Friday Holiday Fun GREMLINS Conclusion

Forty Years Ago...

...(was it really that long?) this insanely-cute (especially her) young couple fought for their lives on Christmas Eve against an invasion of weird creatures!

Witness now the fearsome finale...

Gizmo Will Return in Gremlins 2: the New Breed
...sadly, there wasn't a comic book/graphic novel adaptatation of it!

Reading the graphic novel, you'll note dialogue and scenes that are different from the movie itself, indicating, due to time constraints, the comic creatives were working from an earlier draft of the script.

Ony thing that doesn't appear in the GN is Kate's explanation as to why she hates Christmas...

...although I suspect it was left out due to a limited page count in the comic, since it was in the movie script from the beginning.

As to other changes and scenes left out of the final version...

Hope you enjoyed our multi-part presentation of the graphic novel that few people even knew existed!

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When Last We Left the Messiah...

...he had just been born!

So get out those red-blue glasses and let's continue..

This never-reprinted 1953 comic from Fiction House was one of numerous Bible-themed titles put out by various comics publishers to try to counteract the growing tide of anti-comics sentiment created by Fredric (Seduction of the Innocent) Wertham and his ilk, showing comic books could also be wholesome entertainment.

You can see Atlas/Marvel's version of the Nativity HERE, and DC/EC's take on the story HERE.
The writer and artist are unknown, but it's a sure bet they were part of the Iger Studio which "packaged" (provided editorial and art) for Fiction House's comics division.
The cover is by legendary sci-fi pulp and book illustrator Kelly Freas!

Merry

Christmas!!!

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder ATARI FORCE "Galaxian" Part 3

When Last We Left the Valiant Crew of Atari's Dimension-Ship Scanner One...

Original art for the wraparound cover by Gil Kane and Dick Giordano!

This is a double-page spreaad

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...after battling their way through multiple universes too hostile for the population of a devasted Earth to migrate to, the crew seems to have found both an ideal planet to colonize and an ideal, peaceful, interstellar community to bond and work with...

Interesting how the aliens' strategy matches the gameplay of the video game Galaxian?

Note: the Dark Destroyer is not in the video game!

To Be Concluded...Not Next Wednesday, but...

THURSDAY!

(Wednesday is Christmas Day!

We suspect you'll be enjoying the holiday...we know we will!)

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Get out those red-blue 3-D glasses, kiddies...

...because we're about to add a whole new dimension to Christmas comics!

Be here Thursday for the astounding conclusion.

Spoiler: the comic, while chronologically going beyond the usual Christmas narrative, does not cover Jesus Christ's entire life story.

This never-reprinted 1953 comic from Fiction House was one of numerous Bible-themed titles put out by various comics publishers to try to counteract the growing tide of anti-comics sentiment created by Fredric (Seduction of the Innocent) Wertham and his ilk, showing comic books could also be wholesome entertainment.

You can see Atlas/Marvel's version of the Nativity HERE, and DC/EC's take on the story HERE.

For Fiction House, unfortunately, it turned out to be one of the last titles the comics division published, closing up in early 1954.

Fiction's pulp magazine department struggled until early 1955 when it, too, passed into oblivion.