Decent Comics: "Sing a Song of Sorcery!" by O'Neil and Wrightson

Dig it, Groove-ophiles! What better story to prepare us for Halloween than one with a title like "Sing a Song of Sorcery!" by Denny O'Neil and Berni Wrightson? Nightmaster's second appearance (in Showcase #83, April 1969) is loaded with mood, thanks in no small part to young Wrightson's magnificently macabre art). Author O'Neil provides him with plenty of creepy castles, evil warlock troops, flying ships, night time scenes, animated armor, and a sultry siren! It's all topped off with a fun Joe Kubert cover, too. This is a comic just made for reading under the covers with your flashlight...

Is this your copy, Rhodey?

And just for the fun of it, here's the editorial page from this issue featuring autobiographies of O'Neil and Wrightson!

Decent Comics: "Some Forbidden Fate" by O'Neil, Grandenetti, and Giordano

What it is, Groove-ophiles! Didja know that nearly a year before Marvel unleased Conan the Barbarian on fandom assembled, DC dipped into the Sword and Sorcery waters with Nightmaster in Showcase issues 82-84? Well, they did! Check out the editorial page from the back of Showcase #82 (March 1969) where co-creator/writer Denny O'Neil lays the genesis of Jim Rook and company 'pon us...

Don'tcha just love those behind-the-scenes editorials from the good old days? So now that you know how and why, it's time for you to come face-to-face with the Jerry Grandenetti/Dick Giordano illustrated..."Some Forbidden Fate!"

Cover art by Joe Kubert