Thursday, June 22, 2017

Ol' Groove's Request Line: "Curse of the Sea Monkey!" by Maiwald and Cruz

Check it out, Groove-ophiles! While Ol' Groove is running this post under the "Request Line" banner, this one was actually a plea spurred by last Friday's "Grooviest Covers" post. One "Concerned and perplexed M.P." "needs closure" after seeing Neal Adams' hauntingly amazing cover for House of Mystery #254 (June 1977)...

...So, M.P., here ya go, baby! You might be surprised at how different this story is from what you might expect from that cover, but in return you are getting a story featuring a creature that might have taken your comicbook moolah at one time or another...

Oddly enough, no Sea Monkey ad in this particular ish, but this crazy little ad was on page 17...

Weird, huh? Or was it all part of some sort of devious marketing plan...?

Was this one-and-only story written by the mysterious Lois Maiwald inspired by those kooky Sea Monkey ads that ran in our comic mags for oh, so many decades? Aw, great! Now Ol' Groove needs closure! Sigh...well, let's try to reign in our feelings and enjoy the cool story and fab-a-mundo E.R. Cruz art!







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6 comments:

  1. RobAndersonJune 22, 2017 at 5:23 AM

    I was likewise curious about that story. Thanks so much for posting it!

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  2. Kevin LakeJune 22, 2017 at 6:28 AM

    DC's horror line was my favorite thing they put out.

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  3. UnknownJune 22, 2017 at 2:10 PM

    Later the greedy creature escaped, opened a restaurant, and hired a sponge.;)

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    1. Jasper BarkJune 22, 2017 at 9:03 PM

      Ha! That's brilliant. A Sponge who lives in a pineapple under the sea.

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  4. AnonymousJune 23, 2017 at 8:23 PM

    Belated thanks! I enjoyed it.

    M.P.

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  5. AnonymousJune 23, 2017 at 9:49 PM

    Thanks Groove - they don't make 'em like that anymore.

    -sean

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