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!!
Without a doubt, the greatest talking,fighting,sentient gorilla ever. Flying monkey from Thanagar! AAHHH!!
ReplyDeleteWally Wood is clearly the inker on this, but who did the pencils?
ReplyDeleteMan, I need to get my hands on that comic.
Good eye, Dr. K. The art is credited to "Ric Estrada and Wally Wood (Artists)."
ReplyDeleteAnd to whet your appetite more, the back third of the mag is a feature langth tale featuring Superman and Batman, "co-starring" Supergirl, Batgirl, Robin, and Jimmy Olsen. By Cary Bates and Neal Adams...