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How Powerful is Captain Atom?

Chris Walker — Fri, 18 Mar 2022 12:00:30 +0000

Welcome back to My Hero! Each week, Back to the Past uses this column to tell you why the obscure characters from our custom action figure collection are great! Years ago, we purchased the life’s work of an artist and comic fan whose chosen medium was granting forgotten comic characters the action figure immortality denied…

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Fabulous Find: all stars # 1

Greg Turner — Fri, 16 Aug 2019 11:00:26 +0000

Wow, it still provides an impact all these many years later! The reds and pinks really make the black and white figures pop! I love it! The contributors within, are a who’s who in the small realm of comic book fandom, at the time. There are stories by Ronn Foss, Roger Brand, Biljo White and…

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RETRO REVIEW: Showcase # 73

Greg Turner — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 12:00:27 +0000

Welcome back to a new RETRO REVIEW. This week I’ve pulled out of the comic book vault, Showcase # 73, from DC Comics. The comic is cover dated April 1968. It features a brand new character; the Creeper. The Creeper was the brainchild of recent Marvel Comics stalwart, Steve Ditko. Back in March of 2018,…

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Fabulous Find: Mr. A. Fanzine

Greg Turner — Fri, 16 Nov 2018 12:00:32 +0000

For this week’s Fabulous Find, I’m back in the fanzine annex and I pulled out this nice fanzine entitled; Mr. A. It was published in 1973 by Comic Art Publishers and edited by Joe Brancatelli. And for those in the know, Mr. A. is a character that was created by none other than, Steve Ditko. …

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Fabulous Find: E Pluribus Marvel # 5

Greg Turner — Fri, 28 Sep 2018 11:00:27 +0000

Welcome back to another Fabulous Find! I guess I’m just in a fabulous fanzine state of mind, so this week I’ve brought an “oldie, but goody” to light. Behold; E Pluribus Marvel # 5, published back in 1968, by editor Jay Zaremba. This fanzine is now fifty (50) years old, as a matter of fact…

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RETRO REVIEW: Captain Atom # 83

Greg Turner — Fri, 10 Aug 2018 11:00:47 +0000

It’s been a while since I reviewed a Charlton Comics Group comic book, so I’ve excavated my copy of Captain Atom, Volume 2, number 83, cover dated November 1966. For a too short period during the sixties, Charlton Comics tried their hand at producing super-hero comic books, or in their vernacular, Action Heroes! The hero that…

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Fabulous Find: 1966 Marvel Super-Hero Cartoons

Greg Turner — Fri, 20 Jul 2018 11:00:47 +0000

Greetings and salutations, friends, fans and followers, it’s time for another Fabulous Find. This week I’ve set the wayback machine to 1966 where Marvel Comics’ characters hit the small screens of our televisions for the very first time. The animation may not have been much, but still, that was Marvel Comic book heroes on our…

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Fabulous Find: The Collector # 26 Fanzine

Greg Turner — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 11:00:15 +0000

This week, Friday means a new Fabulous Find, so digging through my fanzine collection, I pulled out The Collector # 26, published by fan publisher, Bill Wilson, from Pennsylvania. It is dated the Summer of 1972. The Collector is a really excellent fanzine that lasted a whopping twenty-nine issues, plus a Special. It began as…

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Fabulous Find: The California Pelican from 1965

Greg Turner — Fri, 12 May 2017 11:00:37 +0000

It is just about impossible to determine when and where the very first write-up on the still new and very cool Marvel Comics of the sixties was published, but in this week’s Fabulous Find, I just might have found one of the very first, if not the actual first publication. I don’t know for sure, but…

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RETRO REVIEW: Doctor Strange # 169

Greg Turner — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 12:00:52 +0000

Welcome back gang! It’s time for a new RETRO REVIEW and this week I’ve ventured into the Marvel Comics section of the comic book vault and pulled out Doctor Strange # 169, cover dated June 1968. It is the first issue of the good Doctor’s self-titled series. Previously, the ol’ doc had shared Strange Tales…

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