May 18, 2012

Welcome to another Friday!  This week, I’ve pulled out Metamorpho # 2, from D C Comics.  It’s cover dated October 1965 and is the third appearance of a relatively new character.  Metamorpho had first made his appearance just six months earlier, in Brave and the Bold # 57, cover dated January 1965, where his origin was told, by the same team that...

May 16, 2012

Dark Shadows didn’t just begin with the May, 2012 movie  by Tim Burton with Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins, but like that vampire, it has had a long and storied history.   The soap opera, Dark Shadows, began on ABC on June 27, 1966, and the show, created by Dan Curtis, had little of the supernatural associated with it, following the adventure of a...

May 15, 2012

300 LOT DISNEY, WESTERN AND COMIC BOOK AUCTION Thursday, May 31 at 6:00 pm Preview starting at 5:00 pm WALT DISNEY TO INCLUDE…Fantastic Single Owner Collection of Walt Disney Collectibles To Include Lots of Excellent Early Toys, Premiums and Collectibles Including 1931 Mickey Mouse Story Book, Nice Line Mar Wind-Up Minnie Mouse Toy, 1950’s Mickey Mouse Club...

May 14, 2012

Just because the Avengers movie has come, doesn’t mean we’re done with Megos! True, the Falcon wasn’t an Avenger when he became a Mego in 1974, but he was Captain America‘s partner, and would become an Avenger real soon.  Falcon premiered in Captain America #117  (September, 1969 by Stan Lee and Gene Colan, with an orange and green...

May 11, 2012

And now, for something completely different, yet the same.  Welcome to another Friday RETRO REVIEW, as always, brought to you by Greg Turner.  This week I’m looking at the two issue run of Crimson Plague, created, written and drawn by the fabulous George Perez and published by Image Comics.  These comics show a cover date of June 2000 for issue number...

May 9, 2012

Yes, you’ve gone and seen the Avengers movie, and now you’re all excited….but, what else is out there? With all apologies to JJ…I will tell you! There’s always the Fantastic Four…as November, 1961, the comic that ushered in the Marvel Age came out (Fantastic Four #1), and it was good.  Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, it...

May 4, 2012

The wait is over, Marvel Comics’ The Avengers has finally made it to the theaters today, May 3, 2012!  And to go along with our month long celebration  of all thing Avengers, I present this week’s RETRO REVIEW on Avengers # 170 & 171.  These comics were cover dated April 1978 and May 1978.  Number 170 features a cover by George Perez and...

May 4, 2012

Just for fun, let’s have the toy Avengers Assemble!  True, the Human Torch and Conan weren’t Avengers…and Dr. Strange, Peter Parker, Sub-Mariner and Daredevil weren’t original Megos (just wonderful customs)…still, here’s a little Avengers assembling for those Mego fans! Mr Fantastic, Thing, Invisible Girl, Hulk, Spider-Man,...