Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Random Reads: "Red Swords, Black Wings!" by Effinger and Mayerick

Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Would ya like to groove to another chilling chapter of Marvel's adaptation of Lin Carter's Thongor? Ol' Groove thought you might! This third chapter in our savage hero's saga, "Red Swords, Black Wings!" is by our regular creative team of writer George Alec Effinger and artists Val Mayerick and Vinnie Colletta and comes from Creatures on the Loose #24 (April 1973). If ya need to catch up, click here for part one and here for part two.
Cover art by John Romita and Ernie Chan
















Stay tuned! Ya never know when the next chapter will show up!
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  1. DougieJanuary 31, 2012 at 2:16 PM

    I would have snapped this up as a kid. I didn't get round to the Thongor paperbacks until my mid-teens (78-80) and they're gloriously badly-written fun. When did Thingor's hair turn auburn? Was it the next issue?

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