Sunday, June 21, 2009

Happy Father's Day!

Just a quickie to brag on my own dad, 'cause I think he's the greatest! For example, I remember being sick one Saturday or Sunday back in May, 1971. Dad went to the drugstore to get me some medicine, and brought back the best medicine I ever got:

That's Batman #232--first appearance of Ra's Al Gul--by O'Neil and Adams, no less; Fantastic Four #112 with one of the classic Thing/Hulk battles by Stan Lee and John Buscema, and Sub-Mariner #40 teaming Subby with Spidey courtesy Roy Thomas/Gerry Conway and Gene Colan, by the way. Yeah, I got better pretty quickly! Thanks, Dad--and Happy Father's Day!
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5 comments:

  1. SebastianJune 21, 2009 at 6:00 PM

    Wow, that's great. Really. I was barely 9 when my dad bought me my first. A copy of Peter Parker, Spider-man. Great man.

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  2. AnonymousJune 22, 2009 at 2:44 PM

    Thank You Son....I love you...
    Dad

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  3. Chris NyeJune 23, 2009 at 11:07 AM

    Great memories. My father was buying me comics during the same period. I remember he bought me Sub-Mariner #42 with the giant zombie guy on the cover.....and it had TWO covers mistakenly attached to the interior!!

    This year, I bought my dad a copy of Fawcett's "Soldier Comics," because dad was always a Fawcett fan! Happy Fathers Day, guys...

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  4. DougAugust 3, 2013 at 10:34 PM

    Great post and (now) tribute to your Dad, Groove. I envy you -- my dad always asked what the heck I was wasting my time on...

    God bless you and your family.

    Doug

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  5. AnonymousAugust 4, 2013 at 5:39 AM

    Sorry for your loss, Groove. This post is a wonderful tribute,

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