Merry 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…
I 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;…
Welcome back to Greg Turner’s RETRO REVIEW. This week I would like to talk about Wham-O Giant Comics # 1 and only one! It was published, per the indicia, in April 1967, by Wham-O Manufacturing Company and it was suppose to be the first in a series of giant-sized comics released on a quarterly basis by the…
Howdy partners! And welcome to this week’s Retro Review! And what’s on the review table today? How about Marvel Comics’ Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. # 3, cover dated August 1968. And why did I select this particular book? Good questions! So let me try to answer that question. It’s because this issue features a…
Greetings fellow comic book fans and welcome to another edition of Greg Turner’s Retro Review! This week I’ll be looking at The Maze Agency # 1 from Comico, the Comic Company. The book is cover dated December 1988 and features a very nicely drawn Adam Hughes cover. The book was created by writer Mike W. Barr and…
This week I bring to your attention, the original run of Marvel Comics‘ X-Men franchise. The comics are entitled X-Men # 100 and X-Men # 101 on the covers, though on the splash page it says The Uncanny X-Men in both books. Actually the original run was simply titled The X-Men through issue number 141 and…
Bonjour, and welcome back to this week’s installment of Greg Turner’s RETRO REVIEW. This week I present, from D C Comics, cover dated January 1965, Hawkman # 5. First off, it has a great cover, pencilled and inked by Murphy Anderson, showing Hawkman battling the Shadow Thief against a yellow background that really makes the…
If you’ve been reading DC Comics for the last few weeks, you might have noticed a strange shadowy figure lurking around the sidelines of the action. Who is this “mystery woman” and what’s she doing in the new DC universe? Here’s part 2 of 4 columns (Week 1 can be found right here) dedicated to…
What’s that? You’ve never heard of The Realm? Or Arrow Comics? Well, I guess its good that its back to school time! And consider this your first lesson in Local Comics History 101! Arrow Comics was founded in 1985 by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr and was the publisher of black and white comics. They…
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.…