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?…
It’s Friday, so It’s time for a new RETRO REVIEW. And I’m excited to bring you a fun comic book from the late, lamented publisher, Comico. It’s dated December 1988, per the indicia, and the comic in question is; Gumby’s Winter Fun Special # 1. The comic is written by Steve Purcell and the artwork…
Welcome, you’ve found your way to a new Fabulous Find and this week I’ve pulled out my collection of 1975 Topps Marvel Stickers. This set wasn’t the first Marvel card/sticker sets, but it was the first one I bought. There was an earlier card set from Donruss that came out in 1966 and then the…
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…
Yes, indeed, it’s time for a new Fabulous Find and this week I’ve uncovered a copy of the early sixties fanzine, Alter Ego # 5. It was published sometime during the winter of 1962 – 1963, per the indicia on page two, but it likely went out to comic fans sometime in early 1963. This historic…
Greetings and salutations fellow comic book fans. It’s time for another RETRO REVIEW and this week it’s time to once again shine the spotlight on Marvel Comics. I’ve pulled out a book that features one of my all time favorite covers. And what is that comic? Glad you asked, otherwise this might have been my all…
Hey gang, sorry to have missed posting last week, but it couldn’t be helped, as I found myself with an unexpected hospital stay. Everything is cool now, but could have been very, very bad. But with that said, let’s get right into this week’s Fabulous Find. This week I want to look at the 1970’s…
Welcome back for a new RETRO REVIEW. This week it’s time to look at a comic, from someone other than Marvel or DC Comics, so I’ve dug out a nice little gem from Dell Comics, it’s cover dated May 1968 and it’s … The Monkees # 11. It features a nice photo cover of the band, which…
Greetings and salutations, my friends. Welcome back to a new Fabulous Find. This week I’ve taken off the bookshelf the Whitman big little book entitled; Hanna-Barbera’s Space Ghost the Sorceress of Cyba-3. It is numbered sixteen (16) on the spine of the book, but I have also seen it listed as number 2016 (2016). It’s…
If it’s Friday, then it must be time for another RETRO REVIEW. And this week I’ve uncovered a gem from way back in 1962, Mystery In Space # 75. It’s published by DC Comics and it is cover dated May 1962. The story is a follow-up/sequel to DC Comics’ Justice League of America # 3, from February/March 1961 and features…