Remember when tattoos came from bubble gum packs, Slurpees came in superhero cups,
and TV heroes taught us to be nice?
Remember when tattoos came from bubble gum packs, Slurpees came in superhero cups,
and TV heroes taught us to be nice?
Feel the G-Force of Eighties sci-fi toon Battle of the Planets! Plus: The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.’s STEFANIE POWERS, CHUCK CONNORS, The Oddball World of SCTV, Rankin/Bass’ stop-motion Santa Claus Is Coming to Town, TV’s Greatest Catchphrases, one-season TV shows, and more! SHIPS DECEMBER 2024! (No longer at Barnes & Noble stores, but click below to pre-order by mail!)
Saturday morning super-hero Space Ghost, plus The Beatles, The Jackson 5ive, and other real rockers in animation! Also: The Addams Family’s JOHN ASTIN, Mighty Isis co-stars JOANNA PANG and BRIAN CUTLER, TV’s The Name of the Game, on the set of Evil Dead II, classic coffee ads, and more! NOW SHIPPING! (No longer at Barnes & Noble stores, but click below to pre-order by mail!)
Take a ride with CHiPs’ ERIK ESTRADA and LARRY WILCOX! Plus: an interview with movie Hercules STEVE REEVES, Weird-Ohs cartoonist BILL CAMPBELL, Plastic Man on Saturday mornings, Tiny Tim, Remo Williams, the search for a Disney artist, and more! (No longer at Barnes & Noble stores, but click below to order by mail!)
Meet the Bionic Duo, LEE MAJORS and LINDSAY WAGNER! Plus: Hot Wheels: The Early Years, Fantastic Four cartoons, Modesty Blaise, Hostess snacks, TV Westerns, Movie Icons vs. the Axis Powers, the San Diego Chicken, and more! (No longer at Barnes & Noble stores, but click below to order by mail!)
Featuring a profile of The Partridge Family’s heartthrob DAVID CASSIDY, Thundarr the Barbarian, LEGO blocks, Who Created Mighty Mouse?, BUCKAROO BANZAI turns forty, Planet Patrol, an encounter with SONNY & CHER, Disco Fever, and more!
Magic memories of ELIZABEth MONTGOMERY for the 60th Anniversary of TV’s Bewitched! Plus: The ’70s thriller Time After Time (with NICHOLAS MEYER, MALCOLM MCDOWELL, and DAVID WARNER), The Alvin Show, BUFFALO BOB SMITH and Howdy Doody, PETER BUNN, Saturday morning’s Run Joe Run and Big John Little John, a trip to Camp Crystal Lake, and more fun, fab features!
The Brady Bunch’s FLORENCE HENDERSON, the UNKNOWN COMIC revealed, Hanna-Barbera’s Top Cat, a Barbie history, RANKIN/BASS’ Frosty the Snowman, Dell Comics’ Monster Super-Heroes, Slushy Drinks, and more fun, fab features!
The story behind BOB CLAMPETT’s Beany & Cecil, western queen DALE EVANS, an interview with Mr. Ed’s ALAN YOUNG, Miami Vice, The Sixties’ Wackiest Robots, Muscle-Maker Charles Atlas, Super Powers Team—Galactic Guardians, and more fun, fab features!
The British Invasion of the Sixties, interview with Bond Girl TRINA PARKS, The Mighty Hercules, Horror Hostess MOONA LISA, World’s Greatest Super Friends, TV Guide Fall Previews, the Frito Bandito, a Popeye Super Collector, and more fun, fab features!
Interview with Captain Kangaroo BOB KEESHAN, The Rockford Files, teen monster movies, the Kung Fu and Bruce Lee crazes, JACK KIRBY’s comedy comics, Don Drysdale’s TV drop-ins, outrageous toys, Challenge of the Super Friends, and more fun, fab features!
The saga of Saturday morning’s Super Friends, Part One! Plus: A history of Mr. T, TV’s Avengers (Steed and Mrs. Peel), Daktari’s Cheryl Miller, Mexican movie monsters, John and Yoko’s nation of Nutopia, Elizabeth Shepherd (the actress who almost played Emma Peel), and more!
Meet Mission: Impossible’s Lynda Day George in an exclusive interview! Celebrate Rambo’s 50th birthday with his creator, novelist David Morrell! Plus: TV faves WKRP in Cincinnati and Space: 1999, Fleisher’s and Filmation’s Superman cartoons, commercial jingles, Jerry Lewis and Bob Hope comic books, and more!
Interviews with Lost in Space’s Angela Cartwright and Bill Mumy, and Land of the Lost’s Wesley Eure! Revisit Leave It to Beaver with Jerry Mathers, Tony Dow, and Ken Osmond! Plus: Underdog, Rankin-Bass’ stop-motion classic The Little Drummer Boy, Christmas gifts you didn’t want, the Cabbage Patch Kids fad, and more!
Meet the stars behind the Black Lagoon: Ricou Browning, Ben Chapman, Julie Adams, and Lori Nelson! Plus Shadow Chasers, featuring show creator Kenneth Johnson. Also: The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine, Flash Gordon cartoons, TV’s cult classic The Prisoner and kid’s show Zoom, Colorforms, M&Ms, and more fun, fab features!
Surf’s up as Sixties Beach Movies make a RetroFan splash! Plus: He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Zorro’s Saturday morning cartoon, TV’s The Wild, Wild West, CARtoons and other drag-mags, Valspeak, interview with Norman Lear about sitcom writing, and more fun, fab features! Like, totally!
Meet Julie Newmar, the purr-fect Catwoman! Plus: Astro Boy, Tarzan Saturday morning cartoons, the true history of Pebbles Cereal, TV’s The Untouchables and Search, the Monkeemobile, Soviet Expo ’77, and more fun, fab features!
MAD’s maddest artist, Sergio Aragonés, is profiled! Plus: TV’s Route 66 and an interview with star George Maharis, Moe Howard’s final years, singer B. J. Thomas in one of his final interviews, Lone Ranger cartoons, G.I. Joe, and more fun, fab features!
Interview with Bond Girl and Hammer Films actress Caroline Munro! Plus: Wacky Packages, Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse, Filmation’s Ghostbusters vs. the Real Ghostbusters, Bandai’s rare Pro Wrestler Erasers, behind the scenes of Sixties movies, Watergate at Fifty, Go-Go Dancing, a visit to the Red Skelton Museum, and more fun, fab features!
Our Barbara Eden interview will keep you forever dreaming of Jeannie! Plus: The Invaders, the Billie Jean King/Bobby Riggs tennis battle of the sexes, Hanna-Barbera’s Saturday morning super-heroes of the Sixties, The Monster Times fanzine, and more fun, fab features!
Dark Shadows’ Angelique, Lara Parker, sinks her fangs into an exclusive interview. Plus: Rankin-Bass’ Mad Monster Party, Aurora Monster model kits, a chat with Aurora painter James Bama, George of the Jungle, The Haunting, Jawsmania, Drak Pack, TV dads’ jobs, and more fun, fab features!
An exclusive interview with Logan’s Run star Michael York, plus Logan’s Run novelist William F. Nolan and vehicle customizer Dean Jeffries. Plus: the Marvel Super Heroes cartoons of 1966, H. R. Pufnstuf, Leave It to Beaver’s Sue “Miss Landers” Randall, Wolfman Jack, drive-in theaters, My Weekly Reader, David Mandel’s super collection of comic book art, and more!
Sixties teen idol Ricky Nelson remembered by his son Matthew Nelson, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., rural sitcom purge, Evel Knievel toys, the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, Saturday morning’s Super 7, The Muppet Show, behind-the-scenes photos of Sixties movies, an interview with The Sound of Music’s heartthrob-turned-bad guy Daniel “Rolf” Truhitte, and more fun, fab features!
Holy backstage pass! See rare, behind-the-scenes photos of many of your favorite Sixties TV shows! Plus: a vintage interview with Green Hornet Van Williams, Bigfoot on Saturday morning television, TV's Zoorama and the San Diego Zoo, The Saint, the lean years of Star Trek fandom, the WrestleFest video game, TV tie-in toys no kid would want, and more fun, fab features!
Exclusive interviews with Lost in Space’s Mark Goddard and Marta Kristen, Dynomutt and Blue Falcon, Hogan’s Heroes’ Bob Crane, a history of Wham-O’s Frisbee, Twilight Zone and other TV sci-fi anthologies, Who Created Archie Andrews?, oddities from the San Diego Zoo, lava lamps, and more!
Hollywood interviewer CHRIS MANN goes behind the scenes of TV’s sexy sitcom Three’s Company—and NANCY MORGAN RITTER, first wife of JOHN RITTER, shares stories about the TV funnyman. Plus: RICK GOLDSCHMIDT’s making of Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer, RONNIE SCHELL interview, Sheena Queen of the TV Jungle, Dr. Seuss toys, Popeye cartoons, Doctor Who’s 1960s U.S. invasion, and more fun, fab features!!
Halloween issue! Interviews with Dark Shadows’ Quentin Collins, DAVID SELBY, and the niece of movie Frankenstein Glenn Strange, JULIE ANN REAMS. Plus: Kolchak the Night Stalker, Rod Serling retrospective, Casper the Friendly Ghost, TV’s Adventures of Superman, Superman’s pal Jimmy Olsen, Quisp and Quake cereals, the Drak Pak and the Monst
Halloween issue! Interviews with Dark Shadows’ Quentin Collins, DAVID SELBY, and the niece of movie Frankenstein Glenn Strange, JULIE ANN REAMS. Plus: Kolchak the Night Stalker, Rod Serling retrospective, Casper the Friendly Ghost, TV’s Adventures of Superman, Superman’s pal Jimmy Olsen, Quisp and Quake cereals, the Drak Pak and the Monster Squad, scratch model customs, and more fun, fab features!
Celebrating fifty years of SHAFT (can you dig it?), interviews with Family Affair’s KATHY GARVER and The Brady Bunch Variety Hour’s GERI “Fake Jan” REISCHL, ED “Big Daddy” ROTH, rare Godzilla merchandise, Spaghetti Westerns, Saturday morning cartoon preview specials, fake presidential candidates, Spider-Man/The Spider parallels, Stuckey’s, and more fun, fab features!
1970s Captain America REB BROWN in an exclusive interview, Saturday Morning Cartoon Fall Previews, TV's Capt. Nice WILLIAM DANIELS, behind the scenes with fave TV Commercial Characters, coloring books of our youth, Benny Hill Invades America, 8-track tapes, The CYCLOPS (an eyewitness account), a Secret ID Quiz, and more!
Interviews with the Sixties’ grooviest family band THE COWSILLS, and TV’s coolest mom JUNE LOCKHART! Mars Attacks!, MAD Magazine in the ’70s, Flintstones turn sixty, Electra Woman & Dyna Girl, Honey West, Popeye Picnic, the Smiley Face fad, and more! With Michael Eury, Ernest Farino, Andy Mangels, Will Murray, Scott Saavedra, & Scott Shaw!
Featuring a JACLYN SMITH interview, as we reopen the Charlie’s Angels Casebook, and visit the Guinness World Records’ largest Charlie’s Angels collection. Plus: an exclusive interview with funnyman LARRY STORCH, Captain Action—the original super-hero action figure, The Dick Van Dyke Show, a vintage interview with Jonny Quest creator DOUG
Featuring a JACLYN SMITH interview, as we reopen the Charlie’s Angels Casebook, and visit the Guinness World Records’ largest Charlie’s Angels collection. Plus: an exclusive interview with funnyman LARRY STORCH, Captain Action—the original super-hero action figure, The Dick Van Dyke Show, a vintage interview with Jonny Quest creator DOUG WILDEY, a visit to the Land of Oz, the ultra-rare Marvel World superhero playset, and more!
Interviews with crazy creepster SVENGOOLIE and Eddie Munster himself, BUTCH PATRICK! Call on the original Saturday Morning Ghost Busters, with BOB BURNS! Uncover the nutty Naugas! Plus: “I Was a Teenage James Bond,” “My Letters to Famous People,” the Archie-Dobie Gillis connection, the Pinball Hall of Fame, Alien action figures, the Rubik’s Cube fad, and more fun, fab features!
Interviews with Star Wars' MARK HAMILL and Greatest American Hero’s WILLIAM KATT! Blast off with Jason of Star Command! Stop by the Museum of Popular Culture! Plus: “The First Time I Met Tarzan,” Major Matt Mason, Moon Landing Mania, Snuffy Smith at 100 with cartoonist JOHN ROSE, TV Dinners, Celebrity Crushes, and more fun, fab features!
