Greetings, Groove-ophiles! A few weeks ago (
right 'chere) we rapped about
Daredevil #77 and the
DD/Sub-Mariner/Spider-Man free-for-all that ended with
Spidey and
Subby following a mysterious lady into another dimension via a tear-drop shaped mystic portal. Well, today we're gonna find out where our sensational super-heroes went--and what kinda trouble they got into!
Sub-Mariner #40 was one of three extra-special comics that Dear Ol' Dad bought me to cheer me up while I was feeling under the weather one fateful Sunday in May 1971, so it's a sentimental fave. (The other two were
Fantastic Four #112--
Hulk vs. Thing, and
Batman
#232--the first appearance of
Ra's al Ghul--yeah, DoD had great taste in
comics--and a lotta luck, too, since the
Batman comic was a couple months old! Ya had to love comicbook distribution in the 70s, baby!) Young Groove really dug the Gene Colan/Sam Grainger art, and Gerry Conway's story was pretty cool, too, especially that weird villain,
Turalla. I still think it's a fun yarn. Hope you dig..."...Under the Name of Ritual--"
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| Cover art by George Tuska (Turalla looks like very Gene Colan-ish to moi), Frank Giacoia and John Romita. |
Sam Grainger brought a beautiful finish to Gene's pencils. It's a shame they weren't paired together more often (this might have been their only team-up).
ReplyDeleteWow, that Gene Colan stuff moves.
ReplyDeleteHow neat! I JUST read this comic a few days ago! It was certainly an interesting and entertaining read, but the whole 'People of the Black Sea' thing was really left super underdeveloped.
ReplyDeleteAdam Austin strikes again - beautiful and dynamic art!
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