Avengers vs. X-Men has reached its conclusion, leaving the intrepid Cyclops rotting in a cell. A fitting result for the leader of the X-Men? Sean Pigeon offers a few examples of AVX justice from the Avengers side, like Scarlet Witch and Namor, and questions the outcome in this video segment that all Avengers and X-Men…
Hi, Greg Turner here, with Back To The Past Pop Culture TV, and I’d like to talk to you about those, by gone days, when the only thing featuring Marvel super-heroes were the comic books themselves. Or at least that was so until 1966 and 1967, when Lancer Books published six “Collector’s Albums”, reprinting some…
This week we’re looking at another cool Silver Age comic; Daredevil # 43 from Marvel Comics. It is cover dated August 1968, so it likely was on the comic spinner racks at the beginning of the summer of that year. The great cover, by Jack Kirby and Joe Sinnott, jumps out at you and grabs your immediate attention!…
Back to the Past collectibles guru Andy Cirinesi shows off a great golden age comics collection that just arrived in the shop this week. Watch for these books in one of our upcoming comics auctions! Full text: Check this out, look what we just picked up from a woman helping her aunt clean out the…
The wait is over, Marvel Comics’ The Avengers has finally made it to the theaters today, May 3, 2012! And to go along with our month long celebration of all thing Avengers, I present this week’s RETRO REVIEW on Avengers # 170 & 171. These comics were cover dated April 1978 and May 1978. Number…
Jim Johnson thinks there has never been a better time to be an Avengers fan, and he’ll show you why in this video segment featuring the Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Nick Fury and more as they assemble the Avengers on the big screen for the first time! Full Text: JJ…
Top 5 Reasons Why The Avengers Are So Cool The Avengers are so cool, in fact, that I will tell you why with no lead-in whatsoever. 5. Comics’ Mightiest Creators Sure, Fantastic Four had Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, and Uncanny X-Men had Chris Claremont and John Byrne. But The Avengers had all of those…
Well, we’ve made it to another Friday, so it is time, once again, for another Retro Review! Yay! Well, it at least makes me happy! This week I’ve opened up Marvel Comics’ Captain America and the Falcon # 175. This comic is cover dated July 1974 and features a cover drawn by Sal Buscema over…
Jim Johnson assesses one of the least “super-powered” team mates on the Avengers: Captain America. What makes him so great as a member when he is surrounded by so much firepower? JJ will show you in this video clip! Full text: JJ here, Back to the Past Pop Culture TV, and this week I’m taking…
My Moments With Cap My first moment with Captain America was a pretty inglorious one. That was in 1973 or so, when I was 10, before I was into comics but was plenty into the Adam West Batman TV series that ran daily on weekday afternoons, right after school. What does that have anything to…