Thursday, June 21, 2012

The Grooviest Covers of All Time: Summer of 1977, Marvel Style

Greetings, Groove-ophiles!  The Summer of 1977! Star Wars! Smokey and the Bandit! The Deep! The Spy Who Loved Me! Charlie's Angels! Three's Company! What's Happenin'! Alice! The Gong Show! Fleetwood Mac's Rumours! Boston! The Eagle's Hotel California! Frampton Comes Alive! Teen Groove had graduated 8th grade and was headed for the hallowed halls of high school. Yeah, this was a big summer, and it's time again to stop and gaze back lovingly at the comics we spent the summer (35 years ago) with. Today we'll wallow in the wonderment that was Marvel Comics...





















 

















Wow! Marvel got neck-deep into licensing: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Hanna-Barbera, Godzilla, the Human Fly, and, best of all, KISS and Star Wars! John Byrne was running wild on the Avengers, Star-Lord, Marvel Team-Up, and Champions! Kirby was kompleting his tenure on Captain America and the Falcon, while it was the end of the road for Adam Warlock, Thanos, Omega the Unknown, Super-Villain Team-Up, and 2001: A Space Odyssey. Mighty Marvel was definitely still on the move, baby! Tune in tomorrow to see what DC was up to in the Summer of 1977!
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Special thanks to Mike's Amazing World of Comics and Grand Comics Database for being such fantastic resources for covers, dates, creator info, etc. Thou art treasures true!


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As for the rest of ya, the purpose of this blog is to (re)introduce you to the great comics of the 1970s. If you like what you see, do what I do--go to a comics shop, bookstore, e-Bay or whatever and BUY YOUR OWN!