In tribute to Superman the Movie's Lois Lane, Margot Kidder, who just passed away this past Sunday, let's take a loving look back at some of Ol' Groove's LL Groovy Age covers. Art by Curt Swan, Murphy Anderson, Dick Giordano, Bob Oksner, and others. Lois was (usually) pretty hip during this era...

RIP Margot

That's all Ol' Groove can say about these covers, baby. During the early Groovy Age, before she got heavily into Women's Lib (and let's face it, even after), Superman's Girlfriend just wanted to be somebody's wife. Lois didn't seem to care whose wife, just so long as she got a ring! I mean...the Devil? Sheesh! At least we had guys like Neal Adams, Curt Swan, Dick Giordano, and Bob Oksner to draw these kooky-kool kovers!








All of this to say Happy Valentine's Day for tomorrow!

Welcome back to Groove City! Today we're digging one of the rapturous reprints from DC's twenty-five cent, fifty-two page era of 1971/72--Dr. Pat! Who dat? Why, Dr. Pat was part of the "new" Sensation Comics (#94) of November/December, 1949, which dumped all the male superheroes and replaced them with romance strips and female adventurers. So you're gettin' not only the intro, but also the origin of Dr. Pat courtesy the middle of Lois Lane #116 (September 1971). Written by Robert Kanigher with art by Carmine Infantino and Frank Giacoia (the Golden Age Black Canary dream team, baby!), here's the debut of Dr. Pat in "A Cure for Romance"!

Hey, hey, hey, Groove-ophiles! Dig this Zatanna short from Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #132 (April 1973), "The Boy Who Never Smiled!" by Cary Bates, Art Saaf, and Vinnie Colletta. This is the kind of Silver Age plot mixed with Groovy Age sensibilities that really hit Young Groove where he lived. Enjoy!

The Rose and Thorn back-up feature actually forced Young Groove to buy Lois Lane's mag on a regular basis. This classic, "The Silent Sniper!" by Robert Kanigher, Rich Buckler, and Dick Giordano (from Lois Lane #119, December 1971) should give ya a good idea of why...

What it is, Groove-ophiles! Today we're gonna focus on DC's greatest schitzoid super-heroine, Rose and Thorn. Young Groove was never a big fan of the Lois Lane mag (don't really think I was the target-audience, to tell the truth), but man, did I ever go ape for those Rose and Thorn back-ups! Thorn was where it's at, baby! Beautiful, mysterious, and did she ever have a hip costume! One of the best of her awesome adventures was Lois Lane #117's (October 1971) "The Ghost with Two Faces!" by co-creator Robert Kanigher, a young Rich Buckler (I do believe it's his first DC super-hero work), and the incredible Dick Giordano. What I really, really dig are Buckler's layouts here. The storytelling is awesome (love the way he splits panels to "slice moments"), and the fight scenes are outtasite! Methinks Frank Miller might've studied this story for some of Elektra's moves. Check it out!