Grooviest Covers of All Time: Kane and Palmer Made Me Buy These!

Here's a stack of Marvel-ously magnificent and totally cool covers from the super-team of Gil Kane and Tom Palmer. Young Groove had no choice but to plunk down dimes, nickels, and quarters when faced with such in-your-face awesomeness staring out of the spinner rack! What would you have done? Huh? Huh?

Shades of Gray: "Bayou Witch" by Seuling and Morrow

More voodoo for you, Groove-ophiles! Here's a twisted tale authored by Phil Seuling and masterfully illustrated by our main man, Gray Morrow. Beware the "Bayou Witch" from The Witching Hour #15 (April 1971)!

Black and White Wednesday: "Introducing Brother Voodoo!" by Tony Isabella

Who is Brother Voodoo? Where did he come from? No, I don't mean in the comicbook uinverse, Groove-ophile--I'm talkin' 'bout the real world! Who came up with the name? The premise? The costume? Well, way back in Tales of the Zombie #2 (July 1973), Tony "the Tiger" Isabella gave us the lowdown on how the Marvel Bullpen developed one of the most maligned and misunderstood characters in Marvel history--and Ol' Groove's got that awesome article for ya right now!

Groovy Age Gold: "The Inside Story of Robotman!" by Binder and Thompson

We're back with more Groovy Age Gold, Groove-ophiles! Up until "The Inside Story of Robotman!" by Otto Binder and the criminally underrated Jimmy Thompson was reprinted in the back of World's Finest #208 (November 1971), the only Robotman Young Groove knew was Cliff Steele of the Doom Patrol. Thanks to WF's "Bureau of Missing Heroes" reprint back-ups, I learned that there was a Golden Age (Earth-2? Roy Thomas would straighten that out in All-Star Squadron the 80s!) Robotman named Robert Crane (aka Paul Dennis), and for some reason that kind of knowledge always thrilled me. Yep, I'm a geek, baby, loud and proud!

And for you completists (of which I yam one, too!) this tale originally appeared in Detective Comics #138 (cover-dated August 1948).

Groove's Faves: "Child" by Potter and Corben

It's October! Didja think Ol' Groove was gonna forget about...

No way!

Though it only lasted for three installments (Eerie #'s 57, 58, and 60), Richard Corben's Child (written by Greg Potter and Budd Lewis), is a short series that is still fondly remembered by Warren buffs. This touching and twisted take on the Monster of Frankenstein still grabs Ol' Groove. I mean, how can you not feel for a monster with a child's head/face? Child's innocence reminds me of the Wein/Gerber era Hulk, but set in a darker, more Swamp Thing-like "reality". So poplar was the debut of this feature that it was reprinted in both issues 1 and 4 of Comix International (1975-1976). This set of scans comes from CI #4. Dig it!

Sci Fi Week! Making a Splash: Walt Simonson's Battlestar Galactica

Yeah, we're talking the original Marvel comic based on the original ABC-TV show...the stupendous art of Walter Simonson...and, oh, yeah, the incredible inks of Klaus Janson (on most of these splashes, at least). Feast your peepers on these samples of splash page superiority from Battlestar Galactica #'s 4-5 (March-April 1979), 11-13 (October-December 1979), and 15-17 (February-April, 1980).

Sci Fi Week! Makin' Chaykin: "Home World" by O'Neil (?) and Chaykin

Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Today we're checking out the third and final Groovy Age installment of Howard Chaykin's far-out Ironwolf strip (read the other installments here and here), "Home World", from Weird Worlds #10 (July 1974)!

There are no credits on this story, except for Chaykin's signature on the splash page, so I'm assuming editor Denny O'Neil (who scripted the first two Ironwolf tales) scripted "Home World" as well. Anyone have any solid info on the actual authorship?