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Fabulous Find: Fan # 1 Part 2

Greg Turner — Fri, 21 Dec 2018 12:00:20 +0000

Welcome back to another Fabulous Find for the week before Christmas. I am continuing with the contents of the fanzine Fan # 1 this week to make it a little easier on myself and because there are lots more Christmas goodness within Fan # 1 to share with you. Recapping last week’s post, Fan # 1…

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Fabulous Find: Fan # 1 Fanzine

Greg Turner — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 12:00:56 +0000

Welcome back to another Fabulous Find. This week I’ve got Fan # 1, which comes from Chris Padovano and was published in 1977. It was actually a continuation of The Fans of Central Jersey fanzine, which had just folded. Chris had been working on issue # 21, when the club & zine went under, so…

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RETRO REVIEW: Warp # 1

Greg Turner — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 11:00:48 +0000

As promised in last week’s Fabulous Find, I have searched through my vast comic book library and unearthed Warp # 1 from First Comics. It’s cover dated March 1983, for those of you keeping score. If you didn’t see last week’s column, take a minute and check it out here; https://gobacktothepast.com/fabulous-find-art-of-neal-adams-volume-one/ Back? Good! Or maybe you…

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Fabulous Find: The Gods of Mount Olympus

Greg Turner — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 11:00:32 +0000

It’s time for a new Fabulous Find, and this week I’ll be looking at the three issue run of The Gods of Mount Olympus in Ancient Mythology. The three issues were published by Quintessence Publications out of Spokane Washington in 1974. I could find no date on the first issue, but issue # 2 was…

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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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RETRO REVIEW: Showcase # 100

Greg Turner — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 12:00:55 +0000

This week it’s time for another DC Comics RETRO REVIEW. The comic in question is; Showcase # 100, cover dated May 1978. It features a cover drawn by Joe Staton (pencils) and Dick Giordano (inks) and it proclaims the this “awesome Anniversary edition” showcases (yes, pun intended) “sixty (60) super-stars in a story it took…

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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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RETRO REVIEW: Space: 1999 # 1

Greg Turner — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:45:52 +0000

Greetings and salutations all, and welcome back to another edition of my RETRO REVIEW column! This week I’ve pulled out a little known comic from Charlton Comics. It’s Space: 1999 # 1, cover dated November 1975. It features a pretty nice painted cover by artist, Joe Staton. Take a look: The comic itself is based on…

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RETRO REVIEW: Omega Men # 3

Greg Turner — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:00:27 +0000

So I’ve been on vacation, did you miss me? Well I missed you! And now that I’m back, it’s on with the show! This week I’ve unearthed The Omega Men # 3, dated June 1983, from D C Comics. It’s got the introduction of a couple of new characters, including one that will make quite a…

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