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MOKF Monday: "Warriors of the Golden Dawn Part 6: The Leopard and the Dove"...
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! We're back in the swing of things with the return of MOKF Monday! Today let's check out Master of Kung Fu #88 (February 1980) by the team supreme of writer Doug Moench and...
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Groove's Faves: "The Man Who Mastered Women!" by Wein, Swan, and Blaisdell
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Ya know, after Wonder Woman's "powerless" phase, fans were confounded by the Bob Kanigher era that followed. The stories were looked at as old fashioned and too Golden...
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Black and White Wednesday: "Bad Day 'Cross 110th Street" by DuBay and Nino
What it is, Groove-ophiles! Here's one'a those "you hadda be there to remember this" strips--Abelmar Jones, from Warren's Eerie. Created by Warren mainstay Bill DuBay, Abelmar Jones could be summed up...
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Groove's Faves: "The Origin of Celsius" by Kupperberg, Staton, and Chiarmonte
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Y'know, when Ol' Groove was working on last week's Metal Men post, something in the back of my mind kept naggin' at me. Turns out, my brain was trying to tell the rest of...
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Making a Splash: Ross Andru's Amazing Spider-Man, Part One
Check it out, Groove-ophiles! While the honor-roll of Amazing Spider-Man artist are filled with an astonishing array of big-name talent (Ditko, Romita, Gil Kane and even...McFarlane...just to name...
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Greetings from Skartaris: "Duel of the Titans" by Mike Grell
Greetings from Skartaris, Groove-ophiles! You asked for more Travis Morgan, 'tis more Travis Morgan ye shall receive! Today we're gonna check out ish #4 (September 1976), "Duel of the Titans"! Mike...
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Amazed by Aparo: "The Phantom of Shang-Ri-La" by Wood and Aparo
Dig it, Groove-ophiles! Jim Aparo's debut on Charlton's The Phantom! Written by Dick Wood, here's "The Phantom of Shang-Ri-La" from The Phantom #31 (January 1969)...
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Black and White Wednesday: "Where Is Gallows Bend?" by McGregor and Sutton
Good eeeeeeee-ven-ing, Groove-ophiles! You asked for it, you're gonna get it! More macabre mystery featuring Michael Morbius, courtesy Don McGregor and Tom Sutton! From Vampire Tales #7 (August 1974),...
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Groove's Faves: "Today Mars, Tomorrow...the Universe!" by Haney, Swan, and...
Check it out, Groove-ophiles! Today we're gonna take a look at the grand finale of Denny O'Neil, Michael Netzer (Mike Nasser), and Terry Austin's Manhunter from Mars epic that ran in Adventure Comics...
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Making a Splash: Ross Andru's Amazing Spider-Man, Part Two
Dig it, Groove-ophiles! More Ross Andru Amazing Spider-Man splashes! This time we're covering the Len Wein era of ASM, issue 151-180 (minus issues 154-155 which were Sal Buscema fill-ins while Ross was...
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Our Pal Sal: "As I Lay Dying!" by Mantlo and S. Buscema
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Now, how many cool comics have you ever read that start out with the unconscious hero being repaired on a lube rack, and ended with same hero and friends battling evil...
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Tuesday Team-up: "Who Knows What Evil--?" by O'Neil, Novick, and Giordano
Dig it, Groove-ophiles! When DC had the rights to The Shadow, they did the smartest, coolest thing they could have possibly done: they had him meet up with The Batman. Not only did that allow for a...
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Black and White Wednesday: "Unreal!" by Alex Toth
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! No big intro needed here! It's a master of every aspect of comicbook creation showing us all how a black and white shocker should look and read like. From Creepy #78...
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Groove's Faves: "One Hour to Kill!" by Oleck and Robbins
Dig it, Groove-ophiles! A Twilight Zone-style war shocker by master storytellers Jack Oleck (writer) and Frank Robbins (artist) from Weird War Tales #21 (October 1973). It's an action-packed thriller...
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Groove's Faves: Titanic 2000th Post! Starfawn by Preiss and Fabian
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Man, can ya believe it? Our 2000th post! Ol' Groove can assure ya, baby, never in my wildest dreams did I ever think DotGK would have lasted this long! Never thought I'd meet...
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Metal Monday: "The Chemo Conspiracy" by Conway and Simonson
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! We're back with more of the 1976 Metal Men revival! Thanks to info from Groove-ophiles in-the-know (thanx Russ and Jeff), we learned that MM #45 was a proposal that...
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(P)Raising Kane: "Vengeance of the Molecule Man!" by Gerber, Kane, and Sinnott
Check it out, Groove-ophiles! When the ever-lovin'-blue-eyed Thing's team-up mag moved from Marvel Featureto the long-running Marvel Two-In-One, editor Roy Thomas turned writer Steve Gerber, penciler...
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Black and White Wednesday: "Swords in the World Series" by Gale, Starlin, and...
Dig it, Groove-ophiles! Barbarians! Time-traveling wizards! Baseball! That's what writer Ken ('Nuff Said! Radio/Defiant Comics) Gale had on his mind when he wrote his first pro scripting job for...
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Groove's Faves: "Defection!" by P. Kupperberg, Staton, and Patterson
We're back with the grand finale of Paul Kupperberg and Joe Staton's Doom Patrol try-out/revival in Showcase, Groove-ophiles! Part three, "Defection!", was originally published in Showcase #96...
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Making a Splash: Ross Andru's Amazing Spider-Man, Part Three
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! We're back with our third and final look at the sensational splashes Ross Andru provided for the Amazing Spider-Man during his amazing tenure as Spidey-penciler numero...
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