Tuesday, June 12, 2018
Decent Comics: "Grimstone Quest" by Michelinie and Chan
Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Time for some wild and woolly sword and sorcery action with DC's Claw the Unconquered! With Claw #5 (October 1975), Ernie Chan (then going by the name of Chua) returns to the inking chores--which, to moi, was natural since Kid Groove knew him best as an inker. "The Grimstone Quest" is a fun story with lots of action. Claw and his sidekick Ghilkyn start off battling a many-limbed cyclops, meet up and make a deal with a wizard, invade the realm of a stone "god" called "Oracle" (who comes complete with a beautiful but strange maiden and it's own pet lobster-like monster), defeat Oracle, and leave with a (fitting) twist-ending involving the wizard. All done in 18 pages for a quarter. Oh, how I love the Groovy Age!
I remember Claw, but never purchased it. Seemed like another Conan knock-off (remember Wulf the Barbarian at Atlas Comics that same year?).
ReplyDeleteI also wasn't keen on the horizontal banner at the top of DC covers at that time. It appeared they were trying for a similar look to Marvel. So glad current DC titles have reverted to the classic company logo of the early '70s (though I don't read any of today's titles).
Regards,
Chris A.
The first 2 issues of Wulf were fantastic. But like everything else at Atlas, fell apart after that.
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