doc Savage was created by Kenneth Robeson, actually a house name for Street & Smith, for the pulps, back in the…
DetailsThursday, January 12th at 6PM (inspection starting at 5PM), Back to the Past will be auctioning 300 lots of bronze & modern age comic books, paper and ephemera collectibles in our showroom at 12670 Inkster Road, Redford MI 49239. The auction may be attended in person in the showroom OR attend/view the auction online through…
Details“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…
DetailsWhat is a DrawerBox™? If you’ve been collecting comics for any length of time and have more than a few hundred comics in your collection, chances are you have seen the old-fashioned “long boxes.” They’ve been the standard storage container box for comics for over 20 years. There are a couple of different brands, but…
DetailsMarvel 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…
DetailsI WILL TELL YOU #50.1 Yes, Virginia, There’s Still A Santa Claus Since this the first Christmas since the site went live, I’d like to repost a holiday piece I ran here last year but actually first wrote in 2005, a column that was the result of a really audacious idea I had. What’s that idea, you…
DetailsMerry Christmas and Happy Holidays! And because it’s that time of the year, today I’m Retro Reviewing, yes, I just turned my column’s name into a verb, D C Comics’ Batman # 219. Well technically, this review will be of the second Batman story in this issue. The first story entitled; “Death Casts…
DetailsI WILL TELL YOU: Super Santa As Christmas is nearly upon us, I’d like to repost a column that I did several years ago, where I unabashedly propose a re-imagining of Santa Claus for today’s social climate. I actually posted this here on B2TP a year ago, but since our audience consisted of about six people…
DetailsHey kids, comics! And this week I’m looking at The Brave and the Bold # 84, from D C Comics, cover dated July 1969. As I am sure you know Brave & Bold was DC’s Batman team-up book. It didn’t start out that way, but that’s what it turned into a couple of years before…
DetailsHello 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…
DetailsHappy Friday to all my regular readers! This week I’m still going through Marvel Comics’ Marvel Premiere series. And today, that brings me to Marvel Premiere # 15, featuring Iron Fist! The comic is cover dated May, 1974 and has a nice Gil Kane and Dick Giordano cover. The comic provides the reader with the first look, as…
DetailsI hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving and be careful out there on Black Friday! Just to mix things up and throw you a bit of a curve, this week I’m going to stay with Marvel Comics, and also with Marvel Premiere, this time issue # 3. This issue is cover dated July 1972 and features;…
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