Send up flare, or better yet, a rocket, it’s time for a new RETRO REVIEW! This week I’m looking at the magazine-sized Love and Rockets # 1 from Fantagraphics Books, cover dated September 1982. It’s a black and white comic book with color covers. And pretty much introduces the world to a trio of brothers, Gilbert,…
Welcome, one and all, to a brand spanking new RETRO REVIEW, brought to you, as always, from myself and the good folks at Back To The Past. Hard to believe that I’m in my ninth year of providing content to their website. Time definitely flies when you’re having fun! But enough with the cliques, time…
So we meet again. This week’s RETRO REVIEW features an independent comic book from Dancing Elephant Press. The comic is Jack Staff # 1 and it is cover dated April 2000. The comic was created, written and drawn by writer/artist Paul Grist. Or as it says on the interior of the front cover; Paul “The…
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…
Welcome back all, this week I’m once again going into the DC Comics annex of the comic book vault and I’ve pulled out the mini-series; Legends. There were six (6) issues in this mini-series and this is the comic book/series that John Byrne made his DC debut. These issues came out just before his Superman…
I’m not sure what the weather is like where you are reading this, but here in Michigan it is bitter cold! But I’m not going to let that stop me from writing up a new RETRO REVIEW. This week, I thought I’d pick out a comic from DC Comics, so I rummaged around in the…
Thank you for finding you way back to this week’s Fabulous Find. But I should be honest, and say right up front, this post really isn’t about one of my finds, but simply a wish of Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all my readers, friends and family. But in doing so, I’ve dug out…
Welcome back for this week’s RETRO REVIEW! This time around I’ll be looking at Marvel Spotlight # 2, which is cover dated February 1972. This book, from Marvel Comics, introduces Jack Russell, who becomes the title character, Werewolf By Night. The comic features an interesting, though uncredited, cover by Neal Adams, with inks done by Tom Palmer.…
Bonjour, mes amis! Or if you’re not up on your French, Hello, my friends! You’ve made it back for another new Fabulous Find, and this week I’m looking back to 1977, 78 and 79 (with a mention of 1980). From my personal collection are some Marvel Comics View-Master sets. These were put out by the GAF…
Greetings and salutations, it’s time for a new RETRO REVIEW. And this week I’ve pulled out the Amazing Spider-Man King-Size Special #4, cover dated November 1967, from Marvel Comics. The story is entitled; “The Web And The Flame” and it is written by Stan Lee, with the pencils supplied by his brother, Larry Lieber and…