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Micronauts Mondays: "To the Victors Belongs a World!" by Mantlo, Golden, and...
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Baron Karza is dead! Acroyear takes the spotlight! The wrap-up of the Micronauts/Baron Karza war! Michael Golden's final ish as interior penciler! Yep, Ol' Groove is rapping...
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Groove's Faves: "The Hunt" by P. Kupperberg, Newton, and Adkins
Dig it, Groove-ophiles! In July 1977, Aquaman graduated from the pages of Adventure Comics (where he'd been appearing for the past couple of years) to his own revived title. After seven issues, the...
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Black and White Wednesday: "Dreams of Grandeur" by Lewis, Mayerik, and Janson
Check it out, Groove-ophiles! Here's a sci-fi shocker from the cool creative combo of Budd Lewis, Val Mayerik, and Klaus Janson! "Dreams of Grandeur", from Creepy #111 (July 1979), takes hero worship...
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Byrne-ing to Read: "The Day the World Winds Down" by Macchio, Byrne, and Friends
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! We're back with another chapter of the Project Pegasus prelude! Hey, if you asked most folks when John Byrne drew his first ish of 2-in-1, they would probably say ish...
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Making a Splash: Kirby's FF, 1967 Style!
Yeah, this summer was brutal on Marvel's premiere super-team, the Fantastic Four. Their mag was cancelled. The team was disbanded. And the movie was a big ol' flop! There was a time, though, when the...
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MoKF Mondays: "Death Masque!" by Moench, Gulacy, and Adkins
HiiiiiiiiiYA, Groove-ophiles! Y'know, Marvel's line of Giant-Size comics (68 pages for fifty cents) generated tons of excitement in 74/75! One of the best of the best was Giant-Size Master of Kung Fu...
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Titanic Tuesdays: "Raid of the Rocket-Rollers" by Rozakis, Delbo, and Colletta
Dig it, Groove-ophiles! Skateboarding was a big-thang during the Groovy Age, so much that the sport even made it into movies, TV shows, and the occasional comic book! In May 1977, the Teen Titans faced...
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Black and White Wednesday: "Museum Piece" by Wein and Moren
Greetings, my Groovy Ghoulies! Here's a short shocker from Len (Swamp Thing) Wein and Serg Moren called "Museum Piece". Another classic from Skywald's Psycho #4 (cover-dated September 1971). Dig it!
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Byrne-ing to Read: "The Inner War!" by Gruenwald, Macchio, Byrne, and Sinnott
This is it, Groove-ophiles! The Pegasus Project officially begins here with "The Inner War!" from Marvel Two-In-One #53 (April 1979)! Mark Gruenwald, Ralph Macchio, John Byrne, and Joe Sinnott get it...
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The Grooviest Covers of All Time: Neal Adams' Tarzan Paperback Covers
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Back in the mid-to-late 70s, Neal Adams did a bunch of Tarzan paperback covers for Ballentine Books' "black edition". Young Groove actually ordered the first, Edgar Rice...
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Greetings from Skartaris: "Tower of Fear" by Mike Grell
Greetings from Skartaris, Groove-ophiles! Mike Grell is at it again with another magnificent, and appropriately for October, macabre ish of Warlord! "Tower of Fear" from Warlord #10 (September 1977)...
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The Boys from Derby: "Gangwar" by Cuti and Staton
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Dig this far-out Michael Mauser tale from the final ish of Charlton's Vengeance Squad (#6, March 1976)! Creators Nick Cuti and Joe Staton always hit a home run, don't they?
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Black and White Wednesday: "One Autumn at Arkham" by Tom Sutton
HoooooowwOOOOOOOO's it hanging, Groove-ophiles! Today we're gonna dig on the genius of Tom Sutton in stunning black and white! From Creepy #64 (cover-dated August 1974) prepare for..."One Autumn at...
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Thursday Two-fer: "Countdown!" by Ralph Reese and "Message from Beyond" by...
Dig it, Groove-ophiles! Two, count 'em, two far-out fear fables from the pencil and pen of amazing Ralph Reese! The first, "Countdown!" from House of Mystery #195 (August 1971), was written and drawn...
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Grooviest Covers of All Time: 13 Marvel-ous Horrors
Come into my parlor, Groove-ophiles! Today we're going to plant our peepers on 13 of Ol' Groove's fave covers from Marvel's monster/mystery anthology titles of the early 1970s. Have your flashlight...
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Were-Week! Monday Marvels: "Cat and Mouse" by Isabella, Meugnoit, and Colletta
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Ol' Groove does some ka-razee things sometimes, and this is the continuation of one of 'em! Waaaaaaaaaaaay back in November of 2013, we dug on the first of Tigra's...
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Were-Week! Random Reads: "Requiem for a Werewolf!" by Channing and Sutton
HooowwwOOOOOOOOOO's it going, Groove-ophiles! Another day, another werewolf (well, it is October...)! This time, Marv Channing and Tom Sutton bring us a howling and happening horror tale whose ending...
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Were-Week! Black and White Wednesday: "Dime Novel Hero!" by Cuti and Heath
How-ow-AAAAOOOOOOOOO's it shakin', Groove-ophiles! Were-week is clambering on in a cowboy kinda way with this short-shocker from Nick Cuti and Russ Heath (with the pages in the correct order on...
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Were-Week! Groovy Age Gold: "Poor Mr. Watkins" by Lee and Roth
Here's a Golden Age howler for ya from Stan Lee and Werner Roth, Groove-ophiles! Originally presented in Menace #1 (cover-dated March1953), "Poor Mr. Watkins" was reprinted in yet another first...
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Were-Week Concludes! The Grooviest Covers of All Time: 13 Werewolves
Check it ow-ow-owoooOUT, Groove-ophiles! 13 of Ol' Groove's fave covers featuring a variety of werewolves from a variety of publishers in no particular order! Don'tcha just love those hairy horrors?
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