Thanksgiving Feast 2015: "The Saga of Iron Jaw" by Fleisher, Sekowsky, and Abel

Welcome back to Thanksgiving Feast 2015, Groove-ophiles! We're back with our second course, the very first issue of Atlas/Seaboard's Iron Jaw! Ol' Groove has no idea as to why we haven't rapped about this one before (especially when you consider this Secret Origins post), but here, from November 1974, are Michael Fleisher, Mike Sekowsky, and Jack Abel with..."The Saga of Iron Jaw"! Dig in, baby!

Cover art by Neal Adams

Yeah, 'cause Ol' Groove loves ya, here's the behind the scenes page, too!

The Grooviest Covers of All Time: No DC for Neal!

Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Y'know, there was a time during the Groovy Age when DC's fave artist, Neal Adams, was on the outs with them. He was trying to make the comics industry more fair and employee friendly, mainly by taking on the cause of Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, who felt--and Neal agreed--that DC (and the upcoming Superman film) were gypping the creators out of their fair share of what would be a multi-million dollar proposition. Of course, while Neal was crusading, he had to make moolah, so he turned to Marvel, Charlton (!), newcomer Atlas/Seaboard, and once, even a "ground-level" publisher, Sal Quartuccio for some income. He did mostly covers, while he and his cohorts at Continuity Associates took care of whatever interiors needed taking care of. But it's Neal's covers we're celebrating today! One could imagine Neal finishing a piece and thinking, "Look what you're missing, DC!"

Random Reads: Iron Jaw Faces "The Wolf-Cowled Head-Hunters of Amun Rak"...Sort Of...

Greetings, Groove-ophiles! It's been a while since we trekked into the macabre machismo world of Atlas/Seaboard's Iron Jaw, hasn't it? Well, Ol' Groove will rectify that sitch right now--with this savage saga by Michael Fleisher and Pablo Marcos..."The Wolf-Cowled Head-Hunters of Amun Rak" from Iron Jaw #3 (February 1975). This tale of swords and sorcery has it all--violent vagabonds, bodacious beauties, swords, bows and arrows, murder, mayhem, battle-axes, unicorns, and yes, head-hunters. The only thing it doesn't have are "wolf-cowled" head-hunters. The head-hunters, in spite of the title, are wearing serpent-cowls. Wha hoppen to allow such a gaff to get on to the printed page? The world may never know!