Groovin' Back In the Summer Time: June 1978

June 1978! Grease was the word, my high school freshman years was behind me, and The DC Explosion was underway! Outside it was hot, but the comics were hotter, and boy, was it a great month to be a comics fan! Now, Teen Groove didn't buy every comic that came out that fateful month, but he sure gave it a try! Got these either from the spinner racks at the Rexall, Mitchell's Market, or Bookland, or off the bottom rack of the magazine shelf at Convenient FoodMart. Like a big game hunter, Teen Groove tracked 'em all down--and weren't there some doozies in this bunch?

Got this one at Bookland the evening we saw Grease!

The Grooviest Covers of All Time: DC Special Series

Check it out, Groove-ophiles! Early in Jenette Kahn's tenure as publisher of DC Comics, she began experimenting with new formats and new ways to publish comics. One of her truly wonderful products was DC Special Series--a blanket title (seen only in the indicia!) for some exceptional comics that acted as tryouts, reprint mags, annuals, and/or specials. We got 52 page comics, 68 page comics, tabloid comics, digest comics... We got super-length stories featuring Superman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Jonah Hex, Sgt. Rock and more. Some issues reprinted Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson's original Swamp Thing issues. Some were loaded with short mystery stories. The first issue was a try-out to see if a Dollar Comic that showcased JLA members besides Superman would be a success. One of the best issues  gave us three very different but very far out versions of Batman. And the covers! The covers by the likes of Neal Adams, Bernie Wrightson, Joe Kubert, Jim Aparo, Marshall Rogers, Jim Starlin, and (the cover king of this series that wasn't a series) J. L. Garcia-Lopez, and more! Which issues did you have? Which were your faves? Which issues had the coolest covers? Hmmmm?