Marvel-ous Monday: "Morbius, the Living Vampire!" by M. Friedrich, Gulacy, and Abel

Greetings, Groove-ophiles! October is here, so it's time to start getting cracking creaking with the haunted Halloween side of the Groovy Age! We're kicking it all off with Morbius, the Living Vampire's solo color comic debut from Fear #20 (November 1973). Ol' Groove's already given ya a short history of Morbius' Groovy Age career right here, so let's just grab our stakes, tiptoe ever so carefully into Fear, and get reacquainted with "Morbius, the Living Vampire!" by Mike Friedrich, Paul (making his Marvel-ous debut right here, baby!) Gulacy, and Jack Abel...

Cover art by Gil Kane and Frank Giacoia

And how 'bout those Marvel-ous cameos by a certain Web Slinger and a skeleton crew of Merry Mutants?

Oh, and if you're in a hurry to find out what happens next ish, just click here, my Groovy Ghoulies!

Black and White Wednesday: Peerless Paul Gulacy Original Art

Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! You won't mind perusing some primo Paul Gulacy original art today, will ya?

Gulacy's debut on the Morbius feature in Fear #20...

Paul's iconic Logan's Run #6 cover...

And of course, some sweet Master of Kung Fu pages...

I knew you wouldn't mind!

Making a Splash: Fear the Man-Thing!

What it is, Groove-ophiles! We can't let another October slip by without a loving look back at the macabre Man-Thing! After a thimble-full of nigh-legendary appearances (Savage Tales #1 and Astonishing Tales #'s 12-13), Manny finally got a regular swamp to haunt in Adventures Into Fear. He Burned Anyone Who Knew Fear for issues 10-19 (July 1972-September 1973) before graduating to his own mag (which ran for 22 issues, plus five unfortunately named Giant-Size issues). Check out the spooky/sludgy splashes with art by Gray Morrow, Howard Chaykin, Jim Starlin, Rich Buckler, and Val Mayerik (usually inked by Sal Trapini)...but whatever you do--don't let Man-Thing know you're afraid!

Grooviest Covers of All Time: 13 Marvel-ous Horrors

Come into my parlor, Groove-ophiles! Today we're going to plant our peepers on 13 of Ol' Groove's fave covers from Marvel's monster/mystery anthology titles of the early 1970s. Have your flashlight ready, and the covers over your head!