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Random Reads: "Lower Than an Insect"
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Now, it doesn't get much more random than this, baby! From Sad Sack #222 (June 1971) here's "Lower Than an Insect!"
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Making a Splash: Happy 81st Birthday (Plus a Day) to Our Pal Sal
Yep, yesterday was Our Pal Sal's birthday, but Ol' Groove waited 'til today so I could tie my Sal tribute into our semi-regular Friday feature, Making a Splash. Sal Buscema was Young Groove's first...
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Marvel-ous Monday: "Out of the Holocaust--a Hero!" by Thomas, Colan, and...
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Today we're gonna check out Marvel Super-Heroes #14--er Captain Marvel #1! Yep, "Out of the Holocaust--a Hero!" by Roy Thomas, Gene Colan, and Vinnie Colletta was intended to...
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Decent Comics: "Panama Fattie" by Kirby and Royer
Dig it, Groove-ophiles! Here's part one of Jack Kirby's only two-part Losers story from Our Fighting Forces #157 (April 1975). "Panama Fattie" might not be the nicest name for a lady (and she'd tell...
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Black and White Wednesday: "The Testing of Blackmark" by Goodwin and Kane
Dig it, Groove-ophiles! From Savage Sword of Conan #3 (October 1974), here's chapter three of "The Testing of Blackmark" written by Archie Goodwin and (natch!) created and drawn by Gil Kane!
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Bring On the Back-ups: "The Return of OMAC!" by Starlin and Rubinstein
Dig it, Groove-ophiles! One of the most potentially cool-yet-ultimately-disappointing things about the DC ExImplosion was the glimpse of Jim Starlin's revamp of Jack Kirby's OMAC in the back of Kamandi...
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Making a Splash: Michael Golden Goes Bats, Man!
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Michael Golden's Batman was way beyond awesome, and it's a shame he didn't draw more of the Darknight Detective's adventures. We can give thanks, though, for those he did...
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Marvel-ous Mondays: "Dejah Thoris Lives!" by Wolfman, Kane, and Sutton
What's shakin', Groove-ophiles! Today we're back with another chapter of Marv Wofman and Gil Kane's "Air Pirates of Mars" epic! For "Dejah Thoris Lives!" our powerhouse pair was joined by inker Tom...
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Decent Comics: "A Parting of the Ways!" by Levitz, Staton, and Layton
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Here's another far-out adventure featuring the great Justice Society of America! "A Parting of the Ways!" by Paul Levitz, Joe Staton, and Bob Layton effectively thins out...
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Black and White Wednesday: "The Planet Inheritors!" by Moench and Ploog
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Y'know, it wasn't Ol' Groove's intention to leave us hanging for nearly a year, but here we are. Way back in March of last year we planted our peepers on Doug Moench and Mike...
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Bring On the Back-ups: "For This Is the New Origin of OMAC!" by Starlin and...
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Just like Ol' Groove promised ya last Thursday, here's part two of Jim Starlin's turn at revamping OMAC. "For This Is the New Origin of OMAC!" (inked by Joe Rubinstein)...
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The Grooviest Covers of All Time: Weird Heroes
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Today Ol' Groove is (finally) sharing the covers of his all-time favorite paperback novel series: Weird Heroes! Byron Preiss' brainchild of New American Pulp will be getting...
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Marvel-ous Mondays: "Through the Rat Hole--Into the Cat's Lair!" by Gerber,...
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Omega the Unknown #5 (August 1977) is another shocker by the team of Steve Gerber, Mary Skrenes, and Jim Mooney. As with the past couple issues, the "main" part of the story,...
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Decent Comics: "Command Performance!" by Englehart, Rogers, and Colletta
Happy Valentine's Day, Groove-ophiles! For this most romantic of days, Ol' Groove thought he'd lay the one Steve Englehart/Marshall Rogers (inked by Vinnie Colletta) Mister Miracle we haven't rapped...
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Black and White Wednesday: Arthur Adams Covers the Groovy Age
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Today we're going all Monty Python on ya and doing something completely different. One of Ol' Groove's most favorite post-Groovy Age artists is Art Adams. His Longshot...
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Bring On the Back-ups: "The Decision!" by Starlin and Tanghal
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! We're back with the third chapter of Jim Starlin's OMAC revival! "The Decision!" from Warlord #38 (July 1980) was written and laid out by Judo Jim, the finishes and inks...
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Making a Splash: Curt Swan's Groovy Superman
What it is, Groove-ophiles! Did'ja know that today is the 97th anniversary of the birth of Curt Swan? Well, 'tis! So whaddya say we celebrate the birthdate of THE Superman artist of the Groovy Age by...
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Marvel-ous Mondays: "Rampage!" by Conway, Smith, and Giacoia
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! We're back with another Ka-Zar adventure astonishingly illustrated by Barry (Windsor-) Smith, with inks by Frank Giacoia. Gerry Conway's script for "Rampage!"Â ain't too...
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Decent Comics: "The Leviathan Conspiracy" by Wein and Redondo
Dig it, Groove-opiles! "The Leviathan Conspiracy" in Swamp Thing #13 (August 1974) was writer/co-creator Len Wein's final ST script of the Groovy Age. Wein went out, imho, on a high note, tying up many...
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Black and White Wednesday: "The Winnah!" by Eisner w/Feiffer
Whaddya say we truck on back to the Golden Age via the Groovy Age today, Groove-ophiles? This one is a wonderful trip down Memory Lane for Ol' Groove. One of those cold, rainy days just before...
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