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The Top Four Patriotic Superheroes

Chris Walker — Sun, 02 Jul 2023 16:03:57 +0000

To celebrate the Fourth of July, AKA Independence Day, Back to the Past is counting down our Top Four Patriotic Superheroes! We’ll also give a rundown of each character’s key appearances for the collecting-minded among us. From the Golden Age to today, these are the most entertaining of comicdom’s many patriotic crusaders. #4. Liberty Belle…

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Why Fantastic Four #1 is Important

Chris Walker — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 18:43:11 +0000

We here at Back to the Past are pleased as punch to have a copy of Fantastic Four #1 coming to auction this weekend! While the Fantastic Four have been a lil out-of-focus in the Marvel Studios era, they are poised to get their due pretty soon. Which is good, because the Marvel Cinematic Universe…

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Joe Simon & Jack Kirby’s Stuntman!

Chris Walker — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 13:00:56 +0000

Welcome back to My Hero! Each week, Back to the Past uses this column to tell you why the obscure characters from our custom action figure collection are great! Years ago, we purchased the life’s work of an artist and comic fan whose chosen medium was granting forgotten comic characters the action figure immortality denied…

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Joe Simon & Jack Kirby’s Isekai Superhero

Chris Walker — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 12:00:06 +0000

Welcome back to My Hero, wherein we here at Back to the Past identify and delve into the obscure characters from our custom action figure collection. Years ago, we purchased the life’s work of an artist and comic fan whose chosen medium was granting forgotten comic characters the action figure immortality denied to them by…

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Fabulous Find: The Marvel World of Icarus album

Greg Turner — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 11:00:00 +0000

Welcome back to a new Fabulous Find. This week I’ll be taking a look at a rather rare album, or LP, by the name of The Marvel World of Icarus. Yep, the band name is Icarus and you probably have never heard of them! Well, first let me tell you of the band, then I’ll…

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Fabulous Find: Alter Ego # 4

Greg Turner — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 11:00:30 +0000

Yes indeed, it is time for another Fabulous Find and this week I’m digging around in the fanzine section of the comic book vault and have unearthed issue # 4 of the original Alter Ego fanzine. It was published by local comic book fan and historian, Dr. Jerry Bails, from Detroit, MI. Believe it or…

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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: Fantastic Four # 16

Greg Turner — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 12:00:54 +0000

Time for another Marvel Comics’ RETRO REVIEW, I think. So with that in mind, I’ve selected Fantastic Four # 16, cover dated July 1963, to review. This issue is entitled “The Micro-World Of Doctor Doom!” and features a special guest star; the amazing Ant-Man! It’s written by Stan “the Man” Lee and penciled by Jack “King” Kirby, with inks provided…

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Fabulous Find: Fantafolio # 3

Greg Turner — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 12:00:02 +0000

Welcome back to a new Fabulous Find. This week I’ve dug into the fanzine section of the comic book vault, buried deep under the earth, at an undisclosed location, and brought to light; Fantafolio # 3. This fanzine was published in 1980, jointly by Interfan Productions and Creative Graphics. The editor for this issue is…

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Fabulous Fine: Fan’s Zine # 7

Greg Turner — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 12:00:08 +0000

Glad you made you way here, either as a returning customer (so to speak) or as a new visitor. I’ve got a nifty little fanzine for you this week. It’s Fan’s Zine # 7 and it was published by J. and J. Enterprises in 1978. It’s dated in the indicia as Winter 1978, as a…

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