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Fabulous Find: Femzine # 1

Greg Turner — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 12:00:00 +0000

Hi good folks. I hope everyone is doing well here in December! I’m back this week with another Fabulous Find. It’s another fanzine, as a matter of fact. From Paragon Publications comes Femzine # 1, dated 1981. Paragon Publications is a company owned by writer/artist Bill Black. Here’s the front cover by Willie Blyberg and…

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Fabulous Find: Dream Con Program

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

Other professional guests included; Rich Buckler, Dick Giordano, Ralph Reese, Marie Severin and Mike Vosburg. Buckler and Vosburg had ties to Detroit already. The convention program book is a nice one, besides the great Spirit cover by Eisner, there was art by Jeff Jones, Rich Buckler, Jim Starlin (also with Detroit ties), Marie Severin, Dick…

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Fabulous Find: Girl in the Mini Skirt 45

Greg Turner — Fri, 01 Nov 2019 11:00:40 +0000

And here is the B-side: Thanks for stopping by this week and I hope you enjoyed this lost garage band classic song. See ya next week for a new RETRO REVIEW and another Fabulous Find. be seeing you …

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Fabulous Find: Help # 1

Greg Turner — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 11:00:01 +0000

The magazine is sixty-four (64) pages of, as the back cover clearly states; baloney, all sliced up into exciting little pieces. Take a look: Here is an example of one of the comic strips from the first issue: And here is an example of one of the fumetti pages: This ought to give you a…

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Fabulous Find: Comic World #15

Greg Turner — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 11:00:34 +0000

As you can see, there is no title or any other information on the cover. But once you opened it up, the first interior page provided the buyer with all the information that needed. Take a look: As I said above, everyone of the page feature beautiful artwork by Frank Frazetta, most of what would…

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Fabulous Find: Magilla Gorilla Board Game

Greg Turner — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 11:00:13 +0000

As you can clearly see, Magilla is front and center and that’s the Pet Shop owner, Mr. Peebles’ who is slipping on a banana peel on the right. Sorry but I don’t remember the weiner dog’s name on the left. The game itself is pretty simple. In turn, each of two to four players spins…

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RETRO REVIEW: Superman #1

Greg Turner — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 11:00:30 +0000

Hey everyone, welcome to a new RETRO REVIEW. This week I’ve pulled out the cover dated, January 1987, issue of Superman # 1 from DC Comics. This is the, dare I say it, reboot, or renovation, of the Superman titles after sales had plunged and the Superman titles had languished for far to long. DC…

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Fabulous Find: Sentinel # 3

Greg Turner — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 11:00:22 +0000

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Fabulous Find: Fictional Narratives

Greg Turner — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 11:00:41 +0000

Hi gang! I’m back this week with a sweet little fanzine that was published in 1971 by Gary Groth through his publishing company; Fantagraphics. The fanzine is entitled; A Selection of Fictional Narratives by Dennis Fujitake. It is only sixteen (16) pages long and basically is a look at the storytelling of artist Dennis Fujitake.…

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RETRO REVIEW: Marvel Spotlight # 31

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

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