The Grooviest Covers of All Time: Herb Trimpe Made Me Buy These!

Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Happy Herb Trimpe is one of the Groovy Age greats, and that's a fact. His over-half decade tenure on the Incredible Hulk clinched that, for sure, not to mention his work on Godzilla, Ant-Man (in Marvel Feature) and tons of other cool stuff. You may (or may not) remember that Herb turned out some truly bodacious covers for Mighty Marvel during the late 60s/early 70s, so Ol' Groove's gonna lay a bunch upon ya right now, just so ya know I ain't jivin' ya. Enjoy!

Groove's Faves: "Children of Doom" by O'Neil and Boyette

Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Today we're going to take a look back at Denny O'Neil (writing as Sergius O'Shaugnessy) and Pat Boyette's Children of Doom. Charlton's publishers and editory Dick Giordano must have had a lot of faith in O'Neil and Boyette's dark futuristic fable as evidenced not only by the "A Charlton Classic" blurb on the splash page, but by the fact that they allowed our creative team to experiment with black and white art in a color comic. Today we're not phased by artistic experimentation, but in 1967 Charlton's powers-that-were took a huge risk. While sales might not have set the world on fire, Charlton Premiere #2 (cover-dated November 1967) is well-remembered and highly regarded by fans of classic comics. If you've never seen it, you're probably about to become a fan, too!

Black and White Wednesday: "The Pest!" by Hewetson and Corben

HowOOOO's it' goin', Groove-ophiles? Today's black and white monsterpiece was first seen (shambling through) Warren's Eerie #33 (March 1971). Written by "Archaic" Al Hewetson (before he got his "Horror-Mood" gig at Skywald) with art by the great Richard Corben, "The Pest" is gonna grab ya, baby! Dig it!!

Groovy Age Gold: "The Origin of Dr. Fate" by Fox and Sherman

Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Ol' Groove has mentioned many times and often how much he digs Dr. Fate, like in this Secret Origins featuring Dr. Fate post, so I thought now might be a good time to take a look back at the good doctor's actual origin story from More Fun Comics #67 (cover-dated May 1941), reprinted in Justice League of America #95 (November 1971). Hope it's a good time for you!