Holiday Reading Room LIFE OF CHRIST "Christmas Story" Conclusion

When Last We Left the Newly-Born Christ Child...

...there were about to be uninvited guests.

But will they bring joy or terror?

(Hey, it is a Marvel comic!)

This is as far as the story usually goes.

But there is more, which you'll see...

Tomorrow!

Holiday Reading Room LIFE OF CHRIST "Christmas Story" Part 2

We have Already Seen...

...actually, we haven't seen this part, but it will occur later in this chapter.

Though Mary discovered she was pregnant before the marriage, she and Joseph were wed after an angel appeared to him and explained his bride-to-be was still a virgin and that she had been impregnated by God.

Meanwhile, three wise men begin their journey by following a new star in the sky, prophesied to be the beacon to the newborn King of the Jews...

The Tale Concludes Tomorrow,
Christmas Day!
Since it's a Marvel comic we thought it appropriate to end this chapter on a cliffhanger!
Note: If these guys are so wise, why does a kid see through Herod, but not them?

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Wednesday Worlds of Wonder LOST WORLD "Save the Declaration of Independence"

Though Fiction House's ongoing comic titles didn't acknowledge Christmas...

...this tale is sort of a Christmas present, since it's the transition from an interesting strip into one of the greatest sci-fi series of the Golden Age!

The VoltaMen had already adapted Nazi uniforms and tactics, but this was the story that introduced their "Yoda-style" speech patterns...which are actually English, but with ancient Latin sentence structure!

That, and the next story, which introduces a "Scooby Gang" from the past as ongoing characters, are indications that the writer behind the "Thorncliffe Herrick" pen-name has changed!

This never-reprinted story from Fiction House's Planet Comics #37 (1945) is actually out of order, since it takes place during Hunt and Lyssa's trip to Washington DC, and they've been back in New York City for several issues.

I suspect it was a sequel to the heavily-edited story from Planet Comics #25 and a "try-out" for both artist Lily Renee and whoever the writer is.

The Iger/Eisner Studio, which supplied almost all the comics stories for Fiction House's books was notorious for never leaving something they paid for unpublished!

BTW, the alien Hydrads never returned to the series.

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Lily Renee, Escape Artist

by

Trina Robbins

Holiday Reading Room LIFE OF CHRIST "Christmas Story" Part 1

Did ya know Mighty Marvel published Jesus Christ's origin story, true believer?

You didn't?

Well, here's where we correct that lapse in your knowledge of literature...

So where's the title character?

Find Out on Thursday!

After all, it's

Christmas Eve!

Marvel/Nelson Comics' Life of Christ #1 (1993) was one of several titles in a joint publishing venture between Marvel and Thomas Nelson Publishers, one of the largest publishers of Christian-themed materials.

Between 1992 and 1994, the imprint published Christian-themed comic books including one-shots like this and a short-lived super-hero series, Illuminator.

The project ended due to low sales.

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Monday Madness / Holiday Reading Room MAD "Comic Strip Characters' Christmas Party"

This is one heckuva piece (scanned from the original art)...

...from EC's MAD Magazine #68 (1962), featuring most of the major comic strip characters of the day, almost of whom are (sob) no longer being published...now only available in reprints!

Here's the complete list: Mr. Dithers; Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; Moonbeam McSwine; Dick Tracy; Hi Flagston; Lois Flagston; Joe Palooka; Steve Roper; Smitty; Archie Andrews; Ponytail; Tarzan; Minnie Mouse; Donald Duck; Gran'ma; Pigpen; Smokey Stover; Lucy Van Pelt; Sweetpea; Schroeder; Popeye; Simon Templar: the Saint; Daddy Warbucks; Little Orphan Annie; Sandy; Moon Mullins; Charlie Brown; Blondie Bumstead; Dagwood Bumstead: Hans Katzenjammer; Fritz Katzenjammer; Steve Canyon; Terry Lee; The Little King; Henry; Ferd'nand; Fearless Fosdick; Li'l Abner; Prince Valiant; Diana Palmer; The Phantom; Mandrake the Magician; Lothar; Nancy; Jeff; Alley Oop; Felix the Cat; Mary Worth; B.C.; The Lone Ranger; Summer Smith Olsen; Snoopy; Albert Alligator; Pogo Possum; Junior Tracy; Mr. Magoo; Miss Peach; Mark Trail; Rip Kirby; Dondi; Gravel Gertie.
What could be more appropriate for the last Monday Madness entry before Christmas?

BTW, we all know illustrator, Wally Wood, whose ability to do dead-on renderings of everybody from realistic adventure characters to "big foot" cartoons was incredible!
But writer Gary Belkin is all but forgotten to most comics fans.
However, he's still fondly-remembered by tv comedy fans!

Belkin was an Emmy-winning writer for such series as Carol Burnett Show, Tonight Show (Johnny Carson), Car 54, Where Are You?, Blondie (1968 series based on the comic strip), Ceasar's Hour (Sid Ceasar), and Sesame Street!

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Great Treasury of Christmas Comic Book Stories