Diversions of the Groovy Kind resurrects the 1970 NFL Pro piece by Stan the Man Lee and Big John Buscema comparing the Bengals and Browns with Marvel heroes with memories from guest commentator Mike Mikulovsky.

http://diversionsofthegroovykind.blogspot.com/2011/01/sports-sunday-groovy-guest-post-by-mike.html

Pappy dips all the way back to the pre-Action Comics era known as the Platinum Age to share the first issue of Star Ranger from early 1937, the very first western comic book of all time!

http://pappysgoldenage.blogspot.com/2011/01/number-887-star-ranger-1-dave-miller-to.html

Gorilla Daze takes a look at a fun and unusual issue of DC’s Sea Devils from 1963 in which multiple artists both draw and appear in stories with teh characters and then the fans are asked to vote on the best story.

http://www.thefifthbranch.com/gorilladaze/?p=1461

Finally today, here’s a look at some very early but already very polished early fifties Gil Kane art on a story featuring the Desert Eagle from St John’s western title, The Hawk.

http://fourcolorshadows.blogspot.com/2011/01/desert-eagle-gil-kane-1953.html