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Fabulous Find: Femzine # 1

Greg Turner — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 12:00:00 +0000

Hi good folks. I hope everyone is doing well here in December! I’m back this week with another Fabulous Find. It’s another fanzine, as a matter of fact. From Paragon Publications comes Femzine # 1, dated 1981. Paragon Publications is a company owned by writer/artist Bill Black. Here’s the front cover by Willie Blyberg and…

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RETRO REVIEW: Superman #1

Greg Turner — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 11:00:30 +0000

Hey everyone, welcome to a new RETRO REVIEW. This week I’ve pulled out the cover dated, January 1987, issue of Superman # 1 from DC Comics. This is the, dare I say it, reboot, or renovation, of the Superman titles after sales had plunged and the Superman titles had languished for far to long. DC…

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RETRO REVIEW: Avengers # 181 & 182

Greg Turner — Fri, 05 May 2017 11:00:10 +0000

Hey there fans, friends and family, welcome back for a new RETRO REVIEW. This week it’s time to once again visit the Marvel Comics annex of the hidden underground comic book vault. And I have emerged with two (2) comics in hand; Avengers # 181 & 182. They are cover dated March 1978 and April…

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Superman Vs. Muhammad Ali

Greg Turner — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 12:00:41 +0000

Time for a new RETRO REVIEW, and this week I’ve gone to the Treasury sized comics section of the vault and pulled out DC Comics’ All New Collectors Edition, Volume 7, Number C-56, or as it’s better known as, Superman Vs. Muhammad Ali. This was published in 1978 and that’s when I bought my copy,…

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RETRO REVIEW: Avengers # 201

Greg Turner — Fri, 23 Oct 2015 11:00:38 +0000

It’s RETRO REVIEW week folks, and this week I’m looking at Avengers # 201 from Marvel Comics. It is cover dated November 1980, and features an unusual cover, pencilled by George Perez and inked by Terry Austin, featuring Jarvis, the Avengers’ butler. Take a gander: The comic actually has two separate stories within it’s covers.…

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Fabulous Find: 1972 Detroit Tri Con Program

Greg Turner — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 12:30:13 +0000

While searching for something else to feature in this Fabulous Find column, I came across a forgotten program from a local Detroit convention I attended back in 1972. It was called the Detroit Tri Con 1972 and it was a spin off from the Detroit Triple FanFare conventions held during the same period. It was…

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Fabulous Find: 1981 Pretty Girl Sketchbook

Greg Turner — Fri, 26 Dec 2014 12:00:34 +0000

Since this week is a Holiday week, I thought I’d make it easy on myself and present a Fabulous Find that didn’t require a lot of writing on my part and I stumbled upon the perfect find while filing away something else entirely. It’s the 1981 Pretty Girl Sketchbook published, as a one-shot, from Paisley…

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RETRO REVIEW: Marvel Fumetti Book # 1

Greg Turner — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 11:00:22 +0000

Good day, mates. It’s time for another RETRO REVIEW, and this week I’m pulling a book out from the Marvel Comics Group from 1984. It’s cover dated; April 1984 and the comic is; The Marvel Fumetti Book # 1. Normally I’d be telling you who drew the cover to lead into things, but this cover…

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Witzend Fanzines # 6 – 12

Greg Turner — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 11:30:26 +0000

Welcome back to part two, in my two part, Fabulous Find column on the Witzend fanzines from Wally Wood and company! Though with issue # 6, Wally Wood is now only listed as the “illustrious founder” and the fanzine/prozine is now published by Ed Glasser and edited by Bill Pearson! Witzend # 6 I’ve owned my…

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RETRO REVIEW: Marvel Feature (Vol 2) # 1

Greg Turner — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 12:00:10 +0000

Welcome back for another Retro Review! This week I’ve brought to light the first book, in the second series, of Marvel Comics’ comic book Marvel Feature # 1, cover dated November 1975. This issue presents the first color Red Sonja solo feature! Roy Thomas had first brought Marvel readers Red Sonja in the pages of Conan # 23 & 24, that…

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