Groove's Faves: "The Sunken Land!" by Leiber, O'Neil, Simonson, and Milgrom

Greetings, Groove-ophiles! For the fabulous fifth and final ish of DC's outstanding Sword of Sorcery mag (August 1973), regular artist Howard Chaykin was replaced by the fill-in team of Walt Simonson and Al Milgrom! This fourteen-pager was (from what I can gather) Walt's longest job yet, and also his first lead feature. How cool is that? Written by Denny O'Neil and adapted from Fritz Leiber's novels, let's join Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser as theyvisit..."The Sunken Land!"

Groove's Faves: "The Cloud of Hate!" by Leiber, O'Neil, and Chaykin

Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Here's another classic adaptation of Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser by Denny O'Neil, Howard Chaykin, and friends! (How many inkers can you spot in today's story?) From Sword of Sorcery #4 (June 1973), here comes..."The Cloud of Hate!"

Groove's Faves: "Betrayal!" by O'Neil and Chaykin

Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Ol' Groove is stuck on a sword and sorcery kick. In the mood for a little Fritz Leiber/Denny O'Neil/Howard Chaykin style s&s, dig? Can't do much better than Sword of Sorcrey #3's (April 1973) "Betrayal!" It's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser in action on the sea, on land, in the air, on land again--hoo-hah! Plus you can have a lot of fun (and spend a lot of time) playing "identify the inker", since Humble Howie employed a ton of 'em: Sal Amendola, Vincente Alcazar, Walt Simonson, Alan Weiss, Bernie Wrightson, Mike Kaluta...do I see a hint of Jim Starlin? Or is that Al Milgrom? Or both? The fun never ends, baby. Check it out!!