Wednesday Worlds of Wonder AGAR-AGAR "Martian Visitors"

When Last We Left Our Horny (yet Innocent) Sprite...

...(hey, it was the Swinging Seventies) well, all you really need know is that a good time was had by all!

Let's continue...

This story from New England Library's Dracula #9 (1971) was written by Luis Gasca under the pen-name Sadko  and illustrated in a Peter Max-esque style by Alberto Solsona.

In prepping these scans, I discovered the stories had been published out of order!
Two weeks ago, I ran the tale from Dracula #8, so logically, the tale last week should have been #9...except the storyline from #8 lead directly into the story from #10...which leads into this one from #9, and, next week, #11!

NEXT WEDNESDAY...

The Startling Conclusion to this Psychedelic Saga!

Holiday Reading Room WALT SCOTT'S CHRISTMAS STORIES "Little Tree that Talked"

Here's the 1953 Christmas newspaper strip from NEA, written and illustrated by Walt Scott...

...along with the never-reprinted three-color litho cover of the promo brochure sent by the syndicate to client newspapers promoting the strip!

Note: the Spirit of Christmas previously-appeