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Making a Splash: 13 Splashes from Marvel Team-Up
Remember these issues of Marvel Team-Up, Groove-ophiles? A lot of far-out Groovy Age artists (besides the already spotlighted Gil Kane, Sal Buscema, and John Byrne) left their mark on Spidey and...
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Marvel-ous Monday: "Waiting for the End of the World!" by Grant and Trimpe
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Here it is! The controversial finale to Omega the Unknown in Defenders #77 (August 1979)! Steven Grant (with plot assist by Mark Gruenwald) and Herb Trimpe (with inkers Al...
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Decent Comics: "Underworld Reward!" by Skeates and Aparo!
Glub, glub, Groove-ophiles! Ya know, Ol' Groove can remember getting this comic way back in January 1969. Dear Ol' Dad brought it home from his trip to the local King Kwik, and man, did it stick with...
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Black and White Wednesday: "Taxing" by Gumen and Gamble
Remember the TV show Taxi, Groove-ophiles? Great show, funny and charming, with a stellar cast of folk; many of whom would become household names (Judd Hirsch, Danny DeVito, Christopher Lloyd, Andy...
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Funny Stuff Two-Fer: "Now and Then" by Skeates and Cardy and "A Perfectly...
Steve Skeates again, Groove-ophiles? Sure, why not? After all, Sir Steve is an old pal and one of the greatest writers of the Groovy Age (an award-winning fan-fave if there ever was one)! We've seen...
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The Grooviest Covers of All Time: Jack Kirby's Fourth World
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! In Ol' Groove's eyes, Jack Kirby's Fourth World universe at DC in the early 1970s is one of the greatest comicbook creations ever. New Gods. Mister Miracle. Forever...
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Thanos Week! Secret Origins: Thanos
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Well, this is it! The big week when Avengers: Infinity War hits the big screen here in the U.S. Young Groove had an extremely vivid and memorable dream one night waaaay back...
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Thanos Week! Comicbook Scenes Ol' Groove Hopes Will (At Least Sort Of) Be In...
Wow, is that a mouthful of a title or what, Groove-ophiles? Still, that's what we're gonna look at today. Ol' Groove has picked through all the Groovy Age appearances of Thanos and these (in no...
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Thanos Week! Black and White Wednesday: Original Jim Starlin Thanos Art
Check it out, Groove-ophiles! Ol' Groove has been scouring the interwebs to find samples of Jim Starlin's incredible Groovy Age Thanos art, and did I ever find some goodies! Inked by the likes of Al...
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Thanos Week: Funny Stuff (?): "The Cat and the Cosmic Cube" by Sullivan,...
Behold, Thanos' shame, Groove-ophiles. Ol' Groove knows that you know, Groove-ophiles, that some humor is intentional and some is not (yers trooley proves that quite often here...). One has to wonder...
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The Grooviest Covers of All Time: Jim Starlin's Thanos In the Groovy Age
Dig it, Groove-ophiles! You knew that we were gonna wind up Thanos Week with a loving look back at Jim Starlin and company's cozmik covers featuring Thanos, right? Well, you know how Ol' Groove hates...
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Marvel-ous Monday: "Vira the She-Demon!" by Kirby and Royer
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! More kosmik Jack King Kirby from 2001: A Space Odyssey #2 (October 1977) with "Vira the She-Demon!" Kirby exploring the rise of civilization in his own unique and...
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Decent Comics: "Rebirth and Nightmare" by Conway and Redondo
Okay, Groove-ophiles: the cover of Swamp Thing #23 (March 1976) claims, and I quote, "Because YOU asked for it!" What Ol' Groove wants to know is, which one'a you asked for "The New Swamp Thing"?...
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Black and White Wednesday: "The Myth of Dracula" by Hewetson and de la Fuente
Check it out, Groove-ophiles! Ol' Groove is a big Dracula fan, so it's always cool to see a "true history" of our favorite vampire king. Looks like Archaic Al Hewetson actually wrote an essay on "the...
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Funny Stuff: "In Other Words" by ? and Rhoads
Ha, ha, ha, hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Don't you hate it when you come up with what you think is a fool-proof plan, but it backfires so completely that you're worse of than when you started? But...
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The Grooviest Covers of All Time: Joe Kubert's Unknown Soldier
Check it out, Groove-ophiles! While Young Groove dug Sgt. Rock, Haunted Tank, and the rest of DC's war features, his fave was (and still is) the Unknown Soldier. Debuting in Star Spangled War Stories...
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Marvel-ous Monday: "Twice Removed from Yesterday!" by Moench, Buckler, and...
Greetings, Groove-ophiles! With Astonishing Tales #31's (May 1975) "Twice Removed from Yesterday!" the Deathlok series is really starting to hit its stride. It looks great and seems to have found a...
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Decent Comics: "The Anger of the Black Orchid!" by Mayer and DeZuniga
Dig it, Groove-ophiles! While "The Anger of the Black Orchid! by co-creators Sheldon Mayer and Tony DeZuniga is the last feature-length Black Orchid tale in Adventure Comics, it's not the end of our...
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Black and White Wednesday: Groovy Age Unused Cover Gallery
Covers! Comicbooks can live or die by those pages designed to protect the insides of the mag! A great cover artist can move thousands of copies--if the editor okays those covers first! Here are a...
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Funny Stuff: "The Toy Spies"
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Here's a short little giggler featuring from Gold Key's O.G. Whiz #2 (February 1971). How does a child executive handle corporate espionage? Better than most adults!
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