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RETRO REVIEW: Marvel Team-Up # 55

Greg Turner — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 11:00:39 +0000

Hi there folks, I’m back this week with a new RETRO REVIEW for your reading pleasure. Digging around deep within the comic book vault, I came upon this little gem, cover dated March 1977, Marvel Team-Up # 55, from Marvel Comics. The basis for this series was the teaming up of two heroes facing off against a…

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Fabulous Find: BAMF, the Dave Cockrum Treasury # 1

Greg Turner — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 11:00:47 +0000

Hey gang! It’s time once again for a new Fabulous Find and this week I’m writing about a relatively new fanzine that I have been able to add to my collection. And that is; BAMF, the Dave Cockrum Treasury # 1. I was able to pick this beauty up on eBay at a reasonable price and just…

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Fabulous Find: The Collector # 26 Fanzine

Greg Turner — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 11:00:15 +0000

This week, Friday means a new Fabulous Find, so digging through my fanzine collection, I pulled out The Collector # 26, published by fan publisher, Bill Wilson, from Pennsylvania. It is dated the Summer of 1972. The Collector is a really excellent fanzine that lasted a whopping twenty-nine issues, plus a Special. It began as…

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Fabulous Find: Legion Fandom Beginnings

Greg Turner — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 11:00:23 +0000

Say what? That doesn’t sound like a Fabulous Find, you might be thinking, and you’d be correct. I thought I’d do something a little different this time, as I am fighting the dreaded deadline doom! I’ve pulled out one of my first blog posts and have given it a bit of spit and polish. Hopefully you’ll…

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RETRO REVIEW: Giant-Size X-Men # 1

Greg Turner — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 12:00:01 +0000

I found myself wandering up and down the Marvel Comics section of my secret comic book vault this week trying to decide on just the right comic for this week’s RETRO REVIEW. The more I thought, the harder it was to decide, until finally, I came to the end of the row and reached the…

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Fabulous Find: Infinity # 1 Fanzine

Greg Turner — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 12:00:37 +0000

And a good day to all my fine readers! I hope everyone is doing well and thank you for coming back for another Fabulous Find. This week I’m looking at the fanzine; Infinity # 1. It was published in the summer of 1970 by Gary Berman with the help of Adam Malin and Richard Anders.…

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RETRO REVIEW: Marvel Fumetti Book # 1

Greg Turner — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 11:00:22 +0000

Good day, mates. It’s time for another RETRO REVIEW, and this week I’m pulling a book out from the Marvel Comics Group from 1984. It’s cover dated; April 1984 and the comic is; The Marvel Fumetti Book # 1. Normally I’d be telling you who drew the cover to lead into things, but this cover…

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Fabulous Find: Fantastic Fanzine # 10

Greg Turner — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 11:30:56 +0000

Happy Friday everyone! It’s time once again for another Fabulous Find! And this week I’ve unearthed another great old fanzine. It seems I get the most feedback when I pull one of these babies out of my collection to share with you all, so I think you must like and appreciate my posts when I’m…

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Legion Outpost Fanzines Pt 2

Greg Turner — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 19:34:35 +0000

Fabulous Find Welcome back to another edition of Fabulous Finds! I know this should be a RETRO REVIEW week, but I thought I’d go ahead and hit you with part two of my Legion Outpost fanzine post. This week I’ll be focusing on issues six through ten of The Legion Outpost. So without further ado…

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Legion Outpost Fanzines

Greg Turner — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 12:30:59 +0000

Fabulous Find Welcome back for another Fabulous Find! This time I’ll focus on a fanzine from the Seventies entitled, The Legion Outpost. If you can’t tell from the title, it’s a fanzine about D C Comics’ Legion of Super-Heroes comic book! The fanzine ran ten (10) issues. Though I’m only going to cover the first…

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