Greetings, Groove-ophiles! First of all, Ol' Groove want's to say, "Happy Anniversary!" Yep, t'was eight years ago today that yers trooley posted our very first Diversion! It wasn't much, but it was a start, and who'da thunk eight years later we'd still be around, rappin' about the comics of the 70s, sharing memories, and just chillin' with our fellow Groove-ophiles? Thank you, one and all for your support, dedication, and love. Ol' Groove loves ya, baby! Let's keep truckin' on for as long as we can!
Today we're gonna look at another of the awesome
Aurora Model Kits which originally hit stores in the late 60s, disappeared for a while, then made a comeback in the mid-70s with the super-cool twist of those hard to find (and expensive if you do find 'em) comicbook inserts. Not only do those inserts give us instructions for how to put those 'mazing models together (which I'm pretty sure were drawn by Dave Cockrum), but we get a piece of incredible background art (to set the finished model in front of, natch), but a whole stand-alone story, to boot! For the
Amazing Spider-Man, author Len Wein (who'd go on to write the regular
Amazing Spider-Man comic) and artist John Romita, Sr. (one of the Mt. Everest of
Spidey creators) got it all together with a fun
Spidey vs. Kraven the Hunter mini-classic! Check it out, baby!
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| The box and the unpainted model |
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| A nicely painted finished version of the model--but what's up with Kraven's pants? |