Fabulous Find: 1975 Shelf Stuff

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to a new edition of Fabulous Finds!  I’m feeling in the mood for a little Barry Windsor Smith artwork, so I’ve pulled from it’s place of honor, on my shelf, the 1975 Gorblimey Press Shelf Stuff sketch book from the incomparable Barry Windsor Smith! This was published in 1975.  It sold…

Fabulous Find: Comixscene # 5

Happy Friday all!  The weekend has arrived and also another edition of Greg Turner’s Fabulous Finds!  This week I’ve dug into my basement wonderland and uncovered issue number five (5) of Jim Steranko’s Comixscene!  It’s cover dated July – August 1973, and I purchased it at the 1974 Detroit Triple Fan Fair from Jim Steranko, himself!  It’s the…

Byrds Preflyte Album

Greetings faithful followers!  And welcome to another edition of Fabulous Finds!  Something a little different this week, as my Fabulous Find overlaps with my love of vinyl records, along with my love of comic books!  It’s the 1973 re-release of The Byrds’ Preflyte album, or LP (short for long player for those not in the…

Early Comic Reader Fanzines

Happy Friday everyone!  And to start off the weekend, I bring you a new Fabulous Find!  Number twenty-six if you’re counting.  This week I’ve dug out some early Comic Reader fanzines from my collection.  I don’t have a complete run but I do own each issue from number ninety (90) to the end of it’s run with issue…

RETRO REVIEW: Marvel Feature (Vol 2) # 1

Welcome back for another Retro Review!  This week I’ve brought to light the first book, in the second series, of Marvel Comics’ comic book Marvel Feature # 1, cover dated November 1975.  This issue presents the first color Red Sonja solo feature!  Roy Thomas had first brought Marvel readers Red Sonja in the pages of Conan # 23 & 24, that…

Comixscene # 5

Happy Friday all!  The weekend has arrived and also another edition of Greg Turner’s Fabulous Finds!  This week I’ve dug into my basement wonderland and uncovered issue number five (5) of Jim Steranko’s Comixscene!  It’s cover dated July – August 1973, and I purchased it at the 1974 Detroit Triple Fan Fair from Jim Steranko, himself!  It’s the…