It’s Friday, so that must mean it’s time for another RETRO REVIEW! This week to recognize the third and final Dark Knight series movie, I’ve pulled out Batman # 181, cover dated June 1966, from D C Comics. This is the issue that introduces Poison Ivy! It features a nice cover drawn by the team…
This week the RETRO REVIEW is back from vacation and looking at The Amazing Spider-Man # 50, from Marvel Comics, cover dated July 1967. The story is written by Stan Lee, with the pencils by John Romita Sr., with inks provided by Mike Esposito, under the name of Mickey Dimeo. It features a classic cover drawn…
First things first, Happy Birthday to Barry Windsor-Smith, born this day of May 25th! And in honor of his birth, I’m reviewing the Conan the Barbarian story in Marvel Comics‘ magazines Savage Tales # 2 & 3. The comic book story is an adaptation of the Robert E. Howard tale; “Red Nails”, which was first published…
Welcome to another Friday! This week, I’ve pulled out Metamorpho # 2, from D C Comics. It’s cover dated October 1965 and is the third appearance of a relatively new character. Metamorpho had first made his appearance just six months earlier, in Brave and the Bold # 57, cover dated January 1965, where his origin was told,…
And now, for something completely different, yet the same. Welcome to another Friday RETRO REVIEW, as always, brought to you by Greg Turner. This week I’m looking at the two issue run of Crimson Plague, created, written and drawn by the fabulous George Perez and published by Image Comics. These comics show a cover date…
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…
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…
As part of Avengers month (plus), leading up to the opening of the movie; The Avengers, this week I am looking at Thor # 377, from Marvel Comics. It is cover dated November 1983 and features a really strange looking image of the title character, Thor! Or does it? Who is this strange looking creature wearing…
Happy Friday to all my readers! This week I’ve pulled out The Incredible Hulk # 161, cover dated March 1973, from Marvel Comics. It has a cover drawn by Herb Trimpe and inked by Sal Trapani, showing the Hulk fighting the X-Men’s Beast, aka Hank McCoy! The story itself is entitled; “Beyond The Border lurks…
Happy Friday! And welcome back to Greg Turner’s Retro Review. This week I’ve pulled out Detective Comics # 475 & 476. These are published by DC Comics and are cover dated; February and April 1978. The comics feature the Batman against his foe, the Joker, in a two-issue continued story written by Steve Englehart, with pencil…