Time once again for a new RETRO REVIEW. This week I’ve visited the Marvel Comics section of the comic book vault and come out with Captain America # 124. It is cover dated April 1970 and sports a very nice cover drawn by “Mirthful” Marie Severin with inks by “Joltin’” Joe Sinnott. Take a look:…
Welcome, friends, followers and family. It’s time for a new RETRO REVIEW of an independent comic book this week. So I ventured down into the comic book vault and turned down the independent wing and dug around for a few hours and finally came up with the 1996 Dark Horse Comics comic book, Monkeyman And O’Brien…
Okay, time for a new RETRO REVIEW, so I’ve dug out my copy of Plastic Man # 2, published by D C Comics, though they were known as National Comics back in the day, when this comic was published. Oh yeah, for the record, the issue is cover dated; February 1967, but it would have…
Welcome to Tokusatsu Gesundheit, where today we’re examining a Kaiju picture from one of Japan’s neighbors to the west: Pulgasari, hailing from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Plot Rundown Pulgasari is an iron eating monster created by a dying blacksmith to aid in the other throw of a corrupt government in medieval Korea. Though…
Hey there fans, friends and family, welcome back for a new RETRO REVIEW. This week it’s time to once again visit the Marvel Comics annex of the hidden underground comic book vault. And I have emerged with two (2) comics in hand; Avengers # 181 & 182. They are cover dated March 1978 and April…
Welcome back RETRO REVIEW fans! This week it’s time to look at another DC Comic book, so I’ve ventured into deepest, darkest Africa and returned with Korak, Son Of Tarzan # 46. Even though the issue is numbered 46, it is the first issue to be published by DC Comics. The first forty-five (45) issues…
Welcome to Tokusatsu Gesundheit, where we’re deviating heavily from the usual format to talk about an American feature film still in theaters right now. However, it’s not every summer that an American studio knocks it out of the park with a Kaiju picture, much less one set in the wider Godzilla franchise, so Kong: Skull…
Welcome to Tokusatsu Gesundheit, where we’re on the cutting edge of Super Sentai! The very first episode of Uchu Sentai Kyuranger recently aired in Japan, and we’re gonna talk about it today. Plot Rundown The evil Space Shogunate Jark Matter has conquered 88 constellations, effectively giving them control of the universe! Their newest conquest is…
I found myself wandering up and down the Marvel Comics section of my secret comic book vault this week trying to decide on just the right comic for this week’s RETRO REVIEW. The more I thought, the harder it was to decide, until finally, I came to the end of the row and reached the…
Welcome to Tokusatsu Gesundheit, where we’re taking in a triple feature in under thirty minutes! Enjoy Kamen Rider World, Super Sentai World, and Toei Hero Daishugō. Plot Rundown Kamen Rider World: the evil Shadow Moon, previously defeated by Kamen Rider Black, returns to life as a powerful giant called The Century King. He begins terrorizing…