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Groove's Faves: "The Legend of the Green Arrow!" by O'Neil, Grell, and Smith
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Let's kick off this week with Denny O'Neil and Mike Grell's (aided and abetted by inker Bob Smith) third Green Lantern/Green Arrow outing from Green Lantern #92 (October...
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Byrne-ing to Read: "Spider In the Middle!" by Mantlo, Byrne, and Esposito
Whoo-hoo! Here we are with the concluding chapter of Bill Mantlo and John Byrne's Spider-Man/Hulk/Woodgod adventure! "Spider In the Middle" was a thrill when it came out in Marvel Team-Up #54 (November...
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Black and White Wednesday: "Malaguena Beyond a Zone Forbidden!" by Moench and...
You're really ape for Planet of the Apes, aren't ya, Groove-ophiles! Well, Ol' Groove's got what you want right here--"Malaguena Beyond a Zone Forbidden!" by Doug Moench and Mike Ploog! This one's from...
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Amazed by Aparo: "Espionage: Muscle Beach Style!" by Kaler and Aparo
Can you dig it, Groove-ophiles? Near the beginning of the Groovy Age, Charlton Comics unleashed Tiffany Sinn, the CIA Sweetheart in the pages of Career Girl Romances issues 38-39. James Bond was hot,...
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The Grooviest Covers of All Time: Ernie Chan the DC Cover Man
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! I've got Filipino artist on my mind today for some reason. Maybe it's because Ernie (originally Chua, but he legally changed his name to Chan we he became an American...
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Micronauts Mondays: "A Hunting We Will Go!" by Mantlo, Golden, and Rubinstein
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! We're gonna kick off this week with another Bill Mantlo/Michael Golden/Joe Rubinstein Micronauts masterpiece! Dig the short spotlight on Bug, Golden's own creation, don'tcha...
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Ol' Groove's Request Line: "The Beast Is Waiting" by Gill and Sattler
HiiiiiiiYA, Groove-ophiles! Groove-ophile Joey M. spake unto Ol' Groove that too much time hath passed since the last time we shared a Yang adventure. Joey doth truly be correct! Forsooth, yea, and...
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Black and White Wednesday: "Speed Demon" by Ernie Colon
Check it out, Groove-ophiles! During Atlas/Seaboard's short but oh-so-memorable life, writer/artist Ernie Colon not only worked on Tiger-Man and The Grim Ghost, but he also found time to write and draw...
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Thursday Team-up: "The Coming of Her!" by Gruenwald, Bingham, and Day
What it is, Groove-ophiles! Today we're gonna rap about the first part of a cool and cosmic three part epic featuring The Thing, Starhawk, Moondragon, and even (sorta) Adam Warlock! Flush with his...
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The Grooviest Covers of All Time: TV Guide Covers the Comicbook Heroes
Dig it, Groove-ophiles! During the Groovy Age, when any of our favorite super-heroes made it to the small screen--or even when the small screen made us some super-heroes--it was a big deal! An almost...
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Our Pal Sal: "The Stalker in the Night!" by Mantlo and S. Buscema
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Here's another classic Bill Mantlo/Sal Buscema ROM, Spaceknight episode! "The Stalker in the Night" from ROM #9 (May 1980) features Serpentyne, a cool but very tragic...
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Random Reads: "The Secret Within Us..." by Conway, Newton, and Adkins
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Whaddya say we take another trip back in time to April, 1978 and through the Boom Tube to Earth, Apocolypse, and/or New Genesis! It's Return of the New Gods #19 in which...
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Black and White Wednesday: "They're Going to be Turning Out the Lights" by...
Check it out, Groove-ophiles! Ya know how much we love Alex Nino art here in Groove City, so here's a neat-o Nino b&w shocker from Creepy #100 (June 1978)! Written by publisher James Warren's...
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Thursday Team-up: "The Taking of Counter-Earth!" by Gruenwald, Bingham, and Day
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Last Thursday you thrilled to The Ever-Lovin' Blue-Eyed Thing teaming with Starhawk as they got caught up in the mystery of Her! Today we're digging on part two, which...
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Diversions of the Groovy Kind/Bronze Age Babies Team-Up! The Grooviest Covers...
A couple weeks ago, my pal Doug at Bronze Age Babies posted about super-heroes guest-starring on the covers of other super-heroes' mags. His readers (Ol' Groove included, natch) enthusiastically...
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MOKF Monday: "The Crystal Connection" by Moench and Gulacy
HiiiiiiiYA, Groove-ophiles! You've been hankering for more MOKF Mondays, haven't ya? Well, your patience is about to be greatly rewarded! We're heading back to MOKF #29 (March 1975) and "The Crystal...
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Bring On the Back-ups Two-fer: "Perilous Plan of the Plant Master!" and "Fury...
 Check it out, Groove-ophiles! While Iron Mike Grell was preparing the pencils and inks for Green Lantern's return to his own mag with ish #90 in late 1976, JLA artist supreme Dick Dillin stepped in to...
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Black and White Wednesday: "The Oval Portrait!" by Poe, Margopoulos, and Corben
Happy April Fool's Day, Groove-ophiles! We'll celebrate with an awesome adaptation of a classic Edgar Allan Poe shocker from Creepy #69 (cover dated February 1975). Here are Rich Margopoulos and...
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Thursday Team-up: "Suffer Not a Warlock to Live!" by Gruenwald, Bingham, and Day
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Today's the big wrap-up of Mark Gruenwald, Jerry Bingham, and Gene Day's "Her" saga from Marvel Two-In-One issues 61-63 featuring The Thing, Starhawk, and Moondragon! Man,...
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Making a Splash: Marvel Comics 40 Years Ago This Month
Check it out, Groove-ophiles! In March, 1975, Young Groove was about to move away from Loyall, Kentucky to Barbourville, Kentucky, which would be my home town to this very day. At the beginning of the...
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