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July 7 & 9, 1970
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| 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!