Random Reads: "Slaves of the Golden Queen!" by Maggin, Vosburg, and Colletta

Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Whaddya say we visit our favorite sci-fi swordstress, Starfire? Today's adventure, "Slaves of the Golden Queen!" was first published in Starfire #4 (November 1976). Story by Elliot S! Maggin! Art by Mike Vosburg and Vinnie Colletta! Dig it, baby!

Making a Splash: Thanksgiving 1969

Dig these sensational splashes from November, 1969, Groove-ophiles! Li'l First Grade Groove actually bought a few of these off the spinner rack (and of course I still have 'em!): Avengers, Cap, DD,and FF! Stan, Roy, Jack, Gene, Neal, both Johns, that new guy, Barry, and the rest of the gang were tugging me every so surely toward becoming a life-long Marvel Maniac! Forget the turkey, bring on da comics!

Groovy Age Gold: "A Cure for Romance" by Kanigher, Infantino, and Giacoia

Welcome back to Groove City! Today we're digging one of the rapturous reprints from DC's twenty-five cent, fifty-two page era of 1971/72--Dr. Pat! Who dat? Why, Dr. Pat was part of the "new" Sensation Comics (#94) of November/December, 1949, which dumped all the male superheroes and replaced them with romance strips and female adventurers. So you're gettin' not only the intro, but also the origin of Dr. Pat courtesy the middle of Lois Lane #116 (September 1971). Written by Robert Kanigher with art by Carmine Infantino and Frank Giacoia (the Golden Age Black Canary dream team, baby!), here's the debut of Dr. Pat in "A Cure for Romance"!

Black and White Wednesday: "Jawbones!" by Schwartzberg and Severin

Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Y'know, it's kinda strange and kinda cool at the same time to think that artistic siblings John and Marie Severin would stand out as two of the greatest caricaturists in all of comicdom. While big brother John would do movie and TV parodies galore for Cracked magazine (and we've shared several here over the years), sister Marie was doing her own far-out parody thing for Marvel's Crazy magazine. Y'all been sayin' we need more Marie Severin around here, so here ya go! Back in Crazy #15 (November 1975), the Mirthful One teamed with writer Stu Schwartzberg to bring us..."Jawbones!" Dig it! (Or should I say, "Chomp it!"?)