Thanksgiving Feast 2013! "The Silent Death!" by Bates and Cockrum

Happy Thanksgiving to all my Groove-ophiles from the U.S.! And to the rest of ya, happy day for whatever reason you want it to be! It's time again for our annual Thanksgiving Feast here in Groove City, so let's kick it off with this awesome appetizer by Cary Bates and Dave Cockrum from Superboy #201 (December 1973). It's the Legion of Super-Heroes against..."The Silent Death!" Dig in!!

Be back at 6 in the a.m. for the next course of our Thanksgiving Feast!

Black and White Wednesday: "Star Slaughter" by Margopoulos and Torrents

Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Check out this sci-fi shocker by Richard Margopoulos and Ramon Torrents! From Creepy #51 (cover-dated March 1973) prepare for a..."Star-Slaughter"!

Bring on the Back-ups: "The Gypsy Curse!" by Kanigher, Weiss, and Giordano

Ayooohah, Groove-ophiles! Today we're moseying on back to the wild old west, to the back pages of DC's All-Star Western #7 (June 1971) with El Diablo! Story by Robert Kanigher! Art by Alan Weiss and Dick Giordano! Are you prepared for..."The Gypsy Curse!"?

Makin' Chaykin: "Revenge of the Skull Of Jewels" by Leiber, O'Neil, and Chaykin

Greetings, Groove-ophiles! More Fafhrd and Gray Mouser you say? More ye shall receive! Today, let's get down with Sword of Sorcery #2 (February 1973), featuring Denny O'Neil and Howard Chaykin's adaptation of Fritz Leiber's "Thieves House"! The story is cool, and Chaykin's art (inked by the uncredited Crusty Bunkers) is sooo unique! The poses, facial expressions, and especially the costumes were (and still are) in a class by themselves. Man, I love me some Chaykin art--don't you? (And dig that Chaykin/Bernie Wrightson cover!)