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Funny Stuff: "The Close Shaves of Pauline Peril" by Connell and Manning
Check it out, Groove-ophiles! Here's a short-lived but oh-so-hip and cool comic from Gold Key: The Close Shaves of Pauline Peril #1 (March 1970). Written and created by Disney/Gold Key great Del...
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The Grooviest Covers of All Time: More Conan by Barry (Windsor-) Smith
Dig it, Groove-ophiles! It's been many, many moons since we last planted our peepers on some suh-weeeet Barry (Windsor-) Smith Conan the Barbarian covers--in fact it was way back here in 2009! Here's...
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Marvel-ous Mondays: "And Then Came...Blockbuster!" by Edelman and Mooney
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Today we're looking back at Omega the Unknown #7 (December 1976), the first of two fill-in issues ordered by Jim Shooter (who was acting as Marvel's Editor-In-Chief, although...
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Decent Comics: "To Doomsday and Beyond!" by Skeates, Sherman, and Abel
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Here's the second of Steve Skeates, James Sherman, and Jack Abel's three Challengers of the Unknown stories for Super-Team Family! "To Doomsday and Beyond" is from...
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Black and White Wednesday: "The Soft, Sweet Lips of Hell" by O'Neil, Adams,...
HowOOOOO's it shakin', Groove-ophiles! Today we're gonna take a look at somethin' creepy and kooky. No, not the Addams Family, Lester! Ol' Groove's rappin' about Stainless Steve Englehart's (who's 70th...
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Funny Stuff: "Something Funny Is Going On"
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! A couple weeks ago, Groove-ophile Kevin L. asked about Rich Rich Vault of Mystery. Well, Kevin, RRVoM ran for five issues (August 1974-April 1975) before it changed its...
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Making a Splash: Kerry Gammill's Groovy Age Power Man and Iron Fist
Whazzup, Groove-ophiles! Ol' Groove doesn't know why we've never rapped about Kerry Gammill's su-poib Power Man and Iron Fist art, but we're gonna rectify that sitch today (or is that "two days"--two...
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Marvel-ous Mondays: "The Battle of New Brittania!" by Thomas, Friedrich,...
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Here's another truly cool and far-out Ka-Zar adventure for your comicbook consumption! "The Battle of New Brittania!" (written by Roy Thomas and Gary Friedrich with art by...
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Decent Comics: "The Soul-Spell of Father Bliss!" by Michelinie and Redondo
Check it out, Groove-ophiles! It's Swamp Thing vs. the reverse-Exorcist! From Swamp Thing #15 (December 1974), here are David Michelinie and Nestor Redondo with..."The Soul-Spell of Father Bliss!"
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Black and White Wednesday: "How a Comic Is Created" Parts 1 and 2 by Paul Levitz
Dig it, Groove-ophiles! Ol' Groove's love for comics was always so strong that I always wanted to create 'em myself. I wanted to draw, write, everything--and eventually I did start making my own comics...
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Survey Says: What Were DC, Marvel, and Charlton Up To?
Dig it, Groove-ophiles! DC (in the summer of 1970), Marvel (in the summer of 1972), and Charlton (in the winter of 1976) ran huge honkin' surveys in their mags--and they're a hoot, to say the least....
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Famous First Fridays: Brian Bolland's DC Debut
Check it out, Groove-ophiles! It's been a while since we did a Famous First Friday, and does Ol' Groove have a doozy for ya today! Artist Brian Bolland had made his mark in the UK during the late 70s,...
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Marvel-ous Monday: "One Upon a Time...In My Heart!" by Jackson, Mooney, and Chan
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! As Ol' Groove dashes this post off on the old laptop, love is in the air all aound--it's Prom Season! My FaceBook page is filled with former students in suits, tuxes, and...
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Decent Comics: "There Goes the Neighborhood!" by Bridwell, Newton, and Hunt
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! It's time for another SHAZAM! mini-epic, this one from World's Finest #260 (September 1979). "There Goes the Neighborhood!" is another short charmer by writer E. Nelson...
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Black and White Wednesday: "Pinball Wizard" by Moench and Corben
WHO in the name of Tommy had the audacity to create a short horror shocker called "Pinball Wizard"? No, not Elton John, ya dingbat! It had to be Doug Moench and Rich Corben for Creepy #66 (September...
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Funny Stuff: "Dr. Spook"
Time to giggle a little, Groove-ophiles! Ol' Groove always enjoys a good Spooky tale, and "Dr. Spook" (love that title--my mom had the actual Dr. Spock Baby and Childcare book on her nightstand at all...
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The Grooviest Covers of All Time: Groove's Faves from May 1977
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Let's truck on back to May 1977! Seattle Slew! Space Mountain! Sir Duke! Hotel California! Dreams! Lucille! Smokey and the Bandit! Annie Hall! And some little film called...
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Marvel-ous Mondays: "The Alien and the Amphibian!" by Thomas, Colan, and...
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Back in the Groovy Age, it seemed to be a thing that somewhere around issues 3/4/5 the hero of the mag would get a visit by a groovy guest-star. For our favorite Space-Born...
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Decent Comics: "Ivan" by Kirby and Royer
What's up, Groove-ophiles! In Our Fighting Forces #160's (July 1975)Â "Ivan" by Jack Kirby and Mike Royer, we're given two of the most vile and frightening characters in the King's entire run on the...
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Black and White Wednesday: FOOM Magazine #9 Cosmic Stuff by Stern, Vohland,...
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Here's the best ish of FOOM Magazine Young Groove never had: the special cosmic issue: FOOM #9 (late 1974/early 1975)! Yeah, Young Groove's subscription for FOOM ran out...
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