The Musical or the Planet?

You know, you'd think I would get my fill of DC gorillas. Surely it was an overused story element in its day.

But it always makes me giggle like a maniac. I can just picture Julie Schwartz pounding the table during a story conference, yelling, "Dammit, you know what this story needs? GORILLAS!!" And he would usually be right.

So imagine my glee when I stumble across something like this:

Well, it was a little late in DC's gorilla boom (1976, to be exact). And it was edited by Gerry Conway, not Schwartz. But damn if that isn't Hawkman turned into a gorilla!! And for once, a DC cover of that era doesn't lie to us!!

I won't go into detail on this story...it's a silly exercise in which Grodd (surprise!!) uses his uncanny mental abilities to possess Hawkman, turn him into a gorilla, break Grodd out of jail, and use Thanagarian technology aboard Hawkman's ship to kill all humans on earth and blah, blah, blah.

But there are a couple of points of interest. The chapter titles are the most god awful puns ever:



Ouch, babe. Those are banned as war crimes on some planets...

And the Flash is a real prick in this story...

Oh, Barry...you're better than that...

That's all...no real point today. Just indulging in some mid-70's schlock courtesy of Super-Team Family #3, 1976. Gorillas!!