Happy Halloween, Groove-ophiles! Let's take a trip through the Groovy Age (well, 1972-1980 to be exact) and check out thirteen fearsome and far-out super-hero vs. monster covers (by the talents of titans Gil Kane, Nick Cardy, Joe Staton, Mike Grell, Rich Buckler, Dave Cockrum, and more). The twist, or theme within the theme, if you will, is that all of these classics hit the spinner racks in the month of October during that sensational and sparkling span! To make things even more interesting, it had to be straight-up super-heroes, not supernatural super-heroes (sorry Doc Strange et al), not monster super-heroes (looking at you Thing, Hulk, and company), but out-and-out long-underwear types (or, in Iron Man's case, long-armor?) vs. monsters! Aw, you don't wanna read the rules--you wanna look at the awesome covers! Onward!
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Friday, October 30, 2020
Friday, July 10, 2020
Dynamic Drawings to Dazzle and Delight!
Hey, Kids! Comics from 50 Years Ago!
July 7 & 9, 1970
Groovy Age Splash Page of the Week
| Iron Man #119 |
Groovy Age Spotlight On... John Byrne's Avengers Fill-In Issues 164-166!
July 6th was John Byrne's birthday so let's celebrate, Groove-ophiles! While his Groovy Age work on X-Men, Marvel Team-Up, Iron Fist, Rog-200, Doomsday +1, Marvel Two-In-One, and Starlord is most celebrated, leave us not forget that he had a suh-weet run on Avengers (issues 181-191) that actually stemmed from a trio of far-out fill-in issues that he did on issues 164-166! Those three issues that ran from July-September 1977 absolutely rocked! Credit-where-credit's due: Jim Shooter turned out a whale of a storyline that allowed Byrne to strut his stuff (and regular inker Pablo Marcos gave Byrne's pencils a different, but cool, vibe than what we'd seen before) with some amazing action scenes against The Lethal Legion (Power Man, Living Laser, and Whirlwind) and a super-powered Count Nefaria (playing the part of Superman-gone-wrong). While we loved our regular penciler at the time, George Perez, methinks not too many fans were disappointed during this titanic trilogy of incredible fill-in issues! Dig this sampling of Ol' Groove's fave pages from each issue...and Happy Birthday, John Byrne!
July 6th was John Byrne's birthday so let's celebrate, Groove-ophiles! While his Groovy Age work on X-Men, Marvel Team-Up, Iron Fist, Rog-200, Doomsday +1, Marvel Two-In-One, and Starlord is most celebrated, leave us not forget that he had a suh-weet run on Avengers (issues 181-191) that actually stemmed from a trio of far-out fill-in issues that he did on issues 164-166! Those three issues that ran from July-September 1977 absolutely rocked! Credit-where-credit's due: Jim Shooter turned out a whale of a storyline that allowed Byrne to strut his stuff (and regular inker Pablo Marcos gave Byrne's pencils a different, but cool, vibe than what we'd seen before) with some amazing action scenes against The Lethal Legion (Power Man, Living Laser, and Whirlwind) and a super-powered Count Nefaria (playing the part of Superman-gone-wrong). While we loved our regular penciler at the time, George Perez, methinks not too many fans were disappointed during this titanic trilogy of incredible fill-in issues! Dig this sampling of Ol' Groove's fave pages from each issue...and Happy Birthday, John Byrne!
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