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"!
View ArticleTitanic 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...
View ArticleBlack 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...
View ArticleAddicted 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"!
View ArticleMaking 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...
View ArticleMetal 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleBlack 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...
View ArticleGroovy 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....
View ArticleMaking 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...
View ArticleGreetings 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleBlack 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...
View ArticleFunny 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleMicronauts 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...
View ArticleGroove'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?...
View ArticleBlack 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!...
View ArticleBring 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...
View ArticleThe 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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