Nowadays, we can’t imagine a year without at least four high-budget Marvel movies celebrating our favorite superheroes. However, this was not always the case. Marvel superhero movies and TV series have a long history, starting CONTINUE READING…
Although the Saturday morning cartoon Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends only had a one season run in 1981, to me, it was a must see. The main characters were Spider-Man, Iceman and Firestar (a completely CONTINUE READING…
That’s right, your host Kevin Hellions is stuck at home with Covid. More Vince McMahon news dropped. Hopes for the new WWE Creative plans. All of the new MCU news dropped by Marvel at SDCC. CONTINUE READING…
In this episode of Wax Pack Flashback, Adam opens a pack of Marvel Universe trading cards from 1990. This 162 card set from Impel featured art and facts about Marvel comic book characters. Individual packs CONTINUE READING…
This episode of Wax Pack Flashback is a crossover event! Adam opens a pack of DC vs. Marvel trading cards from 1995 but not on TRN TV. This time the Wax Pack Flashback makes an CONTINUE READING…
In the last issue we looked at the 1991 Marvel Holiday Special. It was a good issue but didn’t feature any ads. It did however have great artwork of all your favorite Marvel characters enjoying CONTINUE READING…
The Marvel Holiday Special kicks of the final month of our 30th Anniversary year for comic book ads. The Marvel Holiday Special is an anthology of sorts. Eight different stories each with a different hero CONTINUE READING…
The Deadly Foes of Spider-Man is a four issue limited series focusing on the Sinister Syndicate, a lesser-known group of villains. The group of villains consisted of Beetle, the leader of the group, Boomerang, Hydro-Man, CONTINUE READING…
What If… is a comic book anthology series published by Marvel starting in 1977. The series ran on and off for over 40 years. What If… explored stories in the Marvel universe if key events CONTINUE READING…
Happy Birthday Batman!! The Dark Knight turns 82 this year; first appearing in Detective Comics #27. The comic hit newsstands on 30 March 1939 (although the cover date on the issue is May 1939). Batman CONTINUE READING…
Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #64: Cloak and Dagger This year March has five Wednesdays, so we get a bonus issue of comic book ads! For the bonus issue I’ve reached a little farther back CONTINUE READING…
Hey kids and kids at heart, what have you been finding at your local comic book shops this month? As I do every month I have combed through the solicitations and shelves to see what CONTINUE READING…
Dawn of the Darkhawk March is the start of spring, rebirth, new life. Thirty years ago in March 1991 Marvel brought to life a new superhero, Darkhawk. Darkhawk was an interesting comic I enjoyed reading. CONTINUE READING…
We are embarking on a new year and a new installment of Check Out Those Ads! This year will be a running theme of comics celebrating their 30th Anniversary, comics published in 1991. Seems like CONTINUE READING…
Let’s put the Retro Pull List column to bed along with this entire year. I’ve bought more comics this year since probably I was a teenager and Image debuted. I wanted to bring more joy CONTINUE READING…
Spider-Man was never my favorite superhero. The idea of a teenage superhero dealing with teenage issues didn’t appeal to me. I had my own teenage issues to deal with, I didn’t need to read about CONTINUE READING…
Lobo hit the scene in 1990 with a bang! He is a brash talkin’ foul mouthed killing machine! To be fair, Lobo made his first appearance in 1983 in the Omega Man comic. Lobo started CONTINUE READING…
There are all sorts of Halloween treats popping up on the The Retro Network. Keeping with the Halloween season the comic ads we’ll be looking at come from a horror comic book. Unfortunately the ads CONTINUE READING…
In Comics Are Back Part 1, we took at all the comics from April that were delayed thanks to coronavirus. Continuing our look at retro titles, today’s picks were originally solicited for May shipping dates. CONTINUE READING…
Hey kids, comic books are back! Back? Where did they go? During “these trying times” the comic book publishers and distribution decided to halt the printing and shipping of comic books across the country. Many CONTINUE READING…
The comic book column with an early Image shipping schedule! The month is almost over and one of these days I’m going to get ahead of the game. But that month is not this one! CONTINUE READING…
SequelQuest | SequelChat Review of Spider-Man: Far From Home | EP104 Our minds were blown with Avengers Endgame, left to wonder what the future of the MCU would look like & the fallout on a CONTINUE READING…
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