Friday, July 14, 2017

The Grooviest Covers of All Time: Bob Larkin Made Me Buy These!

Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Artist Bob Larkin just had his 68th birthday this past Tuesday, so why don't we wish him a belated happy one by ooh-ing and ahh-ing over a few of his captivating covers from the good old Groovy Age? Larkin did tons of covers for paperbacks, merchandising, and other comic mag publishers, but it's his Marvel-ous covers that still turn Ol' Groove on! Here are some of my favorites (and yeah, the insides of these are pretty cool, too!)...












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7 comments:

  1. jfire2July 14, 2017 at 2:21 PM

    did you see this? https://calvinscanadiancaveofcool.blogspot.com/

    did he steal your post?

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  2. keythd23July 14, 2017 at 4:37 PM

    Happy birthday, Bob! The Larkin covers comprised a lot of good memories in my teen years. Although I preferred the more Frazetta-ish covers of Boris Vallejo, a Bob Larkin fronted magazine was always a welcome presence on the newstand.

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  3. jdh417July 15, 2017 at 1:24 AM

    Pity these kind of magazines aren't still around on the newsstand.

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  4. AnonymousJuly 16, 2017 at 6:59 AM

    Bob Larkin painted the cover to several of Marvel's prose novels in the 1970s. His cover to Mayhem in Manhattan is still one of my all-time favorite images of Spider-Man.

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  5. JohnJuly 16, 2017 at 12:18 PM

    You're not kidding! These are great covers!

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  6. BuddyJuly 18, 2017 at 3:03 AM

    That Hulk! cover started my fascination with that magazine when I was about 13, whenever I could find it. I remember when I bought it, the old lady at the counter said something like, 'Why would anyone want to buy garbage like that?' Ha such good selling technique!

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  7. Oscar FernandezAugust 8, 2018 at 2:47 AM

    WOW! Awesome covers. Thanks

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