Funny Stuff: "Stroke of Luck" by Doyle, Goldberg, and D'Agostino

Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! It's back to the beach, and during the Groovy Age, the only way Kid Groove could get sun and sand was in an Archie comic! Pep #258 (July 1971) has a fun "on the beach" story featuring Archie and Reggie vying for the attention of the lovely young nurse at the first aid station. You can guess the shenanigans to come, but hey, it's fun stuff by Tom Doyle, Stan Goldberg, and Jon D'Agostino! Face it, tiger--you've had a..."Stroke of Luck!"

Sunday Funnies: Harvey by Stan Lee and Stan Goldberg

If you have a vague memory of Marvel putting out a humor comic about a red-haired teen bumbler and his kooky friends, you're not imagining things. For some reason, the two Stans created what can only be called an Archie rip-off called Harvey, whose comic made its debut in July, 1970. Yep, Harvey was the name of the competing publisher who produced all those Casper and Richie Rich comics. Weird, huh? But, if you were a kid like Li'l Groove, who dug Archie and occasionally Millie the Model (they were my sister's, I swear it!), you probably thought Harvey and his Riverdale--er, I mean, Midville gang were kinda neat-o. Harvey ran for six issues, with issue #2 coming out in September, 1970, then the third through sixth issues hitting the spinner racks from March through August, 1972. The Stans went on to other things (Lee became Marvel's publisher and Goldberg to took his talents to Archie Comics, where else?), so the 1972 run was mostly handled by Stu Schwartzberg and Henry Scarpelli (another Archie artist). Here are two titanic tales from ish #1 by Stan Lee and Stan G. Nothing's too obscure for my Groove-ophiles!