The Grooviest Covers of All Time: Bob Larkin Made Me Buy These!

Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Artist Bob Larkin just had his 68th birthday this past Tuesday, so why don't we wish him a belated happy one by ooh-ing and ahh-ing over a few of his captivating covers from the good old Groovy Age? Larkin did tons of covers for paperbacks, merchandising, and other comic mag publishers, but it's his Marvel-ous covers that still turn Ol' Groove on! Here are some of my favorites (and yeah, the insides of these are pretty cool, too!)...

Black and White Wednesday: "A Riverboat Named Simian!" by Moench, Ploog, and Chiarmonte

Welcome back, Groove-ophiles! Time to travel to an alternate future in which Apes rule the earth and mankind are but animals! Yep, more of Doug Moench and Mike Ploog's "Terror On the Planet of the Apes"! "A Riverboat Named Simian!" comes from Planet of the Apes #4 (October 1974) and is inked by Frank Chiarmonte. It's a doozy of an action-packed thrill-ride, baby, so you'd better prepare yourself for this trip!

Cover art by Bob Larkin

Black and White Wednesday: "Spawn of the Mutant-Pits" by Moench, Ploog, and Chiarmonte

Dig it, Groove-ophiles! We're back with the third chapter of Doug Moench and Mike Ploog's original POTA serial from Planet of the Apes #3 (September 1974)! "Trapped between killer apes and mutant monsters, Jason and Alexander come face-to-face with the secret of the Forbidden Zone!" (That's how the contents page summed it up!) Inks by Frank Chiarmonte, cover by Bob Larkin!