Greg Turner sets his wayback gaze upon the first appearance of Hawkeye in Tales of Suspense #57 from Marvel Comics, featuring Iron Man and the Black Widow. Full Text: This week I’ve dug into my collection and come out with Tales of Suspense # 57, from Marvel Comics. It is cover dated September 1964 and…
Happy Friday to all my readers! This week I’ve pulled out The Incredible Hulk # 161, cover dated March 1973, from Marvel Comics. It has a cover drawn by Herb Trimpe and inked by Sal Trapani, showing the Hulk fighting the X-Men’s Beast, aka Hank McCoy! The story itself is entitled; “Beyond The Border lurks…
Have you checked out this classic double sized issue of Iron Man? Greg Turner revisits the tale of Iron Man vs. Doctor Doom in Camelot from Iron Man #150 in this video retro review! Full Text: Welcome to the video version of Retro Review. I’m Greg Turner with Back to the Past Pop Culture TV…
Happy Friday! And welcome back to Greg Turner’s Retro Review. This week I’ve pulled out Detective Comics # 475 & 476. These are published by DC Comics and are cover dated; February and April 1978. The comics feature the Batman against his foe, the Joker, in a two-issue continued story written by Steve Englehart, with pencil…
If this is Friday, then this must be Greg Turner‘s Retro Review! This week I’ll be looking at Marvel Comics’ John Carter, Warlord Of Mars # 11. This bronze age beauty is cover dated April 1978. And features a lovely cover drawn by Dave Cockrum. The inks were done by Dave himself, with the possible assistance of Rudy…
Welcome to another Friday edition of Greg Turner’s Retro Review! This week, I thought I’d stray again from the super-hero genre and look at the monster genre. Specifically, Marvel Comics‘ The Monster of Frankenstein # 6, cover dated, October 1973. The first five books in this series were published as The Monster of Frankenstein, but…
Cover dated June 1978, Marvel Comics published Ms. Marvel # 18. This comic features a nice Dave Cockrum cover, showing Ms. Marvel flanked by fellow Avengers, Scarlet Witch, the Wasp, the Vision, Yellowjacket and Wonder Man with a cover blurb that states; “Even Avengers Can Die!” That would make most comic book buyers take a second look,…
This week I’ve pulled out Phantom Stranger # 4, cover dated December 1969, from D C Comics. The cover is by Neal Adams, but is not up to his usual standards, at least in my humble opinion! The story is entitled; “There is Laughter In Hell This Day” and it is written by Robert Kanigher…
It has been a while since I’ve done a RETRO REVIEW on a D C book, so this week I turn my column to; Justice League of America # 200. The comic is cover dated March of 1982 and features a very nice wrap-around cover by George Perez. This book wraps up George’s involvement with the Justice…
For this week’s RETRO REVIEW, I’ve gone back to another Marvel Comics Avengers book, Avengers # 66, cover dated July of 1969. It features a very nice John Buscema / Sam Grainger cover with a interesting perspective! The cover is without word balloons, which personally I prefer and simple states; “The Great Betrayal!” Though as you’ll…