Marvel M-AD-ness: 13 Terrifying Teasers from Macabre Marvel

Dig it, Groove-ophiles! When the Comics Code relaxed its ban on supernatural-style stories, Mighty Marvel unleashed more monsters than Transylvania and all its neighbors! Dig this random sampling of creepy commercials for the creature features that ran in the early 1970s Marvel Mags! What a bounty of blood-curdling books, baby!

Marvel-ous Monday: "Morbius, the Living Vampire!" by M. Friedrich, Gulacy, and Abel

Greetings, Groove-ophiles! October is here, so it's time to start getting cracking creaking with the haunted Halloween side of the Groovy Age! We're kicking it all off with Morbius, the Living Vampire's solo color comic debut from Fear #20 (November 1973). Ol' Groove's already given ya a short history of Morbius' Groovy Age career right here, so let's just grab our stakes, tiptoe ever so carefully into Fear, and get reacquainted with "Morbius, the Living Vampire!" by Mike Friedrich, Paul (making his Marvel-ous debut right here, baby!) Gulacy, and Jack Abel...

Cover art by Gil Kane and Frank Giacoia

And how 'bout those Marvel-ous cameos by a certain Web Slinger and a skeleton crew of Merry Mutants?

Oh, and if you're in a hurry to find out what happens next ish, just click here, my Groovy Ghoulies!

Black and White Wednesday: Peerless Paul Gulacy Original Art

Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! You won't mind perusing some primo Paul Gulacy original art today, will ya?

Gulacy's debut on the Morbius feature in Fear #20...

Paul's iconic Logan's Run #6 cover...

And of course, some sweet Master of Kung Fu pages...

I knew you wouldn't mind!

Black and White Wednesday: "Where Is Gallows Bend?" by McGregor and Sutton

Good eeeeeeee-ven-ing, Groove-ophiles! You asked for it, you're gonna get it! More macabre mystery featuring Michael Morbius, courtesy Don McGregor and Tom Sutton! From Vampire Tales #7 (August 1974), we must ask..."Where Is Gallows Bend?"