Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Here's the best ish of
FOOM Magazine Young Groove never had: the special cosmic issue:
FOOM #9 (late 1974/early 1975)! Yeah, Young Groove's subscription for
FOOM ran out with ish #4 and the family was moving from Ohio to Kentucky, so the folks nixed my re-upping for a while. After the move, I met a fellow sixth-grader named David who loved comics as much as I did. He had a subscription for
FOOM and let me borrow his copies. Wotta pal!
FOOM #9 started off with an in-freakin'-credible Jim Starlin cover and was loaded with articles on
Silver Surfer, Warlock, Captain Mar-Vell, and the
Watcher by a young Roger Stern and the late Duffy Vohland, and filled-to-the-brim with outtasite art by newcomers like John Byrne,
Don Maitz, and
Stephen Fabian. Is it any wonder I loved this ish?
And just 'cause Ol' Groove loves ya, baby, here's the legendary
Mistress of Kung Fu back cover, also by that kid Byrne!
Oh, and fear not, faithful ones! Ol' Groove eventually got his own copy of
FOOM #9 (thanks, eBay!). Oh, and my folks let me re-subscribe just in time to get
FOOM #10 featuring the
All-New, All-Different X-Men. Don'tcha just love happy endings?
Thanks to my crazy browser (Microsoft Edge--blecch!), when I was clicking "approve" the page scrolled to delete! Why does Edge load pages in such a weird way that it like rolls at random times? Anyway, here's James Chatterton's comment in spite of Microsoft Edge: Man, what an issue! Did you catch Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 yet? It's a virtual love-fest towards all things Marvel-Cosmic.
ReplyDeleteJames Chatterton
And a big 10-4 on the new GotG! Loved it mucho and wanna see it again ASAP!