Amazed by Aparo: "The Mist" by Skeates and Aparo

Greetings, my ghoulish Groove-ophiles! We're here today to dig on a classic horror/mystery tale  by two of our favorite Boys from Derby, Steve Skeates and Jim Aparo! From The Many Ghosts of Doctor Graves #8 (May 1968), here's..."The Mist"!

The Boys from Derby: "Mirror of Yesterday" by Gill and Staton

Have you been checking out all the great new mags by the gang at Charlton Neo? Not only have they gathered some of the old Charlton gang with new talent, but they're producing some of the absolute best comics you can buy right now! Beautiful color mags, available digitally as well, chock full of the kinds of stories we love here in Groove City! Exclusive online comics that will blow your mind on Pix-C! I like to thank Mort and the gang every now and then by reminding Groove-ophiles far and wide of the greatness that was Charlton--and the greatness that continues with Charlton Neo! To prove Ol' Groove's point, here's a far-out fear-fable by Joes Gill and Staton from The Many Ghosts of Dr. Graves #37 (December 1972) titled, ironically enough for this post, "Mirror of Yesterday"!

The Grooviest Covers of All Time: Steve Ditko's Super-Heroes

Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! From the beginning to the end of the Groovy Age, Sturdy Steve Ditko laid some far-out covers on comicdom (Wow, was that putting things mildly!). Plant your peepers on just a select few of his best super-hero covers...

The Plastic Man half of this cover is penciled by Dave Cockrum, baby!

Summer of '76! Grooviest Covers of All Time: Black and White and Hot All Over

Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! We're still groovin' to the Summer of '76, but today we're adding a twist. Most of ya came here expecting your usual Black and White Wednesday feature (perhaps the top feature in Groove City), so we're gonna dig on the covers to the b&w mags found on the magazine shelves during our Bicentennial summer. You'll notice that Marvel's line has slimmed way down, exorcising all of their supernatural mags (but they're shoveling the left-over stories into various issues of Marvel Preview). Warren's output is cruising along with Creepy, Eerie, and Vampirella, but The Spirit will disappear from the shelves in the fall, landing in comix and head shops under the Kitchen Sink umbrella. And Charlton, bless 'em, hired the likes of Neal Adams and Gray Morrow to spearhead their b&w line of TV adaptations: Space: 1999, Six Million Dollar Man, and Emergency! Lots of cool stuff to be found for the discriminating Groove-ophile!

 

Be back tomorrow as we check out the offerings from Charlton, Gold Key, and more!