I Will Tell You #94: C2E2 2014 The fifth annual Chicago Entertainment & Comic Expo (C2E2) opened Friday, April 25 at Chicago’s McCormick Place, occupying the convention center’s south building for the first time after setting up shop in the venue’s other three buildings over the course of the past four years. The large…
Hey gang, it’s Friday once again and therefore, time for another posting! And this week it’s another RETRO REVIEW, for hopefully, your reading pleasure! This week I’ve pulled out Mysterious Suspense # 1 (and only) from Charlton Comics! It’s cover dated October 1968 and features a cover pencilled and inked by none other than Steve Ditko. Here’s the cover: The comic features…
This week, it’s time for another comic book retro review featuring D C Comics! So I’ve dug back to 1968 and pulled out an issue of Wonder Woman. And that comic is Wonder Woman # 178, cover dated October 1968! It’s an important issue, as it marked a big change in the character, or at…
It’s Friday, so it must be time for another Fabulous Find! This week I’ve pulled out some small plastic figures that were only available from your local McDonalds‘ restaurants. Yep, this beauties were the happy meal toys from back in 1991. They feature Warner Brother cartoon characters with snap on super-hero costumes, featuring DC Comics…
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…
Greetings fellow comic fans! And happy Friday the thirteenth! This week I’ve unearthed a more recent comic book for my RETRO REVIEW column. It’s from Image Comics, released under their short-lived Cliffhanger banner … Battle Chasers # 1, cover dated April 1998! This first issue features a very nice wrap-a-round cover by creator Joe Madureira (or…
Happy Friday everyone! And to start off the weekend, I bring you a new Fabulous Find! Number twenty-six if you’re counting. This week I’ve dug out some early Comic Reader fanzines from my collection. I don’t have a complete run but I do own each issue from number ninety (90) to the end of it’s run with issue…
Welcome back to the fun that never ends! It’s time for another RETRO REVIEW, and this week it’s from D C Comics! And the comic in question is an early Silver Age gem, Action Comics # 242, cover dated July 1958. I wasn’t actually reading comics back in ’58, but I do remember picking up this…
I Will Tell You #85: C2E2 2013 The fourth annual Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) is currently taking place at downtown Chicago’s McCormick place convention center this weekend, April 26 – 28. The show features its usual mix of retailers selling comics, trade paperbacks, toys, and other pop culture items, but the emphasis…
A few weeks back, as you’ll recall, I talked about the top 5 titles being published by Marvel right now. Or Marvel NOW, right? Whatever. As Marvel has taken the center of the mainstream stage with their multiple relaunches, DC it seems has been all but pushed off to the side. But that’s not to say that there aren’t some buzzworthy comics still coming from the New 52, or what’s still standing from it, anyway. To, to be fair and balanced, or as fair and balanced as that phrase typically seems to mean, I will tell you my DC Top 5: