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Black and White Wednesday: "The Hyborian Kingdoms" by Thomas and Simonson
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Believe it or not, it's been over a year-and-a-half since we last visited Roy Thomas and Walt Smonsons' awesome adaptation of Robert E. Howard's "The Hyborian Age". That's...
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Random Reads: "The Monsters" by Fleisher and Grandenitti
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Just a quickie today--a sci-fi short by two unique and visionary talents, Michael (Spectre, Jonah Hex) Fleisher and Jerry (The Spirit/Prez) Grandenetti. Only a mag like...
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The Grooviest Covers of All Time: Spidey and Doc Ock
What it is, Groove-ophiles! By now ya've gotta know what's going on in the right now with Peter Parker/Otto Octavius, so Ol' Groove thought today would be a good day to look back at the way they were...
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The Comicbook Soundtrack of My Life, or Imitation Is the Sincerest form of...
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! I recently received an e-mail from Groove-ophile Peter Bebergal supplying a link to a post he felt I'd be interested in. Was I interested? I think Pete's post is about the...
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Random Reads: "John Targitt...Man-Stalker!" by Conway, Meyers, and Nostrand
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Here's the final issue of John Targitt...Man-Stalker (ish #3, April 1975) in which the character goes into full super-hero mode, fighting a super-villain called Professor...
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Black and White Wednesday: The Fiendish New Features of Monster Madness #3
What it is, Groove-ophiles! Waaaaaay back in the spring of 2009, Ol' Groove shared a post about Marvel's Monster Madness mag in which Stan Lee put goofy gags into the mouths of still pics from a...
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Bring on the Back-ups: "Not All Thorns Come from Roses!" by Kanigher and Buckler
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Dig this dyn-o-mite Rose and Thorn back-up from Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane #120 (January 1972). It's a twist on the tried-and-true "evil double" plot by author Robert...
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Making a Splash: Gil Kane's Captain Marvel
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Y'know, just thinking about Gil Kane's all-too-short run on Marvel's Captain Marvel (issues 17-21, July 1969-May 1970) makes Ol' Groove's mind boggle. Kane was in top...
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Random Reads: "Mountain Thunder!" by Gerber and Alcazar
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Time for more of Marvel's adaptation of Lin Carter's Thongor and "The Wizard of Lemuria"! "Mountain Thunder!", from Creatures on the Loose #28 (December 1973), is the first...
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Ol' Groove's Request Line: "Luthor--You're Driving Me Sane!" by Maggin and...
What it is, Groove-ophiles! Fellow Groove-ophile Tony O. e-mailed yers trooly with some rally cool requests--the first of which was a request for one of the final three issues of DC's Joker mag! Yeah,...
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Black and White Wednesday: "Twin Burial" by Robinson and Reese
You dig zombies, Groove-ophiles? A lotta folks do these days (wonder why?), but back during the Groovy Age, the only place to get your zombie fix on a regular basis was Marvel's b&w Tales of the...
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Addicted to Alex Nino: "The Inheritors" by Oleck and Nino
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Here's another sci-fi shocker from the super-team of writer Jack Oleck and artist (and main man today) Alex Nino! From Tales of Ghost Castle #2 (April 1975) meet..."The...
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Famous First Fridays: Ron Wilson's Debut
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Remember Ron Wilson? He's probably best known for his work on The Thing in the 1980s, but during the Groovy Age he was one of Marvel's go-to guys for covers and fill-ins. He...
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Random Reads: "It's a Gift" by Doyle, Lucey, and Stone
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! We're gonna start our week off with a knee-slapper from the "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished" Department, courtesy Frank Doyle, Harry Lucey, and Chic Stone. From Archie #217...
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Random Reads: "The Claws of Lionfang" by Englehart and Graham
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! A short while back on the DotGK Facebook Fan Page (What? You haven't joined yet? For SHAME!), we had a discussion about our fave Groovy Age writers. A name that popped up on...
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Black and White Wednesday: "Racketeer's Bait!" by Moulton and Peter
What it is, Groove-ophiles! Well, what it is today is an unpublished Golden Age Wonder Woman story, slated for, but never appearing in Sensation Comics, laid upon fandom in Amazing World of DC Comics...
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The Boys from Derby: "The Bride Who Wants Everything" by Elier
Just a reminder, Groove-ophiles: you've only a week to get that box of Valentine's candy bought for your sweetheart! To help you remember, here's a very 1970s short-shocker sure to make your heart...
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Making a Splash: Goodwin and Simonson's Manhunter
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! It's February! The month of Valentine's Day--the month of LOVE (or LUV as some called it back during the Groovy Age). Gonna kick February off with something Ol' Groove...
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Bring on the Back-ups: "Lost on Venus" by Mike Kaluta
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! How'd ya like to plant your peepers on some dyn-o-mite Mike Kaluta art in a mini-masterpiece written by the artist himself? Yeah, Ol' Groove thought ya would! From Korak...
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Tuesday Team-up: "The Granite Sky!" by Wein and Kane
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! It's Team-up Tuesday, and has Ol' Groove got a far-out and fun one for ya! Cap and Spidey! Len Wein and Gil Kane! It's action-packed and sure to make you clap! It's "The...
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