Welcome back! For this week’s RETRO REVIEW, it’s time to pull out a comic book from the Marvel Comics vault! So what am I feeling this week? How about an Avengers book, featuring our heroes battling the villain, Thanos? Sounds good to me, or should that be sounds bad? Anyway, this week’s book is Avengers…
Hey Ho, Faithful Followers, it’s Friday, so it’s time for another Fabulous Find! I hope you’re as excited as I am! Today I’ve pulled out the very first issue of FOOM magazine. And what exactly does FOOM stand for? Well, I’m glad you asked, it stands for; Friends Of Ol’ Marvel, coined by none other…
Hello fellow comic book fans and welcome to another RETRO REVIEW! This week it’s time for another review of a comic that doesn’t come from the big two, i.e. Marvel or D C Comics! So I’ve dug deep into my collection and brought to light The Fly # 1, cover dated May 1983, from Red Circle (an…
As most of you know, I’m more of a Marvel guy than a D C guy, at least when it comes to collectibles, so I’m sure I’ve featured more Marvel Comics items than D C Comics items, simply because I have more in my collection. But this week, I want to feature a D C…
Howdy campers! For this week’s RETRO REVIEW, I’ve visited the D C Comics annex of my extensive collection and brought to light Green Lantern # 40, cover dated October 1965! This comic features the first Silver Age team up of the Silver Age (SA) Green Lantern, Hal Jordan and the Golden Age (GA) Green Lantern, Alan…
Howdy friends and neighbors! I’m back with a new RETRO REVIEW this week. I’ve dug out Marvel Comics’ Micronauts #s 1 & 2, cover dated; January 1979 and February 1979. This comic book was based on an actual toy line by Mego Corporation. So, like the question; which came first, the chicken or the egg? In this…
Well when it rains it pours. First vacation interrupts my column and now computer problems cause a major slow down and eventual fix! But because of this, I’m running yet another reprint. But unless you’ve been here from the very beginning of my columns, I doubt you’ve read this one! So without further ado ……
I’m just back from vacation, but have no time to write up a Fabulous Find, or even do a quick new review, so I’m again reprinting one of my first columns from 2010. I suspect many, if not most, of you have not had the chance to read it, so for your reading pleasure ……
Almost forgot to post today, but I hope you agree that it’s better late than never! At least I hope you feel that way. This week it’s time for another Marvel Comics review, so I’ve dug out Strange Tales # 130, cover dated March 1965. And for those is the know, they already know that…
Welcome back to another edition of Greg Turner‘s RETRO REVIEW! This week it’s time to turn our attention to a non D C or Marvel comic book, and as summer in Michigan has arrived, I decided to dig out Comico‘s Gumby’s Summer Fun Special, dated July 1987. It’s a really fun book and if you…