The Grooviest Covers of All Time: Jim Starlin's Thanos In the Groovy Age

Dig it, Groove-ophiles! You knew that we were gonna wind up Thanos Week with a loving look back at Jim Starlin and company's cozmik covers featuring Thanos, right? Well, you know how Ol' Groove hates to disappoint, so here ya go!

Inks by Frank Giacoia

Inks by Pablo Marcos

Inks by Klaus Janson

Art by Ron Wilson and John Romita

Inks by Klaus Janson

Inks by Alan Weiss

Cover by Al Milgrom and Mike Esposito (probably?)

Many thanks, as always, to the Grand Comics Database for the far-out scans!

Thanos Week: Funny Stuff (?): "The Cat and the Cosmic Cube" by Sullivan, Siporin, and/or Salicrup, Mortimer, and Esposito

Behold, Thanos' shame, Groove-ophiles. Ol' Groove knows that you know, Groove-ophiles, that some humor is intentional and some is not (yers trooley proves that quite often here...). One has to wonder about stories like "The Cat and the Cosmic Cube" from Spidey Super Stories #39 (December 1978). Yeah, the mag was written for kids (young kids at that), but c'mon! Had writer(s) Nick Sullivan, Michael Siporin, and/or Jim Salicrup (we're not sure which one--or which combo--actually wrote this story) EVER read a comic with Thanos in it before they wrote this crazy comic? Thanos is in a helicopter (complete with his name stenciled on it) chasing The Cat (actually Patsy Walker, Hellcat, but that name was NOT going into a comic produced in conjunction with Children's Television Workshop, baby) who somehow has the Cosmic Cube (that's "Tesseract" to you young'uns) in her possession (is there a prequel to this story in another issue and I missed it somehow?). So surreal and silly--intentionally or not? You be the judge! Art by the regular SSS team of Win Mortimer and Mike Esposito...

Cover art by Al Milgrom (and Mike Esposito?)

Don't worry. Thanos gets his dignity back tomorrow, Groove-ophiles!

Thanos Week! Black and White Wednesday: Original Jim Starlin Thanos Art

Check it out, Groove-ophiles! Ol' Groove has been scouring the interwebs to find samples of Jim Starlin's incredible Groovy Age Thanos art, and did I ever find some goodies! Inked by the likes of Al Milgrom, Dave Cockrum, Pablo Marcos, Joe Rubinstein, and more from issues of Iron Man (#55--Thanos' debut!), Captain Marvel, Warlock, Avengers Annual #7, and Marvel Two-In-One Annual #2. Are you ready for this?

Iron Man #55 (Mike Esposito inks)...

Captain Marvel #26 (Dave Cockrum inks)...

Captain Marvel #27 (Pablo Marcos inks)...

Captain Marvel #31 (Dan Green/Al Milgrom inks)...

Captain Marvel #33 (Klaus Janson inks)...

Warlock #9 (Steve Leialoha inks)...

Warlock #10 (Steve Leialoha inks)...

Warlock #15 (Jim Starlin inks)...

Avengers Annual #7 (Joe Rubinstein inks)...

Marvel Two-In-One Annual #2 (Joe Rubinstein inks)...

Yeah, I know. WOW!!

See you tomorrow with...Thanos' shame!

Thanos Week! Comicbook Scenes Ol' Groove Hopes Will (At Least Sort Of) Be In Avengers: Infinity War

Wow, is that a mouthful of a title or what, Groove-ophiles? Still, that's what we're gonna look at today. Ol' Groove has picked through all the Groovy Age appearances of Thanos and these (in no particular order) are the scenes I HOPE we'll see in Avengers: Infinity War in some form or fashion...

Thanos' twisted love of Death has GOT to be part of the story. Hopefully this particular scene will come to life on the big screen!

Thanos and some of our heroes floating in space on rocks would look so cool, but Thanos commanding a fleet of alien-manned starships is a must!

Thanos' imprisonment of Kronos would look soooo awesome on the big screen, wouldn't it?

Okay, this is two pages, but Drax vs. Thanos in a psychedelic battle is something Ol' Groove would definitely flip to see!

Thanos sending an entire building shooting off like a rocket at some of our heroes! Drax is already in the movie (although he doesn't fly), so Mar-Vell could be replaced by the Carol Danvers Captain Marvel or Star-Lord while Thor or Iron Man would be cool in Drax's place!

We've GOTTA see Thanos speechifying in front of tons of cosmic machinery, right?

Again, Ol' Groove knows that this is more than one page, but we've GOTTA see a slobber-knockerin' smack down of epic proportions between Thanos and Avengers heavyweights like Thor, Iron Man, Hulk, and Vision! Of course that would lead to...

...The Avengers captured and imprisoned by Thanos! Replace Thing with The Hulk and Beast with...Ant Man? Dr. Strange? Hmmm...

Spidey freaks out when he witnesses the power of Thanos! This scene will actually work better with the younger, less experienced movie version. And it's a sweet lead-in to...

...Spidey saves the day by releasing the Ultimate Avenger who will defeat Thanos! Now, we know the Ultimate Avenger won't be Adam Warlock (sniff), so my money is on...The Vision to fill that role.

Whaddya think? Is Ol' Groove asking for too much? Too little? Am I just ka-razee? What other scenes do you hope to see?

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE! My brother-in-law The Badraven came on-location to Ol' Groove's kitchen to include me in a round-table discussion about the upcoming Avengers Infinity War movie for his YouTube channel! We, along with my MCU-loving niece and nephew, share our guesses about some of the things that we think might happen in this week's blockbuster, including a discussion of  scenes we'd love to see in Avengers Infinity War. You can watch the video by clicking here...dare you view the visage and hear the voice of Ol' Groove? Click this link!