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RETRO REVIEW: Rom # 1

Greg Turner — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 11:00:07 +0000

Thanks for checking back in. This week it’s time for a new RETRO REVIEW, featuring a Marvel Comics book. Drum roll please … From 1979, it’s Rom # 1, or if you prefer, Rom Spaceknight # 1, cover dated December 1979. Before I get to the actual comic itself, maybe I should share a little…

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RETRO REVIEW: Superboy # 145

Greg Turner — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 12:30:54 +0000

Bonjour, friends, fans and followers and anyone who has just stumbled upon my post. It’s once again time for a new RETRO REVIEW. And this week it’s time for the spotlight to shine on DC Comics. So I’ve pulled out a rather strange example of changing the status quo on a book from the late…

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RETRO REVIEW: Hulk # 181

Greg Turner — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 12:00:21 +0000

Welcome back for a new RETRO REVIEW. Anyone following the Back To The Past auctions know that last Saturday, December 13, 2014, we auctioned off a CGC graded, 9.8, Hulk # 181 for over Eighty-two hundred dollars. So I decided I’d pull out my own copy of that issue and use it for this week’s…

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RETRO REVIEW: Gumby’s Winter Fun Special # 1

Greg Turner — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 12:30:15 +0000

It’s Friday, so It’s time for a new RETRO REVIEW. And I’m excited to bring you a fun comic book from the late, lamented publisher, Comico. It’s dated December 1988, per the indicia, and the comic in question is; Gumby’s Winter Fun Special # 1. The comic is written by Steve Purcell and the artwork…

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Fabulous Find: 1975 Topps Marvel Stickers

Greg Turner — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 12:30:09 +0000

Welcome, you’ve found your way to a new Fabulous Find and this week I’ve pulled out my collection of 1975 Topps Marvel Stickers. This set wasn’t the first Marvel card/sticker sets, but it was the first one I bought. There was an earlier card set from Donruss that came out in 1966 and then the…

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RETRO REVIEW: Leave It To Chance # 5

Greg Turner — Fri, 29 Aug 2014 11:30:31 +0000

This week it’s time for a new RETRO REVIEW, therefore I’ve pulled out one of my favorite, though short lived independent comic book series, Leave It To Chance, from Homage & Image Comics. And for the purposes of the review, I’ve selected Leave It To Chance # 5, cover dated May 1997. This is most recent RETRO…

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Witzend Fanzines # 6 – 12

Greg Turner — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 11:30:26 +0000

Welcome back to part two, in my two part, Fabulous Find column on the Witzend fanzines from Wally Wood and company! Though with issue # 6, Wally Wood is now only listed as the “illustrious founder” and the fanzine/prozine is now published by Ed Glasser and edited by Bill Pearson! Witzend # 6 I’ve owned my…

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Byrds Preflyte Album

Greg Turner — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 12:30:10 +0000

Greetings faithful followers! And welcome to another edition of Fabulous Finds! Something a little different this week, as my Fabulous Find overlaps with my love of vinyl records, along with my love of comic books! It’s the 1973 re-release of The Byrds’ Preflyte album, or LP (short for long player for those not in the…

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Early Comic Reader Fanzines

Greg Turner — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 12:30:58 +0000

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…

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1975 Marvel 7-11 Slurpee Cups

Greg Turner — Fri, 20 Sep 2013 11:00:19 +0000

Quite a while ago I wrote about the 1973 D C Comics 7-11 Slurpee cups and I promised that I’d be back with the 1975 Marvel Comics 7-11 Slurpee cups. Well, here I am and it’s time! In 1975 I was in college and working in the college’s bookstore to earn some extra bucks and…

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