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MOKF Monday: "Snowbuster" by Moench, Gulacy, and Adkins

Here it is, Groove-ophiles! Shang-Chi and company's final assault on Carlton Velcro's fortress! From Master of Kung Fu #31 (May 1975), Doug Moench, Paul Gulacy, and Dan Adkins present..."Snowbuster"!

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Titanic Tuesdays: "You Can't Say No to the Angel of Death! (Or Can You?)" by...

What it is, Groove-ophiles! Well, you seemed to get a kick our of our last visit to the Teen Titan's  1976/77 revival, even though you know it wasn't a blockbuster mag by any stretch. Still, it's fun...

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Black and White Wednesday: "Bounty for a Vampire!" by Isabella and DeZuniga

Welcome to my parlor, Groove-ophiles! Two Tonys, Isabella and DeZuniga, had a major inspiration for Dracula Lives! #13 (May 1975)--cowboys and vampires! Prepare for one of the most unique Dracula tales...

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Addicted to Alex Nino: "Remembered Dead" by Kashdan and Nino

Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Just a quickie post to introduce a short shocker by the unbeatable team of George Kashdan and Alex Nino! From House of Secrets #115 (October 1973), here is... "Remembered Dead"!

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Making a Splash: Marvel Comics 40 Years Ago This Month

June 1975 was a tough month for Young Groove. It seemed my family had moved to the only place on earth that didn't sell comicbooks...anywhere. Well, anywhere we could find. Thank goodness for those...

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Metal Mondays: "Our Mentor, the Robot" by Pasko, Kanigher, Staton, Andru, and...

Y'know, Groove-ophiles, Marvel wasn't the only company who had to battle the Dreaded Deadline Doom. DC, on much more rare occasion, battled that plague of lateness, too. Take, for example, the fiftieth...

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The Boys from Derby: "No Witnesses" by Cuti and Staton

Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Two of our fave Boys from Derby are back with a short shocker that will answer questions that have been asked for ages! From Midnight Tales #8 (April 1974), here are Nick...

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Black and White Wednesday: "A Storm of Vengeance!" by Mantlo, Perez, and Milgrom

HiiiiiiiiiYA, Groove-ophiles! We're back with another heapin' helping of the far-out fabulous-ness that was Bill Mantlo and George Perez's Sons of the Tiger! "A Storm of Vengeance" (inked by Al...

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Groovy Age Gold: The Saga of Two-Face by Finger, Burnley, and Mortimer

Check it out, Groove-ophiles! DC's tabloid-sized comics of the mid-70s were a treasure trove of Golden Age awesomeness every time one of those card-stock covered dudes appeared on the magazine rack....

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Making a Splash: John Buscema's Fantastic Four, Part Two

Wow! Has it really been nearly two years since we planted our peepers on some sensational John Buscema Fantastic Four splashes? Well, Groove-ophile, here's where we make up for lost time! From...

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Greetings From Skartaris: "Home Is a Four-Letter Word!" by Mike Grell

Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! It's time for another trip back to the savage world of Skartaris--literally for our fave Warlord, Travis Morgan, as he and the beauteous Russian archaeologist Mariah find...

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The Boys from Derby: "Yang the Slave" and "Yang Meets Yin" by Gill and Sattler

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoooooooooaaaaaaa! In another my a long string of fixing up Ol' Groove's "Why the heck did I do that?" moments, we're opening the Files of the Far Out to (at long, LONG last) bring...

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Black and White Wednesday: "The Blood-Colored Motorbike!" by Jose Bea

Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Ah, summertime! Bet a lot of ya would like to hop on a motorbike and take a ride to the beach, the lake, or the mountains right about now. Do you want it as bad as Cesare...

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Funny Stuff! "The Great Exploration" by Uncredited

Check it out, Groove-ophiles! Groove-ophile Charlie Horse 47 recently suggested we lighten things up with some humor comics (namely Sad Sack, and I'm workin' on it, Charlie!) and he's right. Besides...

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The Grooviest Covers of All Time: 35 Years Ago This Month or The End of the...

Check it out, Groove-ophiles! Naw, don't let the title scare ya, DotGK isn't going anywhere anytime soon, the truth behind the title is that this week marks what Ol' Groove has most always considered...

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Micronauts Monday: "Home Is Where the Heart Is!" by Mantlo, Golden, and Milgrom

We're back with more Micronauts, Groove-ophiles! If you've been keeping up, you'll notice that while we shared Micronauts #6 last month, we shared issues 7 (with Man-Thing) and 8 (with Captain...

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Groove's Faves: "Lightning Strikes...Thunder Kills!" by Conway, Swan, and Oksner

Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Remember the time when Gerry Conway was head writer of Superman, and he tried to "Marvel-ize" the Man of Steel with sub-plots, continuity, and "hip" dialogue? You don't?...

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Black and White Wednesday: "Marvin, the Dead-Thing! in One Is the Loneliest...

HooowOOOOOOO's it going, Groove-ophiles! Today we've got a black and white shocker from the unlikely but awesome team of writer (!) Al Milgrom and artist Esteban Maroto! Take a flying leap, Heap!...

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Bring On the Back-ups: Thursday Two-fer! "With This Ring, Find Me Dead!" and...

Dig it, Groove-ophiles! Most folks think the late, great Don Newton's Batman debut was in Detective Comics #480 (August 1978), but in truth, Don's debut was a month earlier on a back-up strip called...

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The Grooviest Covers of All Time: Marvel-ous Summer Annuals

Dig it, Groove-ophiles! Ol' Groove's in a summer-time mood, and what better way to celebrate the summer than to look back at some of the grooviest covers to ever decorate a superb-summer annual! Today...

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