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Strange Times & Places: Stan Lee’s Just Imagine, Part 1

Chris Walker — Tue, 20 Nov 2018 13:00:22 +0000

Welcome back to Strange Times & Places, where today we’re honoring the legacy of Stan Lee by looking at one of the most elaborate alternate realities ever conceived for comics – Just Imagine Stan Lee Creating the DC Universe! How’s It Different? By gadfree, this one’s hard to classify. Imaginary Story is probably the best…

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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: Korak # 46

Greg Turner — Fri, 07 Apr 2017 11:00:37 +0000

Welcome back RETRO REVIEW fans! This week it’s time to look at another DC Comic book, so I’ve ventured into deepest, darkest Africa and returned with Korak, Son Of Tarzan # 46. Even though the issue is numbered 46, it is the first issue to be published by DC Comics. The first forty-five (45) issues…

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Fabulous FInd: 1977 Super DC Calendar

Greg Turner — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 11:00:07 +0000

Hale and welcome fans, friends and family. I’m back once again with a new Fabulous Find. This week I was rummaging around in the DC annex of the comic book vault buried deep underground my home. I’ve twice written posts on Marvel Comics Calendars, but this week I thought I’d feature my one and only…

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RETRO REVIEW: 1st Issue Special # 9

Greg Turner — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 11:00:31 +0000

This week, we find ourselves in the D C Comics section of the comic book vault, found deep below my abode. And I bring up the 1st Issue Special # 9 for us to shine a spotlight on. It is cover dated December 1975, so it would have been on sale around the time of…

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Fabulous Find: The Steranko History Of Comics

Greg Turner — Fri, 15 May 2015 11:00:38 +0000

This week I’d like to feature the oversized magazine/book entitled; The Steranko History Of Comics. It was published in 1970 by Supergraphics, i.e. Jim Steranko himself. While researching this item on the internet, I’ve discovered my cover is actually a second printing, rather than the first printing I thought it was. This was determined by…

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Comixscene # 5

Greg Turner — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 11:00:40 +0000

Happy Friday all! The weekend has arrived and also another edition of Greg Turner’s Fabulous Finds! This week I’ve dug into my basement wonderland and uncovered issue number five (5) of Jim Steranko’s Comixscene! It’s cover dated July – August 1973, and I purchased it at the 1974 Detroit Triple Fan Fair from Jim Steranko, himself! It’s the…

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