Thursday, October 4, 2018

Random Reads: "A Matter of Breeding" by Jones and Sekowsky

HoooOOOOW's it shakin', Groove-ophiles! Here's a wild and wooly werewolf tale by Russ Jones and Mike Sekowsky from Atlas/Seaboard's Tales of Evil #1 (December 1974)…







Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Black and White Wednesday: "Bernice" by Poe and Villamonte

From the Master of Terror, Edgar Allan Poe, comes "Bernice" adapted and illustrated by Ricardo Villamonte for Skywald's Scream #7 (cover dated July 1974)...







Tuesday, October 2, 2018

Decent Comics: "Some Forbidden Fate" by O'Neil, Grandenetti, and Giordano

What it is, Groove-ophiles! Didja know that nearly a year before Marvel unleased Conan the Barbarian on fandom assembled, DC dipped into the Sword and Sorcery waters with Nightmaster in Showcase issues 82-84? Well, they did! Check out the editorial page from the back of Showcase #82 (March 1969) where co-creator/writer Denny O'Neil lays the genesis of Jim Rook and company 'pon us...

Don'tcha just love those behind-the-scenes editorials from the good old days? So now that you know how and why, it's time for you to come face-to-face with the Jerry Grandenetti/Dick Giordano illustrated..."Some Forbidden Fate!"
Cover art by Joe Kubert
























Monday, October 1, 2018

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!

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Special thanks to Mike's Amazing World of Comics and Grand Comics Database for being such fantastic resources for covers, dates, creator info, etc. Thou art treasures true!


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As for the rest of ya, the purpose of this blog is to (re)introduce you to the great comics of the 1970s. If you like what you see, do what I do--go to a comics shop, bookstore, e-Bay or whatever and BUY YOUR OWN!