I seem to remember picking up this issue of DC COMICS PRESENTS at some non-traditional outlet that my family had visited rather than one of my regular haunts for new comics. I was reading the book on a semi-regular basis, and even if I hadn't been, the appearance of the Doom Patrol in this issue … Continue reading FSC: DC COMICS PRESENTS #52
As I've spoken about numerous times on this page, I was relatively limited in what I was looking for in my comic books. I was a super hero guy, and so none of the other genres which were then still readily available when I started reading the books in the 1970s were of any real … Continue reading BC: GIANT-SIZE SPIDER-MAN #1
I always preferred buying original books to reprints, in part because many of the reprints of the times were cut down to fit shorter page counts. But this didn't really become a major issue for me for another year or so yet. At the time that I made this post-grade-school-graduation trip to Bush's Hobbies, I … Continue reading BHOC: GIANT-SIZE FANTASTIC FOUR #5
Not being satisfied with my haul from Ed's Coins and Stamps and still having a bit of grade school graduation in my pocket, later on that week I embarked on a long bike ride into Ronkonkoma, to Bush's Hobbies, another back issue outlet that was within riding distance from my home. As it turned out, … Continue reading BHOC: TALES TO ASTONISH #54
Now this was a book that we fans had been waiting for ever since the Rocketeer had first debuted in the back pages of STARSLAYER #2 and #3 a short while previously. https://tombrevoort.com/2021/06/19/brand-echh-starslayer-2/ The strip had caused a huge stir in fandom, largely because it came seemingly out of nowhere and was so accomplished. Rocketeer … Continue reading FSC: PACIFIC PRESENTS #1
I was continuing to work my way through the complete run of SHAZAM that had been lent to me by my grade school friend Donald Sims, and I was up to issue #23. As the cover indicates, by this point the character was the star of a popular Saturday morning live action series, which is … Continue reading BC: SHAZAM #23
The last book that I picked up on that bike visit to Ed's Coins & Stamps in the Sun-Vet Mall was this issue of DC SPECIAL, a reprint title. And I would guess that the reason why I purchased this issue was that it was cheap. For all that i was flush with cash after … Continue reading BHOC: DC SPECIAL #14
As I mentioned last week, on my trip to Ed's Coins and Stamps in the Sun-Vet Mall after graduating from 6th Grade, I bought not only the first part of the Doom patrol's crossover with CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN, but also the concluding part in DOOM PATROL #102 as well. Ed's had a broad range … Continue reading BHOC: DOOM PATROL #102
So now we come to a momentary diversion, as a new monofocus cropped up that took some of my attention and a lot of my funds away from comic book collecting. Since relocating to Delaware with my family, I had started watching STAR BLAZERS, this science fiction cartoon that aired on WTAF Channel 29 at … Continue reading FSC: BIG-100 SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO MOOK & PERFECT MEMORY BE FOREVER YAMAO
This issue of LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES was the culmination of the Great Darkness Saga, a storyline that had been building in the tile over the preceding couple of months. It was the storyline that really put the Legion on the map in terms of becoming an enormously popular fan favorite series. Prior to this, the … Continue reading FSC: LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #294
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