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RETRO REVIEW: Marvel Premiere # 3

Greg Turner — Fri, 09 Nov 2018 12:00:56 +0000

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…

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Fabulous Find: 1975 Shelf Stuff

Greg Turner — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 12:00:05 +0000

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…

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Fabulous Find: Comixscene # 5

Greg Turner — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 11:00:34 +0000

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…

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Fabulous Find: Six Drawings by Barry Smith Portfolio

Greg Turner — Fri, 26 May 2017 11:00:33 +0000

Hi there, it’s time for a new Fabulous Find, so I’ve pulled out a mini gem from my collection this week. It’s the 1978 Six Drawings by Barry Smith mini-portfolio published by Gorblimey Press. I call this a mini-gem because the portfolio measures just three (3) by five (5) inches. Yes, you read that right.…

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RETRO REVIEW: X-Men # 10

Greg Turner — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 11:00:16 +0000

To once again quote the sign over the old spinner racks; Hey Kids, Comics! and a brand spanking new RETRO REVIEW for your reading pleasure, to boot. This week it’s time to dig around in the Marvel side of my vast collection and in doing so, I’ve pulled out my copy of X-Men # 10, cover…

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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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Byrds Preflyte Album

Greg Turner — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 12:30:10 +0000

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…

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Early Comic Reader Fanzines

Greg Turner — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 12:30:58 +0000

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…

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RETRO REVIEW: Marvel Feature (Vol 2) # 1

Greg Turner — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 12:00:10 +0000

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…

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Comixscene # 5

Greg Turner — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 11:00:40 +0000

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