Groovy Age Gold: "An Orchid for the Deceased!" by Kanigher, Infantino, and...
Dig it, Groove-ophiles! A Golden Age Black Canary strip from one of Ol' Groove's all-time favorite comics, DC 100-Page Super Spectacular#DC-20 (June 1973)! Talk about a Golden Age team of creators...
View ArticleThe Grooviest Covers of All Time: Deathlok!
Check it out, Groove-ophiles! As much as Ol' Groove digs Deathlok the Demolisher (brainchild of Rich Buckler, natch), for some reason I've never run the oh-so-cool covers from his original series in...
View ArticleMarvel-ous Mondays: "La Seeks Vengeance!" by Burroughs, Thomas, Buscema, and...
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! It's time for another chapter from Marvel's adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar! It's jungle action galore by the dream-team of Roy Thomas, John...
View ArticleIf You Blinked You Missed: Dolphin
Check it out, Groove-ophiles! Dolphin, the creation of Jay Scott Pike, made her debut in Showcase #79 (October 1968). For most of the Groovy Age, Dolphin was a bit of an enigma and legend, with her...
View ArticleBlack and White Wednesday: FOOM #13
It's the Thirteenth, so why not celebrate it with the thirteenth issue of FOOM Magazine from March 1976? This one features Daredevil (complete with a Gene Colan cover and interviews with Stan Lee and...
View ArticleDecent Comics: "Backward, Turn Backward, O Time in Your Flight!" by Bridwell,...
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! I dunno why I didn't do something like this sooner, but here's a new department focusing on DC Comics of the Groovy Age (after all, you've been diggin' Marvel-ous Mondays and...
View ArticleThe Grooviest Covers of All Time: Dr. Graves Grooves
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Ya know, one place where Charlton Comics doesn't get the respect it deserves when we rap about their covers. During the Groovy Age, The Boys from Derby absolutely killed...
View ArticleDecent Comics: "Death Deals the Cards!" by Kanigher and Kane
Howdy, Groove-pahdners! Time to get back in the saddle with Outlaw! Kanigher's All-Star Western creation's second outing was short, but beautifully illustrated by the one and only Gil Kane! From...
View ArticleThe Boys from Derby: "Satan's Pools" by Gill and Boyette
Dig it, Groove-ophiles! Ol' Groove chanced upon the sensational sixteenth issue of Ghost Manor (October 1973) and was struck by Joe Gill and Pat Boyette's "Satan's Pools". The story is a good...
View ArticleBlack and White Wednesday: "The Quest" by Margopoulos and Stone
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! In Skywald's Psycho #2 (cover-dated March 1971), writer Rich Margopoulos and artist Chic Stone gave us a twisted twist on the "planetary romance" genre of heroes like...
View ArticleGroove's Faves: "World of Captive Humans" by Moench, Tuska, and Esposito
What it is, Groove-ophiles! Can you believe it's been nearly four years since we rapped about Marvel's adaptation of Planet of the Apes? Crazy, huh? Well, as you probably know, with Adventures on the...
View ArticleMaking a Splash: Hot Wheels!
Let it be known, Groove-ophiles, that there was a time when comics actually had a competitor for my fanatical obsessions--Mattel's Hot Wheels. Li'l Groove was in the first grade, and digging comics a...
View ArticleMarvel-ous Mondays: "...And the Juggernaut Will Get You...If You Don't Watch...
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! We're back with the final all-new tale of The Beast from Amazing Adentures (ish #16, October 1972 to be precise; ish #17 features a reprint of The Beast's origin from the...
View ArticleDecent Comics: "When Fall the Mighty" by Conway, Levitz, Giffen, and Wood
Dig it, Groove-ophiles! With All-Star Comics #62 (June 1976), things are moving pretty rapidly toward returning the venerable Justice Society of America to prominence as the greatest super-team of all...
View ArticleBlack and White Wednesday: RIP Ken Barr
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! As most of you probably know, artist Ken Barr passed away about a month ago, just a few days after his 83rd birthday. Barr was an artist of international renown (you can read...
View ArticleThe Boys from Derby: "The Swamp Creature" by Gill, Larson, and Boxell
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Ya know how much we love swamp creatures here in Groove City, so anytime Ol' Groove chances upon a tale featuring some sorta muck we're gonna put it up here for all to...
View ArticleMaking a Splash: Marvelous McLeod (Bob, That Is)
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! During the Groovy Age (and beyond!), Young/Teen Groove was always happy to see the name of inker Bob McLeod in the credits. Loved his inks from the first time I saw 'em (for...
View ArticleDotGK Special Edition! A Groovy Guest-Post by Dusty Abel: May, 2016:...
Happy first day of May, Groove-ophiles! Groove-ophile Dusty Abell recently sent Ol' Groove a link to his Deviant Art page on which he posted his very own (and very awesome) version of the classic...
View ArticleMOKF Monday: "The Phoenix Gambit Part II: End Game" by Moench, Zeck, and Tartag
HiiiiiEEEYA, Groove-ophiles! Here's the cataclysmic conclusion to last month's MOKF Monday masterpiece, "The Phoenix Gambit Part II: End Game"! Creators Doug Moench, Mike Zeck, and John Tartaglione...
View ArticleGroovy Age Gold: "Mystery of the Black Cat!" by Frank Borth
Dig it, Groove-ophiles! Young Groove's introduction to the legendary Phantom Lady came in the form of a coverless copy of Adventure Comics #416 (aka DC 100-Page Super Spectacular # DC-10, January 1972)...
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