Black and White Wednesday: Space: 1999 "Class Determination: Alien Insecta!"

Here's a sci-fi treat for ya, Groove-ophiles! From Charlton's Space: 1999 magazine #4 (cover-dated May 1976), here's "Class Determination: Alien Insecta!" written by former pro-football-player-turned-comicbook-writer Mike Pellowski with amazing art by the magnificent and mysterious Ed Davis.

Addicted to Alex Nino: A Captain Fear Two-fer

Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Since I laid the debut of Captain Fear upon ya way back on my b-day, I figured it was high time to share a couple more awesome adventures and Alex Nino artistry with the whole wide world. You don't mind, do ya? That's what I thought you'd say. So, without further ado, from Adventure Comics #s 426 (November 1972) and 427 (January 1973) here are "God of Vengeance" written by Robert Kanigher and "His Daughter's Keeper" written by Steve Skeates. Enjoy!

Bring On the Back-ups: Chaykin and Gerber's Tales of Atlantis

For five short issues, Marvel's Sub-Mariner ran an enthralling back-up series called "Tales of Atlantis". Mixing Marvel mythology with a bit of Robert E. Howard, plotter/penciler Howard Chaykin, scripter Steve Gerber, and inker Joe Sinnott gave us the untold story of how mighty Atlantis found its destiny beneath the blue-green waves of the sea. Get ready to groove to "Tales of Atlantis" (from Sub-Mariner #62, March 1973) and "Cataclysm" (from Sub-Mariner #63, April 1973)!

After that, Chaykin, Gerber, and Sinnott continued Atlantis' saga(Sub-Mariner #64, June 1973), filling us in on how the Atlaneans survived and rebuilt. Unfortunately, the Chaykin left the series before it was complete, leaving the plotting solely to Gerber and the penciling chores to Jim Mooney (Sub-Mariner issues 65-66, July-August 1973). The conclusion to the mini-series was satisfying, but ya have'ta wonder what it would have been like had Chaykin stuck with it.

Sunday Funnies: Star Wars and Rocky Cracked by John Severin

Greetings, Groove-ophiles! How 'bout another heaping helping of hilarity, John Severin style? Just dig this pair of parodies from Cracked #'s 143 (cover-dated August 1977) and 146 (cover-dated November 1977)! Based on the two biggest movies of that year (nay, of all time!), here come "Rockey" and "Star-Warz"!