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Mining for Gold(en): "Target: The Shotgun Sniper!" by Rozakis and Golden
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! It's been a while since we rapped about Man-Bat, so Ol' Groove's gonna make up some time! Today we're gonna check out "Target: The Shotgun Sniper!", the first of a two-part...
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Mining for Gold(en): "Bulls-Eye for Murder!" by Rozakis and Golden
We're back with the second part of our superior (and kinda spooky) Man-Bat saga by Bob Rozakis and Michael Golden, Groove-ophiles! Is Kirk Langstrom gonna be a daddy--or a widower? Let's go back to...
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Black and White Wednesday: "Satana" by Thomas and Romita and "Everything You...
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Hey, it's almost Halloween! The Devil you say? Nay, the Devil's Daughter I say! Satana, the Devil's Daughter, to be exact! Created by Roy Thomas and John Romita, Satana made...
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Amazed by Aparo: "The Phantom Crew" by Dipluhm and Aparo
'Tis almost Halloween, Groove-ophiles, so don'tcha think it's time for a good, old-fashioned ghost story? Yeah, Ol' Groove thought you would! So here's a creepy classic from "Norm Dipluhm" and Jim...
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Making a Splash: 13 of Berni Wrightson's Best
Happy Halloween, Groove-ophiles! Groovy Age Master of the Macabre, Berni Wrightson sure created some memorable supernatural splashes (and fearsome frontispieces, too), didn't he? Here are 13 of Ol'...
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Murphy Anderson Week: "Arrival!" by Wolfman, Kubert, and Anderson
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! As most of you no doubt know, the great Murphy Anderson passed away on October 22 at the age of 89. Anderson was one of the all-time masters of the comicbook form, having...
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Murphy Anderson Week: "Brother for a Day!" by Bates, Swan, and Anderson
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! We're back with day two of our week-long tribute to Murphy Anderson! Today we're gonna dig on yet another of Ol' Groove's faves, "Brother for a Day!", a very cool Private...
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Murphy Anderson Week: Black and White and Anderson (with Swan and Infantino)
Dig it, Groove-ophiles! For this particular Black and White Wednesday, here's a bunch of b&w Murphy Anderson art--either solo or in tandem with Carmine Infantino or Curt Swan. Your eyes will thank...
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Murphy Anderson Week: "The Case of the Off-Key Crimes!" by Wein and Anderson
Hawkman! We can't possibly spend a week celebrating the work of Murphy Anderson without including one of his Hawkman masterpieces! And if Ol' Groove's not terribly mistaken (and I'm sure someone out...
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Murphy Anderson Week Concludes! The Grooviest Covers of All Time: Murphy...
Time to wrap up our week-long tribute to Murphy Anderson, Groove-ophiles! Hope you've dug it! Ol' Groove thought we'd wrap things up with a dyn-o-mite dozen of Anderson's awesome artistry on a variety...
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Our Pal Sal: "No Way to Treat a Lady" by Claremont, S. Buscema, and Leialoha
Dig it, Groove-ophiles! A mere month before Marvel started the main storyline that would become the legendary "Pegasus Project" saga, Chris Claremont, Sal Buscema (Our pal!), and Steve Leialoha got it...
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Titanic Tuesdays: "The Coast-to-Coast Calamities!" by Rozakis, Heck, and Geilla
It's Titanic Tuesday, so that means it's time for another Teen Titans adventure! This one comes from the TT's 50th ish (July 1977) courtesy writer Bob Rozakis and artists Don Heck and Joe Geilla. Good...
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A Groovy Guest Post by Jasper Bark: TENTACULAR SPECTACULAR LOVECRAFT IN THE...
As a young child, growing up in the UK, the Groovy Age of comics was mostly in black and white, and just out of reach on the magazine racks. Though a precocious reader, I was still a toddler in the mid...
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Groovy Age Gold: "Oh, Plastic Man!" by Jack Cole
This one's for you, Groove-ophile Keith Donald! I'm sure the rest of y'all hanging out in Groove City will dig this classic Jack Cole Plastic Man masterpiece from Batman #238 (the stunning...
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The Grooviest Covers of All Time: Mike Grell Made Me Buy These! Round Two
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! It's been a while since we did one of these (in fact, it was way back here), so Ol' Groove thinks it's high time we revisited (seven) more of Iron Mike Grell's grooviest...
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Metal Mondays: "The Master Machinations of the Missile Men!" by Conway and...
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Gerry Conway and Joe Staton are still at it with those ka-razee Metal Men! This time, our fave 'bots meet the Inheritor, "the world's first true android"--and possibly Doc...
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The Boys from Derby: "The Grass Is Always Greener" by Pellowski and Vosburg
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Here's a charmingly wacky fear-fable from Creepy Things #3 (September 1975)! "The Grass Is Always Greener" was written by Mike Pellowski and illustrated by Mike (Starfire)...
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Black and White Wednesday: "The Monster and the Metal Master!" by Moench,...
The Hulk in France! No romance happenin', though, Groove-ophiles! Just the Gray Goliath vs. the Metal Master(and his freaky Ferronaut) trying to lay the smack-down on one another! It's fun, action...
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Bring On the Back-ups: "Crimes by Calculation!" by Rozakis, Grell, and Austin
Dig it, Groove-ophiles! Way back in Detective Comics issues 463-468, writer Bob Rozakis and editor Julie Schwartz hit upon a novel idea: make a super-villain the star of Detective Comics' back-up...
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Making a Splash: Marvel Comics 40 Years Ago This Month
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Whaddya say we truck on back to November 1975 to see what Marvel Comics had to offer us in exchange for our precious quarters? I thought you might dig that! What Ol'...
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