tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post7477740601241278426..comments2024-03-25T11:21:33.915-04:00Comments on Diversions of the Groovy Kind: Summer of '76! Grooviest Covers of All Time: A Marvel-ous SummerThe Groovy Agenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466541479854942040noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-36291650294652397742011-06-07T20:21:29.506-04:002011-06-07T20:21:29.506-04:0080% of the dc titles lost me,never saw or had thos...80% of the dc titles lost me,never saw or had those issues,BUT BUT BUT BUT I owned 70% of the marvel titles...and I was twelve and had no money?????<br />floods of memories<br /><br />wonderful blog, thank you.baabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07388667792167744260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-85486888663614619642011-06-07T12:25:20.822-04:002011-06-07T12:25:20.822-04:00What a great bunch of stuff. I was amazed to see t...What a great bunch of stuff. I was amazed to see that many Kirby covers.Tom Masonhttp://comics.gearlive.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-20897379237663580332011-06-07T09:32:20.591-04:002011-06-07T09:32:20.591-04:00This is a bittersweet gallery for me b/c this was ...This is a bittersweet gallery for me b/c this was the end of the Englehart/MacGregor era (though Gerber stuck around for a bit as I recall). Dr. Strange, Cap, Black Panther, War of The Worlds all changed dramatically. Nevermind that Avengers which Jim Shooter & Gerry Conway hijacked. <br /><br />Interestingly, Moench & Claremont were still going strong. <br /><br />The Golden Age of Comics is 15 years old, as they say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-68628164116448598952011-06-06T20:47:40.538-04:002011-06-06T20:47:40.538-04:00Sigh! I was in Canoga Park,CA that summer. If I ha...Sigh! I was in Canoga Park,CA that summer. If I had only known Kirby lived in Sherman Oaks! I would had paided him a visit! GGGRRRR!! Man that summer was awesome! Kirby rocked! I bought most of these comics off the spinner rack at the local 7-11.<br /><br /> Along with the Capt.A Bicentennial treasury edition. I believe 2001 a Space Odessey came out that same summer too. I remember buying those slurpees just trying to collect all those cool Marvel Superhero cups! I lived in WI at the time & we had no 7-11's here!Man Kirby was King then, The Eternals, countless covers. I remember the Hulk annual & Thor annuals were my favorites that summer. Along with the DD annual, Nova #1, Omega,& HTD! <br /><br />Sal Buscema was rocking on the Hulk, Specatular Spider-Man. Gil Kane was still rocking out covers. The only sad thing was indeed Marvel's monster line was almost completely gone!I loved Tomb of dracula #50! Gene Colan inked by the one & only Tom Palmer. Drac vs the Silver Surfer! Holy Moley! I always thought the Surfer should have & could had vaporized old fang face with one mere cosmic blast. <br /><br />Or took him for a ride on his cosmic board into the stars & into the sun! Boy drac that's nasty sunburn you got there! KFD! Kentucky Fried Dracula! LOL YIKES! Sorry about my mile long comment. Can you tell I loved the summer of 76! HHHEEYYYY!!Mike Mikulovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13426364090992151914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-19358415971135816942011-06-06T18:32:27.750-04:002011-06-06T18:32:27.750-04:00More reasons why 1976 is my mostest favoritest yea...More reasons why 1976 is my mostest favoritest year of my lifetime. Thanks for the groovy post!Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03908194845281410895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-41918976600044235652011-06-06T18:09:04.994-04:002011-06-06T18:09:04.994-04:00Thank you, sir! I also had many of the tomes pict...Thank you, sir! I also had many of the tomes pictured, and loved every one of them. Many of those books stand out in my mind to the extent that I recall where they were purchased. And you know the occasional Slurpee was involved!<br /><br />Best,<br /><br />DougDoughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-20426729452524645002011-06-06T13:52:11.613-04:002011-06-06T13:52:11.613-04:00Looks like it was a busy Summer for the King: load...Looks like it was a busy Summer for the King: loadsa Krazy Kirby Kovers and Cap's Bicentennial Battles too! Great stuff!<br /><br />Looking back now, I think I must have spent all my pocket money on comics that Summer! I've got 23 of the above comics, and only 3 or 4 were bought in later years as back issues. I can still remember the excitement of seeing the Nova and X-Men covers for the first time. Happy days! Thanks for bringing back the memories, Groove!Simon B https://www.blogger.com/profile/07719757386457800087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-17744539557632739102011-06-06T13:51:14.529-04:002011-06-06T13:51:14.529-04:00I know this will paint me as a hopeless feeb, but ...I know this will paint me as a hopeless feeb, but I got misty thinking of both the summer of 1976, and the kid I was then. Whoever the hell he was. But it was, in its way, a magical time.<br /><br />I POURED over Tomb of Dracula and Ghost Rider..... And my lifelong love of Sax Rohmer started with Master of Kung Fu.....Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-21521315450909921562011-06-06T07:49:47.729-04:002011-06-06T07:49:47.729-04:00Whoa! Omega the Unknown? Super Groovy Awesome! ...Whoa! Omega the Unknown? Super Groovy Awesome! Heh, seriously, that was one of the best series of that era.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-85515515374625483242011-06-06T07:38:11.725-04:002011-06-06T07:38:11.725-04:00I still have at least 8 or 9 of these comics, and ...I still have at least 8 or 9 of these comics, and would have had a few more back in the day. Happy memories. Was it really 35 years ago? Wow!Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-14857267055895040762011-06-06T04:03:08.264-04:002011-06-06T04:03:08.264-04:00Wow, thanks, truly, for that early morning trip do...Wow, thanks, truly, for that early morning trip down memory lane; I actually had quite a few of these. That Amazing Adventures issue was probably the only Killraven book I ever picked up off the spinner rack, probably because it had a bunch of (grotesque) super-heroes on the cover. I also remember at the time I hardly understood the story but that it did freak me out a bit - so I didn't buy any more Killraven stuff until much later.<br />Anyway, this post really demonstrates how us comic fans had one more reason to look forward to summer - not only was school out, but that was usually when all of the annuals, specials and treasury edition type stuff came out.Edo Bosnarnoreply@blogger.com