Time for another Marvel Comics’ RETRO REVIEW, I think. So with that in mind, I’ve selected Fantastic Four # 16, cover dated July 1963, to review. This issue is entitled “The Micro-World Of Doctor Doom!” and features a special guest star; the amazing Ant-Man! It’s written by Stan “the Man” Lee and penciled by Jack “King” Kirby, with inks provided…
Welcome back to Strange Times & Places, where I’m stopping the presses to give you my take on a comic that allegedly hit Target store shelves two weeks ago but didn’t hit the metro area until this week! That’s right, this week we’re checking out the DC Primal Age 100-Page Giant! How’s It Different? It…
Welcome back for yet another RETRO REVIEW. This week, I present Marvel Comics’ Master of Kung Fu # 44, which is cover dated September 1976. It features a cover drawn by John Buscema, with inks by Al Milgrom The story itself is entitled; Prelude: Golden Daggers (A Death Run)”. The book if you didn’t know, featured Shang-Chi, the son of…
Greetings, friends, fans and family. I’m back with a brand new Fabulous Find this week. And once again digging through my fanzine collection, I bring you Heroes’ Hangout # 5, dated in 1967. My best guess it was sent out late spring or early summer of ’67. This fanzine was published by Rudi Franke. Earlier…
Merry Christmas and welcome back to Strange Times & Places! Today, we’re doing something a little different & looking at a re-imagining of folklore – Grant Morrison’s Klaus! How’s It Different? Gosh, that’s a hard one since there’s no one single “accepted” Santa Claus canon. Probably an Imaginary Story – in the words of Alan…
For this week’s Fabulous Find, I’m back in the fanzine annex and I pulled out this nice fanzine entitled; Mr. A. It was published in 1973 by Comic Art Publishers and edited by Joe Brancatelli. And for those in the know, Mr. A. is a character that was created by none other than, Steve Ditko. …
Hi gang! Glad you all found your way back to my humble post. This week it’s time for another RETRO REVIEW. So, a couple of weeks ago I was rummaging around in the Marvel Comics annex of the great comic book vault and unearthed my copy of Marvel Premiere # 3, featuring Dr. Strange, Master…
Welcome back to Strange Times & Places, where I’m warning you ahead of time that you’re getting two of these in a row (I’m going on vacation and these are easy to find time for). I misspent my teen years moderating THE He-Man & The Masters of the Universe fan forum, so I’m looking to…
I’m happy to see you made it back for a new RETRO REVIEW. This week, from the Marvel Comics annex of the comic book vault, I have pulled out Thor # 200, cover dated June 1972. The cover sports a great illustration, both penciled and inked by, John Buscema. The story within is entitled; “Beware!…
I thought I’d feature a book for this week’s Fabulous Find. So looking over my various bookshelves, The Book Of Conquests written and drawn by Jim Fitzpatrick jumped out at me. The book was published in 1978, by Paper Tiger, a Dragon’s World Limited Imprint, which is a Great Britain entity, in conjunction with E. P.…