Thursday, January 5, 2017

Groovy Age Gold: "The Secret of the Buzzard's Revenge!" by Simon and Kirby

Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Flipping through Jack Kirby's awesome New Gods #4 (June 1971), the very first 52 page, 25 cent ish, what jumped out and grabbed me by the brain but a reprint Jack and Joe Simon's inaugural Manhunter strip from Adventure Comics #73 (February 1942)? Wanna see it?











I knew you would!

Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Black and White Wednesday: Sensational Savage Sword of Conan Frontispieces

Dig it, Groove-ophiles! Today we're gonna plant our peepers on far-out frontispieces from Savage Sword of Conan! Today Ol' Groove's chosen to showcase comicbook artists we don't normally associate with Robert E. Howard's sword-slingin' Cimmerian, but oh, if only they'd had the chance to pencil a few Conan adventures for SSoC...
Mike Zeck


Ron Wilson and Joe Rubinstein

Carl Potts and Neal Adams

Keith Pollard

Don Newton

Pat Broderick

Kerry Gammill


Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Decent Comics: "United We Fall!" by Levitz, Staton, and Layton

Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Paul Levitz, Joe Staton, and Bob Layton are cookin' with gas in All-Star Comics #69 (August 1977)! "United We Fall!" cleans up the left-over plotlines regarding Bruce Wayne's problems with the JSA, plus we get a some rarely-seen JSA-ers, aaand a sneak peek at The Huntress! If you love great, big super-hero on super-hero battles, this ish is gonna blow your mind! Ready? Set! Go!!
Cover art by Al Milgrom and Jack Abel


















Monday, January 2, 2017

Marvel-ous Mondays: "Hell In Helium!" by Wolfman, Kane, and Messina

Welcome to 2017, Groove-ophiles! How are we gonna bring in a New Year here in Groove City? By truckin' on back to 1977 (August, to be exact) to find out what Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter is up to with Warlord of Mars #6! "Hell In Helium!" by Marv Wolfman, Gil Kane, and guest inker Rudy Messina is another action-packed chapter in Wolfman and Kane's "Air Pirates of Mars" epic. What more do you need to know? Check it out...
Cover art by Gil Kane and Rudy Nebres


















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