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Black and White Wednesday: "Superman vs. the Grime-Master" by Wein and Adams
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! From the pages of Amazing World of DC Comics Special Edition #1 (February1976), here's a previously unpublished educational/ecological short by Len Wein and Neal Adams--...
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Random Reads: "Lafferty's Luck" by Oleck and Milgrom
So, it's a sunny day in May, 1975. You've got some change in your pocket goin' jing-a-ling-a-ling, so you slip into the nearest drugstore to check out what's on the spinner rack. Ah, there's the latest...
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The Grooviest Covers of All Time: The Marvelous Gene Colan, Early Groovy Age...
How about some "Marvel"-ous early Groovy Age Gene Colan covers to end your week, Groove-ophiles? Yeah, I thought you'd dig that! Man, to think these masterpieces sold for only twelve measly cents--and...
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Groovy Age Gold: "The Monkey's Circle!" by Kanigher and Krigstein
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Here's a classic Wildcattail--er--tale by two of comics' all-time masters: writer Robert Kanigher and artist Bernard Krigstein (best known for his innovative work at EC in...
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Tuesday Team-up: "The Yesterday Connection!" by Conway and Andru
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Yep, yers trooly did, indeed, rap about this titanic team-up waaaay back in the early days of the Diversions (click here to read that ancient post), so Ol' Groove thought...
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Black and White Wednesday: "For this Is the New Origin of OMAC!" by Jim Starlin
What it is, Groove-ophiles! Well, what it is today is a look at yet another Groovy Age rarity--Jim Starlin's OMAC back-up intended for Kamandi #60! As we all know, Kamandi fell to the DC Implosion of...
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Random Reads: "This Unchanging World" by Doyle and Lucey
Here ya go, Groove-ophiles! Only the fine folks at Archie Comics could give you a social studies lesson and a couple'a giggles all in the span of five pages! From Archie #215 (November 1971), here's a...
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Making a Splash: Our Avenging Pal Sal, Phase One
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Our Pal Sal Buscema was Ol' Groove's first fave comicbook artist. He was drawing the Mighty Avengers' mag when I first started getting that peerless publication (Avengers...
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Bring on the Back-ups: "The Candy Kitchen Caper!" by Maggin, Dillin, and...
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Here's a short-but-sweet Green Arrow back-up from his days as a rotating back-up feature in Action Comics. "The Candy Kitchen Caper!" by Elliot Maggin, Dick Dillin, and...
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Random Reads: "Lord of Chaos!" by Carter, Gerber, and Alcazar
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Today, at long last, we're gonna take a look at the grand finale to Marvel's adaptation of Lin Carter's "The Wizard of Lemuria" starring his barbarian hero Thongor. If you've...
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Black and White Wednesday: "All the Ways and Means to Die" by Jones and Niven
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Waaay back in November of 2011, we planted our peepers on Howard Chaykin's adaptation of Larry Niven's "All the Myriad Ways" from Marvel's Unknown Worlds of Science...
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Addicted to Alex Nino: "Grim Joke of the Laughing Skull" by Wessler and Nino
What it is, Groove-ophiles! Today let's dig on some awesome Alex Nino art as he teams with writer Carl Wessler to make us squeal and squirm! From DC Special Series #4 (Unexpected Special 1977), here...
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Making a Splash: Our Avenging Pal Sal, Phase Two
What it is, Groove-ophile! Last Friday we checked out the sensational splash pages from Sal Buscema's first Avengers era and you guys really, really dug 'em! So Ol' Groove, people-pleaser that he is,...
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The Boys from Derby: "The Understudy" by Cuti and Staton
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! It's been way too long since we dug on some of Nick Cuti and Joe Staton's pint-size private eye Michael Mauser--no foolin'! (Get it? April first? April Fools--aw...) Anyway,...
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Random Reads: "The Underground Gambit!" by Wein and Trimpe
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Sometimes you pick up a comic expecting one thing, and sometimes said comic can surprise you! Take for instance Creatures on the Loose #11 (February 1971). According to...
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Black and White Wednesday Groovy Guest-Post: "Snowbird in Hell" by Claremont...
Welcome back, Groove-ophiles! Today's Groovy Guest-Post is by Mighty Mike Mikulovsky! Mike has already graced Groove City with several popular posts, and this'un is especially near and dear to the...
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Bring on the Back-ups: "The Puzzle of the Pyramids" by Rozakis and Martinez
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Today let's dig on a classic Bob Rozakis penned Robin solo tale from Detective Comics #447 (February 1975). "The Puzzle Pyramids" is typical fun Rozakis--down to earth,...
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R.I.P. Carmine Infantino
Sorry for the rushed post, Groove-ophiles, but when I heard the news that Carmine Infantino has passed away, I had to put something together--and fast. Anyway, when I think of Carmine, I think of him...
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Far-Out Fantasy Week! Random Reads: "Slave Maid of Satan!" by Uslan and...
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Let's kick this Far-Out Fantasy Week off with some of the far-out strangeness that was DC's Beowulf! Writer Michael Uslan and artist Ricardo Villamonte gave this mag their...
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Far-Out Fantasy Week! If You Blinked You Missed: Gillivar Jones
Yeah, this one's been a long time coming, Groove-ophiles! Actually Gullivar Jones in Creatures on the Loose has been on my radar (and in my scan file) for almost as long as the Diversions has existed....
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