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y pencil and pen to paper here s a sampling of covers to prove ol groove s point and oh yeah there ll be more covers by big john coming your way in future posts but for now overindulge your orbs and give thanks to the grand comics database for it s easily accessible covers posted by the groovy agent at 12 02 am 9 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 1970s comicbooks conan the barbarian grooviest covers of all time john buscema kid colt marvel comics mighty thor skull the slayer sub mariner tarzan friday may 29 2009 famous first fridays marshall rogers detective debut marshall rogers 1950 2007 was going to be an architect but the comicbook fates had other plans for him he worked his way up through fanzines then pin ups spot illos and splashes for warren and marvel s british and b w comics and then to back up features for dc comics that s where ol groove s undying love for marshall s he almost always signed his art with his first name especially in the early days artistry began twas editor julie schwartz who not only gave marshall his first big break but teamed him up with his perfect inker terry austin right out of the gate detective comics was naturally headlined by the batman and schwartz was playing around with a variety of different characters as back up strips writer bob rozakis came up with an innovative idea instead of having a heroic back up he created a villain the calculator to serve as the series star the calcula tor would battle a different dc superstar in each issue then all the heroes would team up with the batman to polish him off the storyline ran from detective comic s s 463 468 june december 1976 with mike grell handling the penciling chores on the first three installments then along came issue 466 september 1976 and all of us spinner rack junkies got our first taste of marshall rogers in full glorious color doing his superhero thing as you can see marshall s style hadn t completely matured and he was channeling grell for continuity s sake but the art was clean crisp and oh so dynamic check it out fandom sat up and took notice december 1976 could ve been called marshall rogers month because we got his art on a world of krypton story in superman family 182 the first part of the tales of the great disaster two parter in weird war tales 51 and best of all marshall got to draw the entire issue of detective 468 where we finally got to see his take on the batman and we flipped next marshall popped up drawing man bat in the batman family s 11 13 february july 1977 so teasingly close to drawing the dark knight detective when steve englehart took over writing detective comics with issue 469 february 1977 the back up features were dropped and the amazing art team of walt simonson and al milgrom came aboard but again the comicbook fates stepped in walt and al got busy on other projects and julie bless him called on marshall and terry to replace them although marshall s tenure drawing the batman for tec was short issues 471 479 may 1977 june 1978 and issue 481 september 1978 it was so beautiful breathtaking and ground breaking that it truly became the stuff of comicbook legend any time you pick up a best of trade paperback featuring the batman you can bet that at least one marshall rogers drawn story made the cut and the version of the batman that he englehart and austin brought to life inspired both the 1989 batman blockbuster and batman the animated serie s marshall s art even kicked off the 1989 batman newspaper strip when we look back at the most influential batman artists of all time marshall rogers is always near the top of every list when we look back at the most influential batman artists of the groovy age he reigns right alongside neal adams and jim aparo don t think marshall s only legacy is his work on the batman he drew highly acclaimed runs on mr miracle dr strange silver surfer and g i joe he helped pioneer the graphic novel with don mcgregor on detectives inc and steve englehart on i am coyote and he created or co created such memorable characters as cap n quick foozle and scorpio rose i m glad marshall didn t become an architect posted by the groovy agent at 12 02 am 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 1970s comicbooks bob rozakis dc comics detective comics famous first fridays green arrow marshall rogers thursday may 28 2009 shades of gray vigilante in the plague makers you know groove ophiles it suddenly hit me that i haven t bragged enough on the wonderful artistry of gray morrow his realistic detailed moody style always turned me on in a 70s comicbook fan way and anytime i d see his art which was totally recognizable from anyone else s i d snatch whatever comic it was in right up yeah even the lois lane issues with the rose and t horn back ups coming soon by the way i ve posted a few of his stories before several in fact so i thought why not make my tributes to the magnificent mr morrow a semi regular feature can t have enough of those y know so to kick things off here s one of my faves a gem hidden in the pages of a truly great comic one worthy of it s own post world s finest comics 245 march 1977 i think you re gonna dig bill kunkel and gray morrow s vigilante tour de force treatise on how to take down terrorists look out for the plague makers posted by the groovy agent at 12 02 am 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 1970s comicbooks bill kunkel dc comics gray morrow shades of gray vigilante world s finest comics wednesday may 27 2009 black and white wednesday the last super hero by cary bates and carmine infantino here s one that comes right out of left field and knocks you upside your head baby from creepy 83 from the summer of 1976 of all places here s a grim and gritty and deconstructionist look at superheroes that s waaay ahead of its time and from the guys who gave us so many stories featuring superman batman and the flash yet here s the last super hero by cary bates and carmine infantino eat your hearts out frank alan and grant posted by the groovy agent at 12 02 am 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 1970s comicbooks black and white comic magazines black and white wednesday carmine infantino cary bates creepy deconstructionist grim and gritty superheroes warren comics tuesday may 26 2009 bring on the back ups captain marvel jr in the mystery of the missing newsstand greetings groove ophiles just a quick post today but a goody ol groove thinks you ll dig this beautifully drawn back up featuring captain marvel jr from shazam 9 october 1973 here s the mystery of the missing newsstand by elliot s maggin and dave cockrum posted by the groovy agent at 12 02 am 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 1970s comicbooks bring on the back ups captain marvel jr dave cockrum dc comics elliot s maggin shazam monday may 25 2009 if you blinked you missed john jakes brak the barbarian john jakes best known for his north and south trilogy and kent family chronicles series of novels actually started out in the pulps writing sci fi sword and sorcery and westerns he was also a charter member of saga swordsmen and sorcerers guild of america early in his career due mostly to the popularity among fans in the know of his sword and sorcery character brak the barbarian brak appeared in various short stories novels and collections including the most awesome flashing swords series which i ll fill ya in on one a these fine days and was a pretty cool tribute to the heroes of robert e howard what you may not know is that brak also appeared in a handful of comicbooks published by who else marvel comics back in the groovy age i suppose jakes got bitten by the comicbook bug after plotting a couple conan stories and a kull story for marvel cause he even adapted his own 1952 short the opener of the crypt for chamber of chills 4 february 1973 anyway brak made his first comicbook appearance the story i m sharing with ya today by the by in chamber of chills 2 october 1972 in a story called spell of the dragon plotted and laid out by dan adkins scripted by jakes himself and art by val mayerik and joe sinnott dig it baby after that brak appeared in a few issues of marvel s black and white savage tales mag namely issue 5 which reprinted spell of the dragon and issues 7 8 with doug moench and steve gan adapting jakes short story the unspeakable shrine that s a total of 30 original pages of material spread over 3 comics not counting the reprint brak s comicbook career was definitely short but sweet eh groove ophile posted by the groovy agent at 12 02 am 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 1970s comicbooks brak the barbarian chamber of chills dan adkins fantasy joe sinnott john jakes marvel comics savage tales sword and sorcery val mayerik newer 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