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Groove's Faves: "The Banana Dolls" by Aragones with Skeates
Nobody but nobody knew how to spin a PLOP! tale like Sergio Aragones and Steve Skeates--and why not? They pretty much invented and defined the concept with "The Poster Plague". Irreverent, violent,...
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The Grooviest Covers of All Time: Summer of 1978--The DC Explosion Implodes!
The DC Explosion imploded beginning in August, 1978. Compare the drop-off in the number of titles published in August to June and July! 31 titles in June, 27 titles in July...21 in August...and this...
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Our Pal Sal: "A Change of Mind!" by Wein and Buscema
Today's Labor Day here in the good ol' U.S. of A., so Ol' Groove thought it might be cool to dig on some awesome art by one of the hardest-working titans of the Groovy Age, Our Pal Sal Buscema. Sal's...
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Random Reads: "One Man's Poison!" by Warwick and Cruz
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Here's a rare sci-fi shocker illustrated by mood-master E.R. Cruz. Written by Mal Warwick, "One Man's Poison!" first appeared in Weird Mystery Tales #21 (May 1975). Dig it!
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Black and White Wednesday: "Shall I Love the Bird of Fire?" by Claremont and...
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! So, ya have all the color Iron Fist comics...Marvel Premiere numbers 15 through 25 and all 15 issues of IF's self-titled mag. Or maybe you have all those mags reprinted in...
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Random Reads: "The Arena of the Frost-Dragon" by Maggin and Vosburg
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Time for some sword-and-science swashbuckling action via the combined talents of writer Elliot S! Maggin, penciler Mike Vosburg, and inker Vinnie Colletta. From Starfire...
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The Grooviest Covers of All Time: Nick Cardy Made Me Buy These!
Nick Cardy was one of DC's top cover-artists in the late 60s/early 70s, utilizing his mastery of layout and design to sell at least one ish of nearly every comic DC pubished, especially during 1972-74....
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Random Reads: "Til Death Do Us Part!" by Edelman, Milgrom, and Austin
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Here's the fabulous follow-up to Marvel's Captain Marvel #50 (which you can read here), "Til Death Do Us Part!" from Captain Marvel #51 (April 1977). Marv's battle with...
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Groove's Faves: "The Treasure Vaults of Opar!" by Wein and Thorne
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Ya know what an Edgar Rice Burroughs fan Ol' Groove is, so it's about time we visited DC's Korak, Son of Tarzan, innit? Korak ran for 14 "DC Issues" (March 1972-July 1975)...
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Black and White Wednesday: "SoulSlayer" by Claremont and Nebres
What it is, Groove-ophiles! Ya seemed to dig last week's Iron Fist saga, so Ol' Groove thought he'd lay the second part of Chris Claremont and Rudy Nebres' kung-fu epic on ya today. From Deadly Hands...
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Amazed by Aparo: "The Feud" by Skeates and Aparo
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Today we're gonna gaze on some early Jim Aparo artwork from the back pages of Charlton's Hercules #1 (July 1967). Thane of Bagarth was written by Steve Skeates, set in the...
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Making a Splash: Those Amazing Inhumans
What it is, Groove-ophiles! The Inhumans! One of Lee and Kirby's most classic creations, aren't they? A whole race of super-humans, hidden from humanity for everyone's own good. What a cool concept!...
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Groove's Faves: "Keeper of the Eternal Flame!" by Maggin, Swan, and Anderson
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Let's kick this week off with a fave Groovy Age Superman tale by the dream-team of Elliot S! Maggin, Curt Swan, and Murphy Anderson! "Keeper of the Eternal Flame!" is an...
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Groove's Faves: "Seawinds of Change!" by Gerber and Heck
What it is, Groove-ophiles! I know a lot of ya didn't dig it, but Young Groove really flipped out over the new threads Reed Richards created for Prince Namor in Savage Sub-Mariner #67 (August 1973)....
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Black and White Wednesday: "Small War" by McKenzie, Starlin, and Marcos
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Here's a real treat: "Small War" by Roger McKenzie, Jim Starlin, and Pablo Marcos. Separately, this terrific trio churned out reams of great comics, so it's a rare treat...
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The Boys from Derby: "Night of the Wanderer" by Tom Sutton
Let's get right to it, Groove-ophiles! From Ghost Manor #9 (November 1972), here's "Night of the Wanderer" by Tom Sutton (who definitely drew it and might've written it...). It's a gas!
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The Grooviest Covers of All Time: Steve Ditko's Super-Heroes
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! From the beginning to the end of the Groovy Age, Sturdy Steve Ditko laid some far-out covers on comicdom (Wow, was that putting things mildly!). Plant your peepers on...
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Random Reads: "The Trophy" by Joe Kubert
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Imagine one of the world's most iconic literary characters written and drawn by one of the most universally acclaimed comicbook creators of all time, and you have DC's Tarzan...
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Groovy Age Gold: "The Eye of Doom" by Basil Wolverton
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! By the time Marvel launched it's "latest" (40 years ago, y'know) reprint/mystery mag Weird Wonder Tales #1 (September 1973), Young Groove was really into reprint mags....
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Black and White Wednesday: "And When I Died" by Claremont and Nebres
"Hey, Groove, " you said, "we loved that McKenzie/Starlin/Marcos sci-fi mastgerpiece last week--but where's part 3 of Chris Claremont and Rudy Nebres' rare b&w Iron Fist epic?" Why, it's right...
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