Black and White Wednesday: "Cassandra...Sorceress of the Seventh Wind" by Wolfman, Heck, and Esposito

Marv Wolfman! Don Heck! Mike Esposito! "Cassandra...Sorceress of the Seventh Wind"! Horror! Fantasy! Sword and Sorcery! Where would a Groovy Age fan expect to find such an explosion of near-awesomeness? In a Marvel mag? Nope. A DC mag? Nuh uh. Today's short-shocker comes from Skywald's Psycho #14 (cover-dated September 1973). Dig it!

Admiring Adams: "Man-Thing!" by Wein and Adams w/Romita

Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Ya know, if the second ish of Savage Tales had gone as originally planned, the second Man-Thing story would have been by writer Len Wein (creator of Swamp Thing) and artist Neal Adams. S'true! Letting nothing go to waste, Mighty Marvel shoe-horned that filed-away fable into Astonishing Tales #12 (March 1972) in which the mag's star Ka-Zar would soon come golden locks to carrot nose with Manny, himself. One thing I don't dig are the touch-ups by John Romita. Dunno why they were necessary, but as great as Jazzy John is, his style and Neal's don't mesh at all. Minor distractions aside, Ol' Groove felt this seldom-seen classic is definitely worth a peek-a-boo, so here 'tis in all it's black, white, and yellow gory glory!

Groove's Faves: "The Beast's Revenge" by Albano and Kaluta

Greetings, Groove-ophiles! We're in the Dog Days of Summer, so why not howl a little! This classic shocker, "The Beast's Revenge" first turned up in the dog-eared pages of House of Mystery #200 (January 1972). Story by John Albano. Art by Mike Kaluta (who also did the cover and the intro page). You can bet this tale is no dog!

The Grooviest Covers of All Time: Summer of 1978--the DC Explosion Continues!

Here's a look at the second round of the DC Explosion from July 1978, Groove-ophiles! Teen Groove was out of the fandom loop at the time, so I had no idea how short-lived this super-experiment in comicbookery would last, but I sure was diggin' the ride! Remember these...?