Greetings and salutations, it’s time for a new RETRO REVIEW. And this week I’ve pulled out the Amazing Spider-Man King-Size Special #4, cover dated November 1967, from Marvel Comics. The story is entitled; “The Web And The Flame” and it is written by Stan Lee, with the pencils supplied by his brother, Larry Lieber and…
Just to throw everyone a curve, I’m going with another Fabulous Find this week, rather than a RETRO REVIEW, so please consider this a Fabulous Find Bonus! I don’t know about you, but I enjoyed last week’s Find; Arlo Guthrie’s Alice’s Restaurant so much and I’m typing this one up Thanksgiving morning, I want to keep…
Welcome once again to a new edition of Fabulous Finds! This week I am again doing something a little different. I’ll be writing about one of my Thanksgiving traditions involving music. Any of you that know me well, know that I’m not just a guy interested in comic books and fanzines, but I love old…
Greeting friends, family and followers, it’a time yet again for a new RETRO REVIEW, and this week I’ve pulled out one of my first reviews from way back in 2010; The Flash #131, cover dated September 1962. It’s been such a busy week, I’ve not had time to do a new review, so I went back…
Greetings and Salutations all. In this week’s Fabulous Find, I will be looking at a brand new book, just published by Da Capo Press. The book in question is; Slugfest and it is written by Reed Tucker. What’s it about? Well, I think the cover says it all … “Inside the epic 50-year battle between Marvel…
Welcome back! It’s time for a new RETRO REVIEW and this week I’m stretching the review over two separate comic titles. First up is Tales of Suspense #80, then secondly Tales to Astonish #82. Well to be completely honest, I’m only looking at half of each of those comics. As most of you know, the…
Welcome, welcome one an all, to a new Fabulous Find, I hope you find it as fabulous as I. This week I have pulled out a copy of Fantasy Illustrated # 3, cover dated winter 1964. This early comic book fanzine was published by Bill Spicer. First off, this was quite a professional fanzine…
Hey, Hey, Hey …it’s a new RETRO REVIEW! I’m glad you could all find your way to this week’s column. And what do I have in store for you this week? Well, how about Eclipse, The Magazine # 1, cover dated May 1981 and published by Eclipse Enterprises. This is the first of a short-lived…
For this week’s Fabulous Find, I thought I’d do something just a little different. Rather than an old collectible from my collection, I thought I’d share a recent purchase that I have added. It is; Lennon The New York Years, a graphic novel published by IDW Publishing, the first printing dated May 2017. The book…
It’s time to look at a DC Comic for this week’s RETRO REVIEW. And as many of you know, I’m a big Legion of Super-Heroes fan, though I know a lot of folks really do not care for the Legion. So I’ll try to make this interesting for those that like the Legion and rather…