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RETRO REVIEW: Marvel Spotlight # 31

Greg Turner — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 11:00:51 +0000

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Fabulous Find: 1971 New York Comic Art Program

Greg Turner — Fri, 25 Aug 2017 11:00:51 +0000

Time for a new Fabulous Find and this week I’ve dug into my convention program booklets and pulled out the 1971 New York Comic Art Program. The convention was held over the weekend of July 2nd through the 5th. There were two Guests of Honor, the first, artist Jim Steranko and second, writer Gardner Fox.…

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RETRO REVIEW: American Flagg! # 1

Greg Turner — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 11:00:37 +0000

Welcome back for this week’s RETRO REVIEW. This week I am featuring American Flagg! # 1. This comic was published by First Comics, with a cover date of October 1983. The cover is penciled and inked by Howard Chaykin. Here is that cover: Chaykin had been absent from comics for a little while, before jumping back into…

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RETRO REVIEW:Marvel Premiere # 32

Greg Turner — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 12:00:23 +0000

Welcome once again to the blog that never ends, with apologies to Emerson, Lake & Palmer, who’s song title I’ve borrowed and slightly changed. It’s Friday, and therefore it’s time for a new RETRO REVIEW. And this week, I’ve ventured into the Marvel section of the vault and pulled out Marvel Premiere # 32, featuring…

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Fabulous Find: Empire Graphic Novel

Greg Turner — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 11:00:13 +0000

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…

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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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Fabulous Find: Star*Reach # 1

Greg Turner — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 12:00:53 +0000

This week for my Fabulous Find, I’m shining the light on Star*Reach # 1. It’s from Star*Reach Productions and it’s dated April 1974. As far as I know, Star*Reach Productions was Mike Friedrich, and Mike Friedrich was Star*Reach Productions. But please correct me if I’m wrong. So what is Star*Reach? A regular comic? An underground comic?…

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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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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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Comic Review: Scorpion # 1

Greg Turner — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 11:30:38 +0000

I’m just back from vacation, but have no time to write up a Fabulous Find, or even do a quick new review, so I’m again reprinting one of my first columns from 2010. I suspect many, if not most, of you have not had the chance to read it, so for your reading pleasure ……

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