Hail, Groove-ophiles! Here's a teaming Ol' Groove would have loved, loved, (and I do mean) LOVED to have seen more of: Roy Thomas, Jim Starlin, and Al Milgrom on Conan! Do ya remember this one from Savage Tales #5 (May 1974)? Plotted by novelist John Jakes, "The Secret of Skull River!" has e-ver-y-thing you want from a great Conan story: it's spooky, violent, trippy, brutal, funny, and sexy (don't blush when you get to page 13!). Ol' Groove has a dream that Marvel, now that it has the rights to Conan back, will wake up and hire Roy, Jim, and Al--each and every one of whom are still producing magnificent work--to do some new Conan tales. Wouldn't that be far-freakin'-out?
Loved Jim Starlin on Conan. This was during the time he was doing all kinds of experimentation with his panel layouts.
ReplyDeleteTotally EPIC Groovster!! I agree! SIGH!
ReplyDeletegreat work as always, love the full page duel.
ReplyDeleteHave you seen the colorized version in Conan the Barbarian #64? I'd be interested what you thought of it in comparison.
ReplyDeleteThanks!