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RETRO REVIEW: Captain America # 193

Greg Turner — Fri, 26 Apr 2019 11:00:27 +0000

Greetings and salutations! I’m glad you found your way back for a brand spanking new RETRO REVIEW. This week I’ve pulled out a classic, cover dated January, 1976; Captain America # 193. This comic was published by Marvel Comics, as if you didn’t already know. This issue features the return of Jack Kirby to Marvel…

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RETRO REVIEW: Marvel Premiere # 3

Greg Turner — Fri, 09 Nov 2018 12:00:56 +0000

Hi gang! Glad you all found your way back to my humble post. This week it’s time for another RETRO REVIEW. So, a couple of weeks ago I was rummaging around in the Marvel Comics annex of the great comic book vault and unearthed my copy of Marvel Premiere # 3, featuring Dr. Strange, Master…

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RETRO REVIEW: Fantastic Four # 112

Greg Turner — Fri, 15 Sep 2017 11:00:50 +0000

Hey, ho, friends, fans and family. This week it’s time for another RETRO REVIEW. I’ve had to search through lots of boxes to find something good to write about, as a lot of my stuff is still unpacked from the move last month. Eventually, the night before actually, I came up with Fantastic Four #…

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RETRO REVIEW: Hulk #107 & #108

Greg Turner — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 11:00:00 +0000

Hey ho, everyone, I’m back this week with a new RETRO REVIEW. Sorry that I was not able to post last week, but I was tied up with selling and buying property and frankly just ran out of time to write up a new post and then was away from a computer, so I couldn’t…

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RETRO REVIEW: Godzilla # 1 & 2

Greg Turner — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 11:00:25 +0000

Glad you found your way back for this week’s RETRO REVIEW. Thanks for following my meager efforts! As I promised, this week I’ve dug deep, deep, into the vault, and I was back in the Marvel section once again. While there, I unearthed a comic featuring another big, green, guy, but not the Incredible Hulk…

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RETRO REVIEW: Spider-Man # 129

Greg Turner — Fri, 08 May 2015 11:00:12 +0000

For this week’s RETRO REVIEW, I’ve visited the Marvel Comics wing of my vault and come out with the Amazing Spider-Man # 129. This book is cover dated February 1974 and features the introduction and first appearance of the Punisher! Yep, that’s right, this is where it all began for all you Punisher fans out…

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RETRO REVIEW: Daredevil # 18

Greg Turner — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 11:00:13 +0000

Greetings and salutations! And welcome back for a new RETRO REVIEW! It’s time to dig into the Marvel Comics section of my vast comic book library, and this week I’ve pulled out Daredevil # 18. It’s cover dated; July 1966, and it features a nice John Romita Sr. cover! Romita had just recently joined the Marvel staff and Stan Lee had…

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RETRO REVIEW: Iron Man # 10 & 11

Greg Turner — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 11:00:38 +0000

This week’s RETRO REVIEW looks at Iron Man #s 10 & 11 from Marvel Comics. They are cover dated; February and March 1968. Issue number ten (10) sports a cover drawn by George Tuska and inked by Frank Giacoia. And here it is: Iron Man # 10 The issue is entitled; “Once More … The…

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Marvel-Con ’76 Booklet

Greg Turner — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 12:30:52 +0000

Fabulous Find Welcome back to another Fabulous Find! This week I’ve brought to light the convention program book from the 1976 Marvel Comic Book Convention, held in New York City, entitled; Marvel-Con ’76! This was one of the last small cons before cons became a really big deal. Quickly comic book conventions went from small…

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Retro Review: The Fly # 1

Greg Turner — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 11:00:46 +0000

Hello fellow comic book fans and welcome to another RETRO REVIEW! This week it’s time for another review of a comic that doesn’t come from the big two, i.e. Marvel or D C Comics! So I’ve dug deep into my collection and brought to light The Fly # 1, cover dated May 1983, from Red Circle (an…

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