Monday, November 21, 2016

Marvel-ous Mondays: "Back to the Savage Land" by Conway, Smith, and Grainger

Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Remember when Jack Kirby left the drawing chores of  Ka-Zar (and the halls of  Marvel, but that's another story...) and was replaced by none other than Barry (Windsor-) Smith? T'was with Astonishing Tales #3 (September 1970) that this sensational switcheroo occurred, and you're gonna get to plant your peepers on those pulse-pounding pages just as soon as I shut my mouth! (But I gotta mention writer Gerry Conway and inker Sam Grainger!) Can you dig it?
Cover art by Marie Severin and Mike Esposito with alterations by John Romita, Sr.











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2 comments:

  1. Charlie Horse 47November 21, 2016 at 1:40 PM

    How does one pronounce the first "a"? As I ape, cat, about for ka zar?

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  2. AnonymousNovember 21, 2016 at 3:32 PM

    Great stuff, Groove! I've got the issue after this, (or the one after that, I'm not sure), but this is new to me. If ya gotta have a guy to follow Kirby, Barry Smith is a good choice. Marvel made a Tarzan clone into a purty good little comic.
    Are we gonna see the Doc Doom stories, or have they already appeared here. I remember a great one drawn by Gene the Dean Colan.
    M.P.

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