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Groove's Faves: "The Batman Encounters--Gray Face" by Gibson and Yeates
Dig it, Groove-ophiles! When the Groovy Age ended, it definitely went out with a bang, not a whimper. Take for example, Detective Comics #500. Coming out just a couple days before Christmas 1980, this...
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Black and White Wednesday: "An Alien Charm" by Gill and Ayers
What it is, Groove-ophiles! Today we're gonna look at a rare Groovy Age Dick Ayers job for Charlton! Yep, the Darlin' One actually illustrated a story for Charlton's b&w Space: 1999 #5 (April...
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The Boys from Derby: "Curiosity Killed the Cat" by Pellowski and Zeck
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! It's two, two, two Mike's in one short shocker! "Curiosity Killed the Cat" was written by Mike Pellowski and illoed by the marvelous Mike Zeck! Let's truck on back to...
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The Grooviest Covers of All Time: More Mike Grell!
Iron Mike Grell had a birthday this past Tuesday, so let's wish him a happy 69th birthday by looking back at a smattering of some more of his grooviest Groovy Age covers!
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If You Blinked You Missed..."Omega the Unknown" by Gerber, Skrenes, and Mooney
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! For those of us who were growing up during the Groovy Age, one of the most unique and well-remembered Marvel mags was Omega the Unknown. Co-created and written (mostly) by...
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Decent Comics: "The Invincible Man" by Bridwell, Newton, and Schaffenberger
Holy Moley, Groove-ophiles! It's another episode of E. Nelson Bridwell, Don Newton, and Kurt Schaffenberger's SHAZAM! from World's Finest (issue 257, March 1979, that is)! Is there any possible way to...
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Black and White Wednesday: DC on TV from Amazing World of DC Comics #15
Dig it, Groove-ophiles! In The Amazing World of DC Comics #15 (August 1977), Anthony Tollin wrote a nice, photo-filled article encapsulating the history of DC heroes on live-action TV. Later in that...
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The Boys from Derby: "Satana's Paradise!" by Gill and PAM
Dig it, Groove-ophiles! Another Vengeance Squad adventure (from VS #4, October 1975) comin' at ya! This is another Joe Gill/Pete (PAM) Morisi collaboration. More wordy than usual, lots of talking heads...
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The Grooviest BACK Covers of All Time: Basil Wolverton Goes Plop!
Dig it, Groove-ophiles! The amazing Basil Wolverton provided the creepy/crazy/cool covers for the first fourteen issues of PLOP! but did you know that for the first ten issues he also provided the back...
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Marvel-ous Mondays: "The Power of Ka-Zar!" by Lee and Kirby
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Is there a better way to kick off a new week than by looking back at a little-seen Stan Lee/Jack Kirby collaboration? Nuuuuh-uh! Here's one of Stan and Jack's last team-ups...
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Decent Comics: "Big Max" by Kirby and Royer
Whoooooo! Kirby two days in a row! Today we're gonna look back at another of the King's Losers masterpieces, "Big Max" from Our Fighting Forces #153 (November 1974). This one's pretty out there with...
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Black and White Wednesday: "Politics of Death!" by Mantlo, Perez, and Abel
HiiiYA, Groove-ophiles! Bill Mantlo, George Perez, and Jack Abel's "Politics of Death" (featuring the Sons of the Tiger, natch) is probably one of (if not THE) most violent stories Ol' Groove can...
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The Boys from Derby: "Lafferty's Wife" by Gill and Glanzman
Dig it, Groove-ophiles--a ghoulishly groovy fear fable illustrated by Sam Glanzman and written by Joe Gill! "Lafferty's Wife" was originally published in Ghostly Haunts #20 (July 1971), and now you get...
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Making a Splash: Marvel Comics Forty Years Ago This Month, September 1976
Ah, September 1976. Young Groove had just morphed into Teen Groove and was entering one of the best school years ever--8th grade. That has nothing to do with how cool Marvel's output was for that fab...
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Marvel-ous Mondays: "Requiem for a Warlord!" by Wolfman, Kane, and Nebres
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Whaddya say we kick this week off with a superior mix of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Marv Wolfman, Gil Kane, and Rudy Nebres? This particular ish of John Carter Warlord of Mars...
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Decent Comics: "The Attack of the Underlord!" by Levitz, Staton, and Layton
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Time to rock and roll with another JSA mini-spectacular by Paul Levitz, Joe Staton, and Bob Layton! "The Attack of the Underlord" (from All Star Comics #67, April 1977)...
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Black and White Wednesday: Bernie Wrightson...Original Art from the Swamp
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! It's October, so it's time to start getting ready for Hooooowl-oween! One of the high-points of the Groovy Age for Ol' Groove (and many other citizens of Groove City) was...
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The Boys from Derby: "Adversaries" by Gill and Janes
What it is, Groove-ophiles! What d'ya say we truck on back to March 1979 for a scary tale (from Scary Tales #20, and the only non-reprint scary tale in the ish, no less) by Joe Gill (as Thomas Tuna)...
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Making a Splash: Atlas/Seaboard's Supernatural Heroes (and Monsters)
Dig it, Groove-ophiles! While Atlas/Seaboard wasn't the most original comicbook company in the history of comics, they at least had some great artists working on those kinda-familiar-comix. Since it...
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Marvel-ous Mondays: "Panic on Pier One!" by Claremont, S. Buscema, and Marcos
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Marvel Team-Up #58's (March 1977) "Panic on Pier One!"Â is what Marvel liked to call an "offbeat issue." Not only are Spider-Man and Ghost Rider a pretty mis-matched pair of...
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