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Fabulous Find: Dream Con Program

Greg Turner — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 12:00:00 +0000

Other professional guests included; Rich Buckler, Dick Giordano, Ralph Reese, Marie Severin and Mike Vosburg. Buckler and Vosburg had ties to Detroit already. The convention program book is a nice one, besides the great Spirit cover by Eisner, there was art by Jeff Jones, Rich Buckler, Jim Starlin (also with Detroit ties), Marie Severin, Dick…

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Fabulous Find: Conan Book & Record Set PR-31

Greg Turner — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 11:00:41 +0000

It’s been awhile since I looked at a book and record set from Power Records, so this week, I’ve picked the Conan The Barbarian Book and Record Set (#PR-31) to share. This original story; “the Crawler in the Mists” was created for this publication. The script was written by Len Wein & J.M. DeMatteis. The…

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RETRO REVIEW: Batman # 245

Greg Turner — Fri, 31 May 2019 11:00:10 +0000

I’ve been in a Batman mood lately, and what says Batman better than some Neal Adams art! So I’ve pulled out Batman # 245, published by DC Comics and cover dated October 1972 from the comics vault. It is entitled; “The Bruce Wayne Murder Case!” and is written by Denny O’Neil, with pencil art by…

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RETRO REVIEW: Man of Steel # 1

Greg Turner — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 12:00:42 +0000

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…

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RETRO REVIEW: Batman # 237

Greg Turner — Fri, 04 Aug 2017 11:00:36 +0000

I’m still in the midst of the “Big Move” So once again this week, I am bringing back one of my oldest RETRO REVIEWs for you reading enjoyment. This was originally posted in January 2010, so most of my readers of today will have not seen it before, and I suspect only of couple of…

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Fabulous Find: Amazing World of DC Comics # 15

Greg Turner — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 11:00:11 +0000

Welcome back to this week’s column/blog. I guess Chris and I are on the same wavelength, as he wrote about Wonder Woman in his column this week and I’ll be doing something similar today. For this week’s Fabulous Find I have dug around in the first box of fanzines I came across and pulled out Amazing…

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Fabulous FInd: 1977 Super DC Calendar

Greg Turner — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 11:00:07 +0000

Hale and welcome fans, friends and family. I’m back once again with a new Fabulous Find. This week I was rummaging around in the DC annex of the comic book vault buried deep underground my home. I’ve twice written posts on Marvel Comics Calendars, but this week I thought I’d feature my one and only…

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Superman Vs. Muhammad Ali

Greg Turner — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 12:00:41 +0000

Time for a new RETRO REVIEW, and this week I’ve gone to the Treasury sized comics section of the vault and pulled out DC Comics’ All New Collectors Edition, Volume 7, Number C-56, or as it’s better known as, Superman Vs. Muhammad Ali. This was published in 1978 and that’s when I bought my copy,…

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RETRO REVIEW: Planet of Vampires # 1

Greg Turner — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 12:00:18 +0000

Hey ho folks! This week it’s time once again to dig into the independent comic section of my collection. And I’ve come out with Planet of Vampires # 1, published by Atlas/Seaboard Comics and it has a February 1975 cover date. As most of you know Atlas/Seaboard was Martin Goodman‘s response to Marvel Comics for firing…

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Fabulous Find: 1981 Pretty Girl Sketchbook

Greg Turner — Fri, 26 Dec 2014 12:00:34 +0000

Since this week is a Holiday week, I thought I’d make it easy on myself and present a Fabulous Find that didn’t require a lot of writing on my part and I stumbled upon the perfect find while filing away something else entirely. It’s the 1981 Pretty Girl Sketchbook published, as a one-shot, from Paisley…

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