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MOKF Monday: "Death-Hand and the Sun of Mordillo" by Moench, Gulacy, and Adkins
This is it, Groove-ophiles! The conclusion of the Shang-Chi/Mordillo throwdown if finally here--and is it ever a shocker! From the expert hands of Doug Moench, Paul Gulacy, and Dan Adkins, here's...
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Titanic Tuesdays: "Daddy's Little Crimefighter!" by Rozakis, Delbo and Colletta
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! We're back with another Teen Titans episode, this one featuring the secret of "The Joker's Daughter", the introduction of Bumblebee, and Aqualad at death's door! Not a...
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Black and White Wednesday: "The Forever Phial" by Thomas and Conrad
Happy birthday to Groove, happy birthday to Groove, happy bir--oh, what's up, Groove-ophiles! Yeah, today's Ol' Groove's twenty-third twenty-ninth birthday (remember, in the Groovy Age they told us not...
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"Our Pal" Sal: "Kill! Cried the Raven!" by Thomas, Buscema, and Esposito
Dig it, Groove-ophiles! Here's another example of early Sal Buscema from Sub-Mariner #26 (March 1970)! Of course, he has a cool story to illustrate as writer Roy Thomas brings back Timely's winged...
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Making a Splash: DC Comics 40 Years Ago This Month
Way back in August 1974, Young Groove turned 12 years old. He also had some extra money to spend, and it looks like he spent a lot of it on some choice DC mags. My faves this time around were JLA,...
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Metal Mondays: "The Hand That Shocks the Cradle Rules the World!" by Pasko...
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Metal Monday is back is back with the conclusion to the Metal Men/Dr. Strangeglove mini-epic from Metal Men #53 (May 1977). This time our mad scientist unleashes his Brain...
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Setting the Pace: "Just a Guy Named 'X'!" by Mantlo, Perez, and McWilliams
Welcome back, Groove-ophiles! All you George Perez fans rejoice! Ol' Groove has dug into the Files of the Far-Out to find another early Perez classic, this one from Power Man #27 (July 1975). "Just a...
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Black and White Wednesday: "The Thing in the Black Dress" by Hewetson and Suso
Chill, Groove-ophiles! Here's a short shocker sure to make you pull the covers over your head from Skywald's Scream #2 (cover-dated October 1973)! A frightening "fairy tale" featuring a fearsome femme...
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Thursday Team-Ups: "A Matter of Gravity" by Conway, Jones, and Tanghal
Dig it, Groove-ophiles! When the All-New Doom Patrol finished their three-part Showcase intro (issues 94-96, check 'em out here, here, and here) who'd'a thunk their next appearance would involve them...
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The Grooviest Covers of All Time: Marshall Rogers' Batman
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! One of the highlights of the Groovy Age, naturally, was Marshall Rogers' turn as penciler on Batman in Detective Comics (along with his work on the 1978 Batman Summer...
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Greetings from Skartaris: "The City in the Sky!" by Mike Grell
Well, Groove-ophiles, when Ol' Groove flubs his dub, he flubs it big time! Last Greetings from Skartaris, we rapped about Warlord #9...the time before that, Warlord #7. SeewhatImean? I slap-down...
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Amazed by Aparo: "The Mist" by Skeates and Aparo
Greetings, my ghoulish Groove-ophiles! We're here today to dig on a classic horror/mystery tale  by two of our favorite Boys from Derby, Steve Skeates and Jim Aparo! From The Many Ghosts of Doctor...
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Black and White Wednesday: "Child of the Sun" by Claremont and Marcos
HowOOOOOOOOOO's it going, Groove-ophiles! Here's another pulp-ish prose tale from one of Marvel's best Groovy Age b&w mags, Dracula Lives! Ish #8 (July 1974) featured "Child of the Sun" written by...
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Thursday Team-ups: "What Goes Up...Can't Come Down" by Conway, Jones, and...
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! It's part two of our Supergirl/Doom Patrol team-up (though this part doesn't feature much DP) by Gerry Conway, Arvell Jones, and Romeo Tanghal! "What Goes Up...Can't Come...
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Making a Splash: One Order of Champions, Hold the Byrne!
Dig it, Groove-ophiles! The Champions were, indeed, at best a "B" level super-team in the Marvel Universe, but they could'a been contenders! The weird mish-mash of X-Men Angel and Iceman, Avengers...
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Team-up Week! Our Pal Sal: "Entropy, Entropy..." by Macchio, S. Buscema,...
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Welcome to Team-Up Week here at Groove City! We're kicking the week off with part one of one of the greatest storylines of the 70s, and absolutely the greatest run in Marvel...
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Team-up Week! Tuesday Team-ups: "The Night of the Shadow!" by O'Neil, Novick,...
Team-up Week continues! Here ya go, Groove-ophiles! Way back in January (you can read it here) we rapped about the very first team-up between The Batman and his inspiration, The Shadow! Well, the...
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Team-up Week! Black and White Wednesday: "And Then...The X-Men!" by Moench,...
Welcome back to Team-Up Week! Check it out, Groove-ophiles! Not only do we get another chapter of the truly-far-out Doug Moench/Walt Simonson/Alfredo Alcala Rampaging Hulk saga (from RH #2, January...
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Team-up Week! Thursday Team-ups: "The Gravity War!" by Conway, Edelman,...
Check it out, Groove-ophiles! Another day, another day of Team-up Week! Today we're wrapping up the Supergirl/Doom Patrol team-up from Superman Family! "The Gravity War!" plotted by Gerry Conway,...
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Team-up Week! The Grooviest Covers of All Time: DC Comics Presents Superman...
'Tis the last day of Team-up Week, Groove-ophiles, so let's end with something super! SuperMAN, that is! Near the end of the Groovy Age, DC finally gave Superman his own team-up mag (without having to...
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