Making a Splash: 13 Splashes from Marvel Team-Up

Remember these issues of Marvel Team-Up, Groove-ophiles? A lot of far-out Groovy Age artists (besides the already spotlighted Gil Kane, Sal Buscema, and John Byrne) left their mark on Spidey and friends battles with baddies. Here are 13 (for Friday the 13th, natch) to blow your mind...

Making a Splash: Marvelous McLeod (Bob, That Is)

Greetings, Groove-ophiles! During the Groovy Age (and beyond!), Young/Teen Groove was always happy to see the name of inker Bob McLeod in the credits. Loved his inks from the first time I saw 'em (for me, t'was Defenders #24 (March 1975). His lush, organic line meshed with most everyone he ever inked (at least in my eyes), giving a unique sheen right up there with his peers like Klaus Janson, Joe Rubinstein, and Terry Austin (is it Ol' Groove, or did all of these incredible inkers find a sweet spot between the styles of Dick Giordano and Tom Palmer?). Here are a ton o' titanic and superior splashes pairing the talented Mr. M with many of the greats of Groovy Age Mighty Marvel. Enjoy, baby!

The Hulk! #13

Amazing Spider-Man #187

The Hulk! #15

The Hulk! #21

Marvel Treasury Edition #27

Marvel Team-Up #100

And yeah, we'll dig on Bob's DC masterpieces in a future post!

The Boys from Derby: "The Grass Is Always Greener" by Pellowski and Vosburg

Greetings, Groove-ophiles! Here's a charmingly wacky fear-fable from Creepy Things #3 (September 1975)! "The Grass Is Always Greener" was written by Mike Pellowski and illustrated by Mike (Starfire) Vosburg! T'was the cover story--and what a cover Tom Sutton provided for that particular ish (my scans are from the Modern Comics reprint, you'll note)!

 If you'd like to see what the charming and generous Mr. V. is up to these days, check out his blog, his website, and (if you haven't already) track down his Mad Mummy series (available via Comixology)! You'll be sooooooo glad ya did!

Lo, There Shall Come Endings! "The Dwellers of the Dark Domain!" by DeFalco, Vosburg, and Colletta

Happy New Year, Groove-ophiles! 'Tis a tradition here in Groove City to end the year with a Groovy Age finale. This year, Ol' Groove is gonna lay the final ish of Starfire 'pon ya! We've been digging on the David Michelinie/Mike Vosburg sci-fantasy siren for a huge chunk of 2014 (check out the other issues here), so it's only fitting we end this year with the eighth and final ish, written by Tom DeFalco with art, of course, by Mike Vosburg and Vinnie Colletta. Here's the wrap-up for 2014 and Starfire from July 1977, meet..."The dwellers of the Dark Domain!"