Merry Christmas, Groove-ophiles! Ol' Groove is back with another trip back to the December offerings that could be found on our favorite spinner racks (or, by now in a lot of places, the bottom shelf of the magazine display) in the month of December. Today we're going back to Ol' Groove's (ugh!) high school freshman year of 1977. Going from grade school to high school was a huge change for Teen Groove, and it seemed that changes were in the offing for my beloved comicbooks. December 1977 was a month filled with highs and lows. A lot of shuffling of creative teams was happening (
SHAZAM!, Daredevil, Captain Marvel, and
Iron Man), a very cool and an admittedly just okay debut (
Firestorm and
Steel), and some head scratchers (
Man from Atlantis and
Human Fly)--but Teen Groove bought 'em all. Okay, not "all" but a lot. Probably too many. But hey, what better way to spend a cold winter break than with our super-pals from Marvel and DC?
Steve Ditko drew a buncha Wonder Woman pages! Steve Ditko!!
Yep, the conclusion of Steve Englehart, Marshall Rogers, and Terry Austin's "Laughing Fish" Joker two-parter!
Another extremely anticipated DC December debut!
Shockingly awesome new version of the Marvel Family by artist Alan Weiss.
Longtime writer Scott Edelman's final ish/artist Pat Broderick's CM debut.
Writer Roger McKenzie's DD debut (with Gil Kane/Klaus Janson art)!
Gil Kane's final Warlord ish.
Waaay up high on Ol' Groove's list of "comicbook perfection"! Roy Thomas, John Buscema, Alfredo Alcala, and Marie Severin? Happy Holidays, by Crom!
Claremont and Byrne, baby! Meee-YOW!
Walt Simonson layouts (yay)! Jack Abel finishes (what th--)?!
