Monday, December 12, 2016

Marvel-ous Mondays: "Burn While You Learn!" by Gerber, Skrenes, and Mooney

Greetings, Groove-ophiles! We're headed back to Hell's Kitchen and Omega the Unknown! As cool as it is to see a rock-'em sock-'em dust-up between Omega and Electro, the thing that grabbed Teen Groove was when we looked at young James-Michael's trials and tribulations at school. As Ol' Groove has said before, the "real life" stuff in OtU was waaaaay more scary than a bad guy in green tights could ever be. From Omega the Unknown #3 (April 1976), here's "Burn While You Learn!" by Steve Gerber, Mary Skrnes, and Jim Mooney!
Cover art by Gil Kane and Frank Giacoia


















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4 comments:

  1. Charlie Horse 47December 12, 2016 at 2:22 PM

    Groove, Electro was always a fav! If you ever want to feature him and covers he's on (especially spider man) I'll send you a no-prize suitable for framing!

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  2. AnonymousDecember 12, 2016 at 8:30 PM

    A strange and wonderful little series by the great Steve Gerber, who was not afraid to challenge his readers. The Marvel Universe would not have been the same without him.
    M.P.

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  3. keythd23December 16, 2016 at 1:33 PM

    This title, released during an expansion of Marvel titles with a lot of innovation, was the dud of the bunch.

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  4. AnonymousMay 29, 2017 at 2:19 PM

    I may be crazy, but does anyone else think that the splash page was pencilled by Gene Colan? Which would be especially odd, since he was rarely in the Marvel offices; I can't think of another instance when he was asked to do a fill in/correction page...

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