Interviews with the Shazam! TV show’s JOHN (Captain Marvel) DAVEY and MICHAEL (Billy Batson) Gray, the Green Hornet in Hollywood, remembering monster maker RAY HARRYHAUSEN, the way-out Santa Monica Pacific Ocean Amusement Park, a Star Trek Set Tour, SAM J. JONES on the Spirit movie pilot, British sci-fi TV classic Thunderbirds, Casper & Richie Rich museum, the King Tut fad, and more!
The 40th Anniversary of Superman: The Movie! Exclusive interview with Superman director RICHARD DONNER, IRWIN ALLEN’s sci-fi universe, Saturday morning’s undersea adventures of Aquaman, horror and sci-fi zines of the Sixties and Seventies, and Spider-Man and Hulk toilet paper! RetroTravel to Metropolis, IL, home of the Superman Celebratio
The 40th Anniversary of Superman: The Movie! Exclusive interview with Superman director RICHARD DONNER, IRWIN ALLEN’s sci-fi universe, Saturday morning’s undersea adventures of Aquaman, horror and sci-fi zines of the Sixties and Seventies, and Spider-Man and Hulk toilet paper! RetroTravel to Metropolis, IL, home of the Superman Celebration! Plus: Sea-Monkeys®, Funny Face beverages & collectibles, a fortress of Superman and Batman memorabilia; and more fun, fab features!
Satiate the trick-or-treat cravings of your inner child with our spooky HALLOWEEN ISSUE! Featuring horror-hosts ZACHERLEY, VAMPIRA, SEYMOUR, MARVIN, and a new interview with our cover-featured ELVIRA! PLUS: The Groovie Goolies, Bewitched, The Addams Family, and The Munsters! The long-buried Dinosaur Land amusement park! History of Ben Coo
Satiate the trick-or-treat cravings of your inner child with our spooky HALLOWEEN ISSUE! Featuring horror-hosts ZACHERLEY, VAMPIRA, SEYMOUR, MARVIN, and a new interview with our cover-featured ELVIRA! PLUS: The Groovie Goolies, Bewitched, The Addams Family, and The Munsters! The long-buried Dinosaur Land amusement park! History of Ben Cooper Halloween costumes, character lunchboxes, superhero View-Masters, Sindy (the British Barbie), and more!
THE CRAZY, COOL CUTURE WE GREW UP WITH! All-new interview with LOU FERRIGNO, The Phantom in Hollywood, Filmation’s Star Trek cartoon, “How I Met the Wolf Man—Lon Chaney, Jr.”, goofy comic book Zody the Mod Rob, Mego’s rare Elastic Hulk toy, RetroTravel to Mount Airy, NC (the real-life Mayberry), interview with BETTY LYNN (“Thelma Lou” of
THE CRAZY, COOL CUTURE WE GREW UP WITH! All-new interview with LOU FERRIGNO, The Phantom in Hollywood, Filmation’s Star Trek cartoon, “How I Met the Wolf Man—Lon Chaney, Jr.”, goofy comic book Zody the Mod Rob, Mego’s rare Elastic Hulk toy, RetroTravel to Mount Airy, NC (the real-life Mayberry), interview with BETTY LYNN (“Thelma Lou” of The Andy Griffith Show), Andy Griffith Show collectibles, inside TOM STEWART’s eclectic House of Collectibles, Too Much TV Quiz, and Mr. Microphone!
ANDY MANGELS
(best-selling sci-fi author and award-winning pop culture historian)
ERNEST FARINO
(Emmy Award-winning visual effects designer, animator, and director)
SCOTT SHAW!
(acclaimed cartoonist, animator, Emmy Award-winning storyboard artist, and historian of comics)
WILL MURRAY
(pulp adventure novelist and pop culture historian)
SCOTT SAAVEDRA
(graphic designer, cartoonist, and Comic Book Heaven creator)
MARK VOGER
(entertainment columnist and pop culture book author)
We are saddened to announce the passing of RetroFan columnist MARTIN "Pesky" PASKO
(writer and editor for comic books and television, and Daytime Emmy Award-winner)
Author of numerous books on pop culture, former editor for DC Comics and Dark Horse Comics, and Editor of TwoMorrows Publishing's Eisner Award-winning BACK ISSUE magazine for comic book fans.
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