A Mess of Mirthful Memories and Mementos

Hey, Kids! Comics from 50 Years Ago!

May 26 & 28, 1970

Groovy Age Splash Page of the Week

Groovy Age Spotlight On...Gil Kane "In the Rough(s)!"

All of Groove-dom knows that Gil Kane was the main cover-man at Marvel in the early-to-mid 1970s. Here are a bunch of cover roughs/preliminaries (which yers trooly scrounged from all over the interwebs) for some famous (and not-so-famous but still pretty cool) Kane kovers that Made Ours Marvel during the Groovy Age!

Dynamic Drawings and Data of Decidedly Dubious Distinction!

Hey, Kids! Comics from 50 Years Ago!
February 10 & 12, 1970

Groovy Age Splash Page of the Week

Brave and the Bold #116 (September 1974)

Groovy Age Spotlight On...
Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day, Groove-ophiles! Since today's all about hearts and flowers, Ol' Groove thought he'd share a beauty of a romance tale with ya! It's a beauty 'cause it's illustrated by the unusual team of Gene Colan and Sal Buscema! Methinks their styles went quite well together on the Stan Lee scripted "How Do We Know When It's Really Love?" from Our Love Story #4 (January 1970). Yeah, you could say the story is corny and dated in it's 1960s jet-set flick-inspired way, but that's part of it's appeal, imho. Ain't Valentine's Day kinda corny (in a sweet way) and about... dates (kinda)…? Okay, I'll shut up and let ya enjoy the purty pitchures…