Rocking in the New Year With the Partridge Family! (Or, Welcome, 2021! What Took You So Long?)

 Happy New Year, Groove-ophiles! I know the messes of 2020 didn't disappear like Cinderella's ballgown when the clock struck twelve, but at least we have a clean slate starting today! Let's enjoy--and make the most of--it! 

We're gonna celebrate here in Groove City with the comic that I nabbed right after it hit the spinner-racks on or about January 1, 1971... Charlton's The Partridge Family #1! (What? I was just a second grader then. Whaddya think, Li'l Groove was gonna snag a copy of Savage Tales #1?) 

In the dawning days of 1971, The Partridge Family had become Li'l Groove's favorite TV show. I dug the fun family, the cool clothes (well, to me, back then, they were!), and of course, the music! Charlton Comics was wise enough to get the comicbook rights to the show, and to put the talented Don Sherwood in the driver's seat of their four color tour bus, as well! Sherwood was great at likenesses and had a style that lent itself perfectly to translating our fave rock n roll family into funnybook form. Enough yappin' from moi, let's get our family rock party on with all the goodness that was The Partridge Family #1!

See ya next time, Groove-ophiles! May love and kindness guide us every day of this New Year!

Batman, Superman, Daredevil, and...Killraven (?!) Usher in 2010!

Happy New Year, Groove-ophiles! Man, does time ever fly when you're having fun! 2009 is in the history books and what a year it was. Thanks again for all the far-out vibes you've been sending DotGk, and keep 'em comin', baby! Okay, enough with the love-in, let's PARTY! Ol' Groove's gathered a kooky quartet of heroes, each of whom celebrated a Groovy Age New Year in his own inimitable way, to help us ring 2010 in!

First up, here's a Batman adventure (from Batman #247, December 1972) that continues from last week's Christmas Day post as Denny O'Neil and Dick Giordano wish The Darknight Detective a Merry Christmas "...And a Deadly New Year!"


Not to be outdone in creating holiday puns, Tony Isabella and Bob Brown are on hand to help Daredevil (and the Black Widow!) celebrate a Merry Christmas "...and a Hydra New Year!" (From Daredevil #120, January 1975).


In Superman #333 (December 1978), Martin Pasko and Curt Swan let Bizarro do all their dirty work as he tells Superman to have a "Happy New Year...Rest In Peace!"


And finally, from Amazing Adventures #24 (February 1974), Don McGregor and Herb Trimpe ring in 2019 for Killraven and his Freemen with one more punny song title. Everybody sing! "For He's a Jolly Dead Rebel!"


Okay, you've had enough pun-ishment for one day, Groove-ophiles! Enjoy the first day of 2010! Make it the template for the rest of the new year! And remember, a Diversion a day keeps boredom at bay!