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RETRO REVIEW: Fantastic Four # 16

Greg Turner — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 12:00:54 +0000

Time for another Marvel Comics’ RETRO REVIEW, I think. So with that in mind, I’ve selected Fantastic Four # 16, cover dated July 1963, to review. This issue is entitled “The Micro-World Of Doctor Doom!” and features a special guest star; the amazing Ant-Man! It’s written by Stan “the Man” Lee and penciled by Jack “King” Kirby, with inks provided…

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RETRO REVIEW: Tales of Suspense #80 & Tales to Astonish #82

Greg Turner — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 11:00:06 +0000

Welcome back! It’s time for a new RETRO REVIEW and this week I’m stretching the review over two separate comic titles. First up is Tales of Suspense #80, then secondly Tales to Astonish #82. Well to be completely honest, I’m only looking at half of each of those comics. As most of you know, the…

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RETRO REVIEW: Strange Tales Annual # 2

Greg Turner — Fri, 19 Aug 2016 11:00:06 +0000

And as everyone knows, if it didn’t sell out, it would have likely remained on the spinner rack until late September or early October, before it would have been pulled. The cover is drawn by Jack “King” Kirby, with the inks likely done by Sol Brodsky. At one time it was thought the inks were…

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RETRO REVIEW: The Avengers # 16

Greg Turner — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 11:00:21 +0000

Once again it’s time for a new RETRO REVIEW, and again I’m feeling the love of Marvel Comics, so I went back down, deep underground, into the comic vault and brought back up Avengers # 16, cover dated May 1965. It’s got a snappy Jack Kirby (pencils) cover that is inked by either Dick Ayers…

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