Groove's Faves: "Defection!" by P. Kupperberg, Staton, and Patterson

We're back with the grand finale of Paul Kupperberg and Joe Staton's Doom Patrol try-out/revival in Showcase, Groove-ophiles! Part three, "Defection!", was originally published in Showcase #96 (September 1977), and was it a doozy! A battle royale with The Cossack, a guest appearance from Swamp Thing's Matt Cable, a Jim Aparo cover, and a look at the early inking wizardry of Bruce D. Patterson! Enjoy, baby!

Black and White Wednesday: "Swords in the World Series" by Gale, Starlin, and Rubenstein

Dig it, Groove-ophiles! Barbarians! Time-traveling wizards! Baseball! That's what writer Ken ('Nuff Said! Radio/Defiant Comics) Gale had on his mind when he wrote his first pro scripting job for Warren's Creepy #106 (February 1979)! Leave it to the exceptional art team of Jim Starlin and Joe Rubenstein to bring said tale to black and white life! Are you ready for..."Swords in the World Series"?

(P)Raising Kane: "Vengeance of the Molecule Man!" by Gerber, Kane, and Sinnott

Check it out, Groove-ophiles! When the ever-lovin'-blue-eyed Thing's team-up mag moved from Marvel Feature to the long-running Marvel Two-In-One, editor Roy Thomas turned writer Steve Gerber, penciler Gil Kane, and inker Joe Sinnott loose on the first fab ish! How fab was it? Well, Benjamin J. Grimm sorta/kinda teamed up with the lumbering Man-Thing to battle the cosmically powered Molecule Man! Sound fab to you? From October 1973, here comes the..."Vengeance of the Molecule Man!"

Cover art by Gil Kane and John Romita, Sr.

Metal Monday: "The Chemo Conspiracy" by Conway and Simonson

Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! We're back with more of the 1976 Metal Men revival! Thanks to info from Groove-ophiles in-the-know (thanx Russ and Jeff), we learned that MM #45 was a proposal that collected dust 'til publisher Carmine Infantino wisely gave it a shot. It did well, he ordered up a series and viola! The Metal Men were back! Steve Gerber was busy back at Marvel (something about a duck?), so editor Gerry Conway took over the scripting chores for MM #46 (March 1976). Everyone was really stoked that Uncle Walt Simonson was still available to pencil/ink (and even letter) ish 46! And they were bringing back Chemo! I can dig it! Can you dig it?

Didja catch the "PLOP!" on page 15? Don'tcha just luvvit?