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Fabulous Find: Michigan Messenger # 1

Greg Turner — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Hello everyone, I’ve been missing in action since the end of last year. I thought I would retire my columns after submitting them for the past ten (10) years. Yikes, that’s a long time writing for the Back to the Past website! But I received an outpouring of requests to continue, even at a reduced…

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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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RETRO REVIEW: Fantastic Four # 142

Greg Turner — Fri, 24 Aug 2018 11:00:00 +0000

So the Fantastic Four is finally back in the pages of Marvel Comics comic books, with a new number one issue just released this month. And about time, I say! And in honor of that, his RETRO REVIEW takes a look at Fantastic Four # 142, cover dated January 1974. This issue sports a cover…

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Fabulous Find: 1971 New York Comic Art Program

Greg Turner — Fri, 25 Aug 2017 11:00:51 +0000

Time for a new Fabulous Find and this week I’ve dug into my convention program booklets and pulled out the 1971 New York Comic Art Program. The convention was held over the weekend of July 2nd through the 5th. There were two Guests of Honor, the first, artist Jim Steranko and second, writer Gardner Fox.…

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RETRO REVIEW: Giant-Size Super-Stars # 1

Greg Turner — Fri, 08 Jul 2016 11:00:37 +0000

Greetings and salutations comic book fans. This week I found myself searching in the Marvel Comics section of my vast comics vault. And I’ve pulled out a gem, at least I think so! So what did I find? I’m glad you asked. I dug out my copy of Giant-Size Super-Stars # 1, cover dated May 1974.…

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Fabulous Find: Marvel Mead Folders

Greg Turner — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 11:00:26 +0000

Welcome back my friends to the fun that never ends (with apologies to Emerson, Lake & Palmer for twisting their song lyric). It’s time once again for a new Fabulous Find and this week I’ve dug in a deep, dark corner of my vast collectibles vault for something a little different. And what did I come…

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Fabulous Find: All Dynamic # 5/6

Greg Turner — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 11:00:30 +0000

Time for another Fabulous Find! And this week I’ve gone to the fanzine section of my collection and pulled out All Dynamic # 5/6 from July 1970. All Dynamic was published by Dynamic Publications. And Dynamic Publications was Alan Light of The Buyer’s Guide for Comic Fandom, or later, just The Buyers Guide (TBG) fame. The…

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Fabulous Find: Fantastic Four Big Little Book

Greg Turner — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 12:00:24 +0000

I think it’s time for another look at one of my Big Little Books (BLB)from Whitman Publishing Company, Inc. of Racine, Wisconsin. So for this week’s Fabulous Find, I’ve reached for The Fantastic Four in The House of Horrors. It was published in 1968 in conjunction with Marvel Comics. Here’s the cover: The book has thick…

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RETRO REVIEW: Lancelot Strong, The Shield # 1 & 2

Greg Turner — Fri, 04 Jul 2014 11:00:24 +0000

First let me open by wishing all my readers a Happy Fourth of July! And in honor of this most patriotic day, I choose to do a RETRO REVIEW on a patriotic hero! No, not the obvious, Captain America, who was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, but another lesser known patriotic hero, also…

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CPL # 11, a 1974 Fanzine

Greg Turner — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 12:30:25 +0000

Welcome once again to another Fabulous Find! This week I thought I’d spotlight one of my favorite fanzines, CPL, or it’s proper name; Contemporary Pictorial Literature! With a name like like it’s got to be good, right? The issue I’m going to be speaking about this time around is issue number eleven (11). It was…

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