Groovy Groupings

I recently made note of a couple of variations on a theme from DC back in the Groovy Age - the classic 'a boy, his bike, and his guitar' scene -

The theme was a popular one of the era, so it's not surprising to see it crop up repeatedly. Sometimes, however, it was more of a group scene...

Gold Key was looking to tap into the generation gap zeitgeist with light comedy and 'far out' perspectives, such as Lump's own little reality here -

How do Modniks fit into society?
Like so...

Find your own moral in that tale.

Of course, instead of linking the Modniks to the boy-bike-guitar theme, it would probably be more accurate to compare them to another DC title from the same year (1967) as the Modniks, the Maniaks...

...right no down to adventures on the pier.

But, this is The Voice Of ODD!, after all, so we're not going to look at the Maniaks right now. Instead, we're going to the text feature from that issue of Showcase, explaining the existence of the the group...

Yeah, it was weird times in the Groovy Age...

pages from The Modniks #1 and Showcase #68 (1967)