Happy Birthday, Jim Steranko!

 Thursday was the great Jim Steranko's 82nd birthday! His style, his innovations, his craftsmanship, his dedication to perfection in comicbook art has made his name synonymous with great comics art (and book cover art, and magazine layout, and...). He helped usher in the Groovy Age (with his work on Nick Fury in Strange Tales) and still wows us to this day. Happy birthday, Mr. S.! 

Shades of Gray: "Two Worlds to Win!" by Effinger and Morrow

Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Here at last is the final installment of Marvel's Gullivar Jones adaptation in Creatures on the Loose! Written by George Alec Effinger with art by (but of course!) Gray Morrow, "Two Worlds to Win!" was originally published in COTL #21 (October 1972). And just 'cause Ol' Groove loves ya, baby, I'm tossin' in Steranko's sensational cover aaaaand COTL #21's editorial with the lowdown on all the talent involved in bringing us Gully's color comicbook adventures! Who says this isn't the Groovy Age of goin' the extra mile?

Shades of Gray: "What Price Victory?" by Effinger and Morrow

Greetings, Groove-ophiles! We're back with the penultimate chapter of Marvel's Gullivar Jones adaptation in the pages of Creatures on the Loose. Who'd've thunk that beneath that far-out Gil Kane cover lay the superior stylings of artist Gray Morrow? 'Tis true! Gray would draw the final two color GJ appearances in Creatures on the Loose: today's "What Price Victory?" from Creatures on the Loose #20 (August 1972) and ish 21's "Two Worlds to Win" (which Ol' Groove'll lay on ya in the near future!). As usual, our tale is written by sci-fi author George Alec Effinger. Just wait'll you dig the Flash Gordon vibe Gray Morrow gives ol' Gully!

Random Reads: "The Long Road to Nowhere!" by Effinger, Kane, Boring, and Mooney

Whaddya say, Groove-ophiles? Ya got a Jones for some Gullivar comix? Then you've come to the right place! Here's "The Long Road to Nowhere!" written by George Alec Effinger with art by Gil Kane (cover and splash), Wayne Boring, and Jim Mooney from Creatures on the Loose #19 (July 1972). Dig it!

Random Reads: "Wasteland--on a Weirdling World!" by Effinger, Conway, Andru, and Grainger

Greetings, Groove-ophiles! You wanted more Gullivar Jones, you get more Gullivar Jones! While original series' creative team, writer Roy Thomas and penciler Gil Kane, have moved on to other projects, Gil stuck around to produce another cool cover! Inside the pages of Creatures on the Loose #18 (April 1972) writers George Effinger and Gerry Conway team with artists Ross Andru and Sam Grainger to continue the adventures of Edwin L. Arnold's Warrior of Mars with lots of monsters, action, and even a history lesson (which Ol' Groove is sure editor Roy Thomas had a hand in--just check out the credits). Check it out, baby!