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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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Marvel 1975 Slurpee Cups

Greg Turner — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 12:00:44 +0000

Hey, how you doin’? I’m back this week with a repeat Fabulous Find, looking at the 1975 Marvel Comics Slurpee cups. In 1975, I was a young man attending college and working in the college’s bookstore to earn some extra bucks and I discovered that the chain store, 7-11, was selling their slurpees in plastic cups…

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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: 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: The Studio Book

Greg Turner — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 11:00:56 +0000

Hey ho everyone! Sorry that I’ve been missing for the last two weeks. Hope you didn’t miss me too much. What’s that? You didn’t even know I was gone? Well, whether you missed me or not, I’m back this week, with a new Fabulous Find. And I’ve brought along the 1979 first edition book, entitled;…

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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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Retro Review: Miracleman # 1

Greg Turner — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 11:30:38 +0000

Hello again! I’ve been missing for a couple of weeks due to a vacation and then a website upgrade, but I’m back once again. You just can’t keep me away! This week I thought I’d do another RETRO REVIEW, even though it might be time for another Fabulous Find. Frankly I’m just in the mood for…

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1975 Marvel 7-11 Slurpee Cups

Greg Turner — Fri, 20 Sep 2013 11:00:19 +0000

Quite a while ago I wrote about the 1973 D C Comics 7-11 Slurpee cups and I promised that I’d be back with the 1975 Marvel Comics 7-11 Slurpee cups. Well, here I am and it’s time! In 1975 I was in college and working in the college’s bookstore to earn some extra bucks and…

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