Mining for Gold(en): "Trouble In Paradise" by Kashdan, Golden, and Wiacek

Check it out, Groove-ophiles! Here's a cool George Kashdan sci-fi fable, beautifully illustrated by artist Michael Golden and inker Bob Wiacek. While the plot of "Trouble In Paradise" might have seemed a far out when Mystery In Space #113 came out in August 1980, but now...it doesn't seem quite so out there at all...

Thanksgiving Feast 2017! "Why So Pale, Henry Lad?" by Celardo and "Burnt Offerings" by Barr and Delbo

To all our Groove-ophiles in the U.S.: Happy Thanksgiving! To the rest of ya: Happy Thursday! Today's the day we feast on fun comics that were released during November during the Groovy Age! Every 6 hours today, Ol' Groove is gonna unleash comicbook goodies upon yer waiting eyes and brain! Are you ready? Then here we go!

We're starting our 2017 feast with a double-shot of sci-fi fun! "Why So Pale, Henry Lad?" was written by an unidentified Gold Key author and gloriously illustrated by John Celardo (who drew many a cool Batman tale in the later 70s) for Twilight Zone #54 (November 1973)...

For Thanksgiving in 1980 DC's revived Mystery In Space #116 gave us an extremely cool cover by Jim Starlin with a cool Mike W. Barr story illustrated by Groovy Age DC mainstay Jose Delbo. Here's hoping your Thanksgiving meal doesn't include any..."Burnt Offerings!"

See ya again at 6:02 a.m. for a light breakfast, baby!

Famous First Fridays: Brian Bolland's DC Debut

Check it out, Groove-ophiles! It's been a while since we did a Famous First Friday, and does Ol' Groove have a doozy for ya today! Artist Brian Bolland had made his mark in the UK during the late 70s, mainly on Judge Dredd in 2000 A.D. (glorious comics, especially the Judge Death arc!) and his art was finally brought to the U.S. and DC Comics by the genius of Joe (E-Man, Green Lantern, and now Dick Tracy) Staton. Bolland's first U.S. work was this stunning cover for Green Lantern #127 (January 1980):

Bolland did several more amazing, fan-pleasing (to put it mildly) covers for DC while still keeping up with his U.K. work. Before the year was out, editor Len Wein had given Bolland a cool Arnold (Doom Patrol, Deadman, Guardians of the Galaxy) script to illustrate, and used it to close out Mystery In Space #115 (October 1980).

A couple years later, Bolland would stun fandom worldwide with his art on Camelot 3000. For more on the phenomenal Mr. Bolland, check out my old post on my gone-but-not forgotten  Blinded Me With Comics blog.

Thanksgiving Feast 2016: "Mountain of Fear" by Sutton, "Viewpoints" by Boatner and Rogers, and "Rasputin's Revenge" by Gerber, Starlin, and Esposito

Happy Thanksgiving, Groove-ophiles! Are you ready to chow down! My family traditionally eats pretty early (that way we can get a head start on the leftovers in the evening), so here's our main meal for today! Marvel, DC, and Charlton represented by Steve Gerber, Jim Starlin, Mike Esposito, Charlie Boatner, Marshall Rogers, and Tom Sutton! Tuck that napkin under your chin and let the gorging begin!

From Haunted #20 (November 1974), here's Tom Sutton with a rare full-length shocker! Is it a mountain of meat? A mountain of potatoes? A mountain of veggies? Nope, it's a..."Mountain of Fear!"

From Mystery In Space #111 (June 1980), Charlie Boatner and the late, great Marshall Rogers bring us a few different..."Viewpoints!"

And for the main dish, here's the infamous Iron Man #56 (November 1972) that, legend has it, got writer Steve Gerber and artist Jim Starlin fired from the mag by Stan the Man, himself. Of course, Gerber wrote the next couple issues, and Starlin began his legendary Captain Marvel revamp the very next month...but it does make for good conversation, dunnit? It's "Rasputin's Revenge!" (Which, if you overeat today, could turn out to be very much like Montezuma's Revenge...so be careful out there!)

Okay, baby! Take a nap and come back in six hours for a big ol' dish of leftovers!