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Hey, Kids! Comics from 50 Years Ago!
January 20 & 22, 1970

Groovy Age Splash Page of the Week

Groovy Age Spotlight On...

Wacky Packages!

Dig it, Groove-ophiles! Wacky Packages aren't comics, but they're definitely comix related and they most definitely were a huge part of  our Groovy Age-era childhoods! Combine the zaniness of mags like Cracked and Mad with art and gags by comix luminaries like Len Brown, Kim Deitch, George Evans, Drew Friedman, Bill Griffith, Jay Lynch, Norman Saunders, Art Spiegelman, Bhob Stewart and Tom Sutton then put 'em in the form of collectible stickers? Was there ever any doubt that whatever change we had left over after we bought our comicbooks in the early-to-mid 70s went to snapping these babies up? (At a nickel a pack, yet!) Here are some samples of the gross-out hilarity that we all loved so well from the 1974 series  6-11...

For tons more info and examples, check out the Wacky Packages Website! That's it for this week, Groove-ophiles! See ya next time! Pax!

Making a Splash: Our Avenging Pal Sal, Phase Two

What it is, Groove-ophile! Last Friday we checked out the sensational splash pages from Sal Buscema's first Avengers era and you guys really, really dug 'em! So Ol' Groove, people-pleaser that he is, thought you might get a kick out of seeing the splashes from Our Pal's second Avengers run. When Sal returned to the Avengers in 1974/75 (Avengers #'s 127-134), he was doing layouts while Charlton's Joe (E-Man) Staton finished and inked our favorite Assemblers. The combo was far-freakin'-out, baby! Dig it!

Sal and Joe to re-teamed on the Incredible Hulk beginning with ish #194 (September 1975). Sal would stay on the Hulk into the 1980s, pretty much making that mag his own. And yep, we'll look at those splashes in the future. Ya go gotta have sumpin' to look forward to, right?