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RETRO REVIEW: The Cat # 1

Greg Turner — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 12:00:14 +0000

Welcome, one and all, to a brand spanking new RETRO REVIEW, brought to you, as always, from myself and the good folks at Back To The Past. Hard to believe that I’m in my ninth year of providing content to their website. Time definitely flies when you’re having fun! But enough with the cliques, time…

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RETRO REVIEW: Korak # 46

Greg Turner — Fri, 07 Apr 2017 11:00:37 +0000

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…

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Fabulous Find: Fantasy Illustrated # 1

Greg Turner — Fri, 25 Mar 2016 11:00:15 +0000

My friends, it’s time once again to bring forth a new, bright, and shiny Fabulous Find. This week, I once again delve into the vault’s fanzine section and have pulled out my copy of Fantasy Illustrated # 1, cover dated Winter 1963 – 1964. I really love these old fanzines. This one is published by…

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Fabulous Find: Alter Ego # 5

Greg Turner — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 12:30:26 +0000

Yes, indeed, it’s time for a new Fabulous Find and this week I’ve uncovered a copy of the early sixties fanzine, Alter Ego # 5. It was published sometime during the winter of 1962 – 1963, per the indicia on page two, but it likely went out to comic fans sometime in early 1963. This historic…

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RETRO REVIEW: Lancelot Strong, The Shield # 1 & 2

Greg Turner — Fri, 04 Jul 2014 11:00:24 +0000

First let me open by wishing all my readers a Happy Fourth of July! And in honor of this most patriotic day, I choose to do a RETRO REVIEW on a patriotic hero! No, not the obvious, Captain America, who was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, but another lesser known patriotic hero, also…

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Fabulous Find: Esquire Magazine March 1972

Greg Turner — Fri, 30 May 2014 11:30:48 +0000

Hello and welcome to a new Fabulous Find! This week it’s a little off the beaten track, but I think it’s pretty cool comic related collectible. Hope you do to! What I’ve pulled out of my collection is the March 1972 issue of Esquire Magazine. This magazine was published by Esquire , Inc. out of…

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