Getting ready for Cyber Monday--the BIGGEST online shopping day before Christmas!

Well, we've spiffed up the place, and we're donning our holiday best to welcome you to Atomic Kommie Comics™, a nerdvana for pop culture addicts with a taste for retro!

Take this Santa Claus illustration for example!
He's from a classic 1950s comic book cover, back in the day when every publisher did holiday-themed covers, usually featuring their most popular characters like Superman or Bugs Bunny celebrating the season!
(We obviously can't use those characters, but we've managed to find several other famous comic characters for our Christmas in the Comics line! But I digress...)
Some publishers did standalone Santa Claus-oriented one-shot titles as well, and it is from those long-lost one-shots (none of which have ever been reprinted!) that we draw upon for our Santa Claus--the Big Man Himself! line.
This is the definitive Baby Boomer-era Santa, the Kris Kringle your parents (and you) remember from your childhoods.
In a dozen different designs, he's...
Checking his list, twice!
Driving a very compact car thru the snow!
Putting presents under the tree!
Getting spiffed up by the elves!
Leading a band of toys making Christmas music!
Playing with a toy railroad set! (Even Santa deserves a break!)
And, in the ultimate Atomic Era image, riding a rocket sled to deliver presents!

He's on (among many other goodies) eco-friendly canvas shopping tote bags, sweatshirts (and hoodies), hot cocoa mugs, tree ornaments, and of course, greeting cards as single cards, and economy-minded 10 or 20-pak sets (PLUS: the 10 & 20 paks have FREE personalization! E-mail atomickommiecomics(at)gmail.com for details, after you replace the (at) with @ !)

It's authentic vintage art, digitally-restored and remastered for your gift-giving pleasure!
If you're feeling all warm & fuzzy this Christmas, you can't go wrong with klassy kitch like this!
Plus we have SnowMan, our Frosty friend, Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, and, for those with a grouchier bent, Ebenezer Scrooge from A Christmas Carol!

Shop early!
You don't want your presents to you loved ones to get delayed in transit! (The Post Office, UPS & FedEx, while quite good at what they do, don't have Santa's knack for never missing Christmas!)
Dare you take the chance?

Bring Cave Girl Home for Christmas!

In the 1940s-50s, one of the most popular genres in comics was the "jungle hero", the most famous one of all being Tarzan.
A horde of imitators followed, with some interesting variations, including an entire sub-genre--the "jungle heroine"!
While many had weird names like "Sheena", "Rulah", or "Zoot", one of the best-illustrated was known only as "Cave Girl"!
Rendered by noted "good girl" artist Bob Powell, Cave Girl cut a svelte path thru Africa's villains for four exciting issues!
The Atomic Kommie Comics™ crew has found a home for two of her best covers on shirts, mugs and other stuff in our Heroines™ section.
As a cool retro-styled Christmas gift, she appeals both to guys who enjoy seeing an attractive woman in dynamic action, and gals who like viewing an empowered woman who stands tall and proud in a male-dominated world!
So put Cave Girl under the tree or in someone's stocking this Christmas. But do it quickly, 'cause she won't stay put for long!

Just in time for Black Friday...BLACK HOODIES!

The night before Thanksgiving, Atomic Kommie Comics™ received an e-mail from our supplier, CafePress, that they had just set up to offer black sweatshirts and hoodies.
We immediately went to work, implementing our designs on dark garb where appropriate.
For example, while Santa Claus and SnowMan wouldn't look right on black, Scrooge and Santa Claus Conquers the Martians worked perfectly!
Add Sherlock Holmes (and most of the Crime & Punishment™ line), Horror Comics of the 1950s™, and Seduction of the Innocent™, and you have a cool collection of potential Christmas presents for your pop culture-loving black garb-wearing hipster sweetie!

NOTE: We'll be adding black hoodies & sweatshirts to other categories over the next week, so keep an eye out!

The People who Saved Thanksgiving--Indians!

While we of Atomic Kommie Comics™ are digging into our Thanksgiving turkey and other exciting edibles, let's take a moment to thank the guys who made it possible...Indians!
(Admittedly a mis-label, since Native Americans aren't from India, the name has stuck from 1492 to the Present.)
Remember, if it wasn't for the generosity of the local Indians, the Pilgrims wouldn't have survived their first year in the harsh New England environment!

Yet, in most of pop culture (including comics), Indians are "bad guys"!

Even in the 1950s, there were several attempts to show America's original inhabitants in a more favorable light.
Besides sidekicks to heroes like The Lone Ranger and Red Ryder, there were several Indian characters who were "lead" heroes themselves!

We've found two of the best, Green Arrowhead (who appeared in Indian Braves) and Red Arrow (who had his own title!) and incorporated them into our Western Comics Adventures™ line with four exciting covers!
Both characters fought for truth and justice against anyone, Indian or White, who threatened peace in the Old West!
So, if you're looking for a Western-themed Christmas gift for that special someone, consider the option of a Native American-oriented graphically-kool collectible!
Now, if you'll excuse us, dinner and football await... ;-)

The Christmas Gift that COMBINES SuperHeroes, Sci-Fi, AND Private Eyes--SPACE DETECTIVE!

Blending the hard-boiled gumshoe, sci-fi and superhero genres, Space Detective burst onto the comics scene in 1951.
Future-era wealthy philanthropist Rod Hathway and his secretary Dot Kenny fight interplanetary evil and helped the innocent as Avenger and Teena using the methods of 1940s gumshoes combined with the technology of the far future! Blasters instead of revolvers! Personal jetpacks instaed of taxis!
Stories, whose titles included "Opium Smugglers of Venus" and "SpaceShip of the Dead", delivered fast-paced action illustrated by comics legends Wally Wood and Joe Orlando, who would go on to greater graphic story glory as mainstays of EC Comics' Weird Fantasy and Weird Science titles.

Weird Trivia:
1) Despite the fact that neither character wore a mask, nobody ever commented "hey, ain't you that famous Hathway guy?" or somesuch.
(Maybe they were too busy looking at Teena's cleavage?)
2) Nobody ever calls Rod "Space Detective"! He's always called "Avenger".
3) The original user of the name "Avenger", a Doc Savage-style pulp/comic character, hadn't been published since 1944. The trademark had lapsed, so it was used on this unrelated character from a different company. (This sort of thing is far more common in comics/pulps than you might think. For example, three different companies have had a "Captain Marvel", none of whom were related to the other companies' versions! Marvel Comics itself has had several Captains Marvel including a father and son!)

Atomic Kommie Comics™ has revived Space Detective in our The Future WAS Fantastic™ retro sci-fi collection.
The four-issue series' slick art style is again in vogue with pop culture aficionados (like us) who are also into video games and graphic novels.
We've digitally-restored and remastered all four covers as well as recreating the series' logo!

So if you're looking for something offbeat as a stocking stuffer or main gift for that certain someone, look at Space Detective...before he comes looking for you!