Tuesday Two-fer: "Time-Warp" by Barr, Barretto, and Adkins and "Plague" by Kashdan, Newton, and Mitchell

Gobble, gobble, Groove-ophiles! Let's talk turkey: Time Warp was a pretty cool sci fi comic! Too bad it was so short-lived. Just take, for example, November 1979's Time Warp #3! Under it's way-too-pulpy-cool Mike Kaluta cover there are a ton of cool stories--including the twisted tale that lead off the ish, "Time Warp" (What an appropriate title!) by Mike W. Barr, Ed Barretto, and Dan Adkins...

Then, there's the issue's final sci-fi shocker by George Kashdan, Don Newton, and Steve Mitchell, "Plague"!

And if you're in the mood for more Time Warp wonderment, just click the Time Warp link over there in the Stream of Comicbook Consciousness section! Time Warp! It's not just a campy dance number any more!

The Grooviest Covers of All Time: Mike Kaluta's Time Warp

It only lasted for five Dollar Comic-sized issues (July 1979-March 1980), but Time Warp was our one bastion of straight-up sci-fi from DC Comics as we neared the end of the Groovy Age. A ton of short-sci fi shockers from a variety of writers and artists was no hard sell for Teen Groove, and those Mike Kaluta covers pushed the mag from my "must buy" list to my "gotta have it" list! Would you pay a dollar for these*?

Random Reads: "The Monsters" by Fleisher and Grandenitti

Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Just a quickie today--a sci-fi short by two unique and visionary talents, Michael (Spectre, Jonah Hex) Fleisher and Jerry (The Spirit/Prez) Grandenetti. Only a mag like DC's Time Warp could contain such talents! From Time Warp #1 (August 1979) here come..."The Monsters"!

Sci-Fi Week! Groove's Faves: "If the World Had to End Twice..." by O'Neil, Buckler, and Smith

Here's a fave sci-fi shocker by the truly bodacious team of Denny O'Neil, Rich Buckler, and Bob Smith (mis-credited to Giordano), Groove-ophiles! This story is so far-out and fab that DC used it to kick off the inaugural ish of Time Warp (July 1979). Just what would happen..."If the World Had to End Twice..."?

The Grooviest Covers of All Time: Sci-Fi Kaluta Style

Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Mighty Mike Kaluta was best known for illustrating DC's The Shadow and his mystery/horror work during the Groovy Age. Post Groovy Age, he hit it big as co-creator (with Elaine Lee) of Starstruck, a retro-sci-fi romp for the stage and the comicbook page. Groovy Age fans knew Kaluta had a sci-fi streak in him, as the following covers will diligently demonstrate. Dig 'em!

Sci-Friday: "The Hole in Reality's Heart" by DeMatteis, Newton, and Mitchell

Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Here's a suh-weet sci-fi collaboration between three guys who truly knew how to make memorable comics, writer J.M. DeMatteis, penciler Don Newton, and inker Steve Mitchell. From DC's short-lived science-fiction comic Time Warp #4 (January 1980), here's "The Hole in Reality's Heart"!