Hembeck, Hembeck, Hembeck. Did someone say Hembeck? Who or what is Hembeck? Well, if you don;t already know, then I better jump right into this week’s Fabulous Find. Hembeck: The Best of Dateline:@!!?#, in this case, is a comic book magazine/fanzine, published in 1979 by Eclipse Enterprises. In actuality, Hembeck is; Fred George Hembeck, a real…
Welcome back my friends to the fun that never ends (with apologies to Emerson, Lake & Palmer for twisting their song lyric). It’s time once again for a new Fabulous Find and this week I’ve dug in a deep, dark corner of my vast collectibles vault for something a little different. And what did I come…
As promised in last week’s Fabulous Find, I have searched through my vast comic book library and unearthed Warp # 1 from First Comics. It’s cover dated March 1983, for those of you keeping score. If you didn’t see last week’s column, take a minute and check it out here; https://gobacktothepast.com/fabulous-find-art-of-neal-adams-volume-one/ Back? Good! Or maybe you…
Hey ho, faithful followers. I’m back with a new Fabulous Find for all you fans, and this week I’ve unearthed The Art of Neal Adams Volume One. It was published by Sal Quartuccio and is dated 1975. It’s a thirty-eight page (including the covers) magazine sized book or booklet. It has colored front and back…
Welcome once again to a new RETRO REVIEW. This week it’s time to dig in the DC Comics section of my comic book vault. And I’ve brought up from the depths, Superman’s Girl Friend Lois Lane # 34. The comic is cover dated July 1962 and features a two-part imaginary story within the comic, plus…
I wanted to look at something a little different for this week’s Fabulous Find. Therefore, I’ve pulled off the shelf one of the early graphic novels published in the 70s’s. The book is Empire and it is written by science-fiction author, Samuel R. Delany. The art is provided by comic book artist, Howard V. Chaykin. The…
Time to do that thing that I do, and that’s publish a new RETRO REVIEW for your reading pleasure. This week I’ve pulled out a comic from a long lost Canadian comic book company; Aircel Comics. Anyone remember them? They published comics beginning in 1985 and lasted until 1994. Eventually they were absorbed by Malibu…
Welcome back for another Fabulous Find. Glad you could find your way here once again, or welcome if it’s your first time. This week I’m bringing to light the short-lived series of small graphic novels published by Byron Preiss Visual Publications Inc. The series was called Fiction Illustrated and they published four book in the series…
Welcome comic book fans across America (and the world) and all the ships at sea. You’ve tuned in to a new RETRO REVIEW and this week I am looking at a comic from DC Comics. And what is that comic, you might ask? And I will answer, the comic this week is Detective Comics #…
Welcome back for another Fabulous Find. This week I’ve pulled from my collection two (2) paperback books that were published by Warner Paperback Library in conjunction with National Periodical Publications, i.e. DC Comics in 1973. They are The House of Mystery # 1 and The House of Mystery # 2. Both books contain short stories written…