Showing posts with label dc. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dc. Show all posts

Friday, October 30, 2020

Super-Heroes vs. Monsters, Groovy Age Style!

 Happy Halloween, Groove-ophiles! Let's take a trip through the Groovy Age (well, 1972-1980 to be exact) and check out thirteen fearsome and far-out super-hero vs. monster covers (by the talents of titans Gil Kane, Nick Cardy, Joe Staton, Mike Grell, Rich Buckler, Dave Cockrum, and more). The twist, or theme within the theme, if you will, is that all of these classics hit the spinner racks in the month of October during that sensational and sparkling span! To make things even more interesting, it had to be straight-up super-heroes, not supernatural super-heroes (sorry Doc Strange et al), not monster super-heroes (looking at you Thing, Hulk, and company), but out-and-out long-underwear types (or, in Iron Man's case, long-armor?) vs. monsters! Aw, you don't wanna read the rules--you wanna look at the awesome covers! Onward!















Friday, August 28, 2020

Happy Birthday to the King of Comics!

Today is the 103rd anniversary of the birth of Jacob Kurtzberg, better known to us all as Jack Kirby, the absolute King of Comics. I've been absorbing Jack's DC work through my very pores this year, thanks to these collections...


Yeah, I already had tons of the original comics, but re-reading them in tpb form is both handy and a new way to experience old favorites. All that's left are Kamandi (my omnibus, which I ordered for MY birthday, last Wednesday, the 26th)  should be here soon!) and Forever People (which I'll get for Christmas, if not sooner). 

Now I just need this to go back into print...

And for a miracle to happen so these can be collected in their own volumes...

Happy birthday, Jack Kirby! Your legacy still entertains, enthralls, and amazes me! Thank you so very, very much!

Friday, August 14, 2020

Decisions, Decisions...

Dig it, Groove-ophiles! It's the Summer of 1979 and you're at the barbershop waiting to get a haircut (or waiting for your brother to get one). There's a stack of new comics in the waiting area. You have time to read only one of them...which do you choose and why? Have fun!










Friday, May 29, 2020

A Mess of Mirthful Memories and Mementos

Hey, Kids! Comics from 50 Years Ago!
May 26 & 28, 1970







Groovy Age Splash Page of the Week



Groovy Age Spotlight On...Gil Kane "In the Rough(s)!"

All of Groove-dom knows that Gil Kane was the main cover-man at Marvel in the early-to-mid 1970s. Here are a bunch of cover roughs/preliminaries (which yers trooly scrounged from all over the interwebs) for some famous (and not-so-famous but still pretty cool) Kane kovers that Made Ours Marvel during the Groovy Age!











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Special thanks to Mike's Amazing World of Comics and Grand Comics Database for being such fantastic resources for covers, dates, creator info, etc. Thou art treasures true!


Note to "The Man": All images are presumed copyright by the respective copyright holders and are presented here as fair use under applicable laws, man! If you hold the copyright to a work I've posted and would like me to remove it, just drop me an e-mail and it's gone, baby, gone.


All other commentary and insanity copyright GroovyAge, Ltd.

As for the rest of ya, the purpose of this blog is to (re)introduce you to the great comics of the 1970s. If you like what you see, do what I do--go to a comics shop, bookstore, e-Bay or whatever and BUY YOUR OWN!