Groovy Age Gold: "The Secret of the Buzzard's Revenge!" by Simon and Kirby

Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Flipping through Jack Kirby's awesome New Gods #4 (June 1971), the very first 52 page, 25 cent ish, what jumped out and grabbed me by the brain but a reprint Jack and Joe Simon's inaugural Manhunter strip from Adventure Comics #73 (February 1942)? Wanna see it?

I knew you would!

Random Reads: "The Secret Within Us..." by Conway, Newton, and Adkins

Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Whaddya say we take another trip back in time to April, 1978 and through the Boom Tube to Earth, Apocolypse, and/or New Genesis! It's Return of the New Gods #19 in which Darkseid decided he needs to track Infinity Man down so he can learn..."The Secret Within Us..."!

Cover art by Joe Staton and Bob Layton

It's the fateful, final ish of Return of the New Gods--but it's not the end of the story! Stay tuned, Groove-ophiles!

Groove's Faves: "A Child Shall Leave You" by Conway, Newton, and Adkins

Classic creators Gerry Conway, Don Newton, and Dan Adkins continue their revival of Jack Kirby's Fourth World with "A Child Shall Leave You" in Return of The New Gods #14 (July 1977). That Orion splash page, alone, was worth the thirty-five cent price of admission as far as Teen Groove was concerned. Now I know it was worth a lot more than that!

Cover art by Rich Buckler and Al Milgrom

Groove's Faves: "Let Loose the Hounds of War...!" by Conway, Newton, and Adkins

Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! It's been a while since we dug on Gerry Conway and Don Newton's Return of the New Gods (a not-bad-at-all series, sadly forgotten by most--read more about it here), so Ol' Groove thought it was high-time we took a look at Conway and Newton's (along with inker Dan Adkins) swingin' second ish--which is, naturally, numbered 13 (May 1977). Newton's art is about as un-Jack Kirby-like as you can get, but doggoned if he didn't have his own, unique way of presenting the power and majesty of New Genesis...and the darkness and depravity of Apokolips! Check out..."Let Loose the Hounds of War...!"

Cover art by Al Milgrom