Sci-Fi Week! Black and White Wednesday: The Six Million Dollar Man in "Witch Hunt for an Alien"

What's happening, Groove-ophiles! Dig this far-out tale from Charlton's Six Million Dollar Man magazine #2 (cover dated September 1976). It's written by Mike Pellowski with art by Continuity Associates (Neal Adams, Dick Giordano, Klaus Janson, Terry Austin, Rick Bryant, Bruce Patterson, Joe Rubenstein, and others). Ready! Set! Groove!

Sci-Fi Week! Two-Fer Tuesday: Sci Fi by J. M. DeMatteis and Tom Sutton

Salutations, Stalwarts! Here's a couple shockers from DC's short-lived but so awesome sci-fi mag Time Warp. These two particular tales feature the stunningly haunting art of the vastly underrated Tom Sutton, who gave Steve Ditko and Basil Wolverton a run for their money when it came to drawing weeeeeird aliens. Not only that, but each story was written by the incredible J. M. DeMatteis, who would later go on acclaim with Captain America, Moonshadow, Justice League, "Kraven's Last Hunt", Abadazad, and so much more. Ready for a treat?

First up, here's "The Truth!" from Time Warp #2 (November 1979).


And now, check out "...In Love's Name!" from TW #3 (January 1980).


Don'tcha just love the Groovy Age?

Sci-Fi Week! Making a Splash: Pat Broderick's Captain Marvel

It's SCI-FI WEEK here on the Diversions, Groove-ophiles! Prepare for take-off, set phasers to "stun", and may The Force be with you!

Ol' Groove cannot jive ya, man--I have always really, really dug Pat Broderick's art. It always seemed so hip--cozmik in the Jim Starlin school, yet carrying an underground comix vibe that made it stand way out from the crowd. His work on the last few years' worth of Captain Marvel, usually written by Doug Moench and inked by stellar ink-slingers like Bob Wiacek, Bruce Patterson, and Gene Day still dazzles my senses. Dig these sizzling splash pages from one of the best, and definitely most underrated, CM runs of all time--Marvel's Captain Marvel issues 55-62 (December 1977-February 1979), and Marvel Spotlight (volume 2) issues 1-3 (April-August 1979). Dy-no-mite!

Sunday Funnies: Nanny and the Professor

Greetings, Groove-ophiles! How many of you remember ABC's 1970/1971 TV show Nanny and the Professor? This slightly hipper version of Mary Poppins starred the ever-so-lovely and classy Juliet Mills and Richard Long (of The Big Valley fame) as the title characters, while kid-crush Kim Richards, David Doremus, and Trent Lehman played the demons-turned-darlings that only Nanny could control. The show was slight, sweet, and very kid-friendly, given a slightly supernatural edge thanks to Nanny's hinted-at-but-never-verified powers of ESP.

Dell Comics produced two issues of a Nanny and the Professor comic (May-July 1970), very nicely illustrated by future DC mainstay Jose Delbo. "The Tree Frog" is from ish #1. Enjoy!

Science Fiction Theater: The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad

Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Here's Marvel's adaptation of the 1958 classic Seventh Voyage of Sinbad from Marvel Spotlight #25 (September 1975). Yeah, it seems a bit weird that they were adapting such an old movie. Maybe their adaptation of Golden Voyage of Sinbad sold so well they wanted to give Sinbad another try. Whatever the story behind the story might be, the fact is that John Warner and Sonny Trinidad turned out a pretty cool comic, in spite of having to adapt an entire movie into a mere 18 pages. Notice the experimental text/art pages (something Steve Gerber toyed with a few times) used to speed things up. Comicbook dudes gotta do what comicbook dudes gotta do, right? Dig it, baby!