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Black and White Wednesday: "The Cursing of Captain Skull" by Fox and Hickman
Check it out, Groove-ophiles! Here's a supernatural pirate tale written by Golden Age great Gardner Fox and illustrated by sci-fi and fantasy master Stephen Hickman! Where, oh where, would one find...
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Random Reads: "...Live or Let Die!" by Friedrich, Weiss, and Abel
What it is, Groove-ophiles! Today we're gonna check out the final ish of Atlas/Seaboard's The Brute #3 (April 1975). As usual with most Atlas/Seaboard mags the third (usually final) or fourth...
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The Grooviest Covers of All Time: Guardians of the Galaxy--Groovy Age Style!
Hey, hey, hey, Groov-ophiles! Ol' Groove has long been a fan of the original Guardians of the Galaxy and Star-Lord. Jim Starlin's creations, Drax the Destroyer and Gamora were a huge part of Captain...
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MOKF Monday: "Tread the Night Softly" by Moench, Zeck, and Gordon
Hi-YAA! Groove-ophiles! We're gonna kick off the week with a new department: MOKF Monday! That's right, any Monday the mood hits, Ol' Groove is gonna drop-kick a classic Master of Kung Fu tale from...
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Groovy Age Gold: "Starman's Lucky Star!" by Fox, Meskin, and Russos
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Man, did Ol' Groove ever love those 100 Page Super-Spectacular mags DC put out in the early 1970s. When DC applied the format to many of their regular mags in 1974,...
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Black and White Wednesday: "Comes the End Time, Chapter 3" by Richardson and...
You say you want more Voltar, Groove-ophiles? Then more Voltar you'll get!! Here's Chapter 3 of "Comes the End Time" by Alfredo Alcala (scripted by "Will Richardson" aka Warren editor Bill Dubay) from...
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Secret Origins: Two-Fer! Drax the Destroyer and Gamora--the Green Guardians...
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Today we're gonna catch the slightest glimpse of how Drax the Destroyer and Gamora, The Deadliest Woman in the Whole Galaxy came to be! Yep, the jade-hued (but not...
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Making a Splash: Neal Adams' Spectre
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Ol' Groove knows how we are. When we think of Groovy Age Neal Adams at DC, we think Batman and Deadman. When we think The Spectre, we think (Golden Age) Bernard Baily or...
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Makin' Chaykin: "The Last Baron!" by Kanigher and Chaykin
What it is, Groove-ophiles! You've been waiting on pins and needles (or is that needles and pins-a?) for the next Robert Kanigher/Howard Chaykin Enemy Ace mini-epic... Well, here 'tis! From Men of War...
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Our Pal Sal: "Second Coming!" by Mantlo and Buscema
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Well, you've begged, pleaded, and even threatened--so by popular demand, ROM is back in Groove City! Looking back, Ol' Groove can't believe we've only shared one ish (right...
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Black and White Wednesday: "Let the Dreamer Beware" by Siegel and Reese
Check it out, Groove-ophiles! Skywald does it again! In the 1974 Nightmare Yearbook, editor "Archaic" Al Hewetson mixed Golden Age great (co-creator of Superman, fer cryin' out loud!) Jerry Siegel with...
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Amazed by Aparo: "The Image's Idyl!" by Kaler and Aparo
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Ya'll have been begging for some Charlton Action Hero goodness, so, having been inspired by the guys from Charlton Arrow (man, if you're don't have the first two issues...
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Making a Splash: Happy Herb's Hulk, Part Three
We're back with more of Happy Herb Trimpe's Incredible Hulk run, Groove-ophiles! Herb's run on the Incredible Hulk was nothing short of phenomenal, especially when you consider how musical the artists...
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MOKF Monday: "To Sleep...This Side of Death" by Moench, Zeck, and Day
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! We're back with another MOKF Monday (expect these once or twice a month, but not every Monday, Groove-ophiles--don't wanna fire all out guns at once, ya know!)! Today we're...
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If You Blinked, You Missed: The New Doom Patrol by Kupperberg and Staton
Check it out, Groove-ophiles! When DC decided to revive Showcase (the mag that introduced most of what made DC's Silver Age so successful), they sure did it in style! Editor Paul Levitz handed the...
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Black and White Wednesday: "Country Pie" by Jones, Infantino, and Wrightson
Here's an awesome assemblage of titanic talent, Groove-ophiles! "Country Pie" from Creepy #113 (September 1979) was written by Bruce Jones with art by Carmine Infantino and Bernie Wrightson! Wouldn't...
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Ol' Groove's Request Line: "The Invaders!" by Lieber and Wood
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Because you demanded it, we're back with more of the awesome artistry of Wally Wood from his Dr. Doom series in Astonishing Tales! Today's chapter, written by Larry...
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Making a Splash: The Hawk and The Dove
Check it out, Groove-ophiles! Way back in April 1968, DC allowed Steve Skeates, Steve Ditko, and Dick Giordano to spring one of the most way-out features ever upon fans of their Showcase mag. Inspired...
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Setting the Pace: "Otherwar" by Kraft, Perez, and Giacoia
Can you dig it, Groove-ophiles? From the files of the far-out, we proudly present "Otherwar" from Marvel Premiere #45 (September 1978)! Continuing their Man-Wolf saga from Creatures On the Loose, Dave...
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Groove's Faves: "The Evil That Is Cast..." by Stern, Byrne, and Layton
It's Ol' Groove's birthday! 1963 was some year, wunnit? Avengers, X-Men, and moi! Seriously, as usual, since it's my birthday, yers trooly is picking one'a his all-time fave comic mags to rap with...
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