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Happy 2025!
We are STILL SELLING COMICS!
It’s hard to believe it’s almost five years since the retail part
of AABC closed!
We are still selling early comics on eBay weekly
(seller AMGIROUX)
and through mail order.
And we still have hundreds of thousands of comics
to sell, so feel free to email us with your
want list:Alan @AllAboutComics.comFacebook
Tag Archives: Mike Ploog
It Came From the Back Room #29

Standard recap: I’m slowly going through AABC’s one-million-plus back-issue room, restocking the boxes on the sales floor and pulling stuff to sell as discount/overstock/special items. I’m going through the alphabet backwards (don’t ask), and at my speed, this amounts to a two-year project. This week, we’re nearing the end of the letter “G,” and that means one of Marvel’s weirder creations: Ghost Rider This was part of the early-’70s horror boom, which saw vampires, zombies, werewolves and other creatures of the night all suddenly popular, and all jostling for comics-rack space (not to mention magazine-rack exposure, as Marvel’s black-and-white horror … Continue reading
Posted in Comics History, News & Promos
Tagged Garth Ennis, Ghost Rider, Jim Starlin, John Byrne, Marvel Comics, Mike Ploog, Tony Isabella
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It Came From the Back Room #14

Standard recap: I’m slowly going through AABC’s one-million-plus back-issue room, restocking the boxes on the sales floor and pulling stuff to sell as discount/overstock/special items. I’m going through the alphabet backwards (don’t ask), and at my speed (even with school on holiday break right now), this amounts to a two-year project. This week, I’m on the letter “K,” and that means new old stuff from Marvel, DC and indy publishers out on the discount racks: Kull: This is the Marvel series from the ’70s, featuring Robert E. Howard’s other memorable barbarian character, and, like Conan, it benefited from memorable artists: on … Continue reading
Posted in Comics History, News & Promos, Reviews
Tagged Adam Kubert, Belasco, Brent Anderson, Bruce Jones, D&D, Don Heck, Jack Kirby, John Buscema, John Severin, Ka-Zar, Kamandi, Knights of the Dinner Table, Kull, Marie Severin, Mark Waid, Mike Ploog, Russ Heath, Savage Land, Shanna, Thanos, Zabu
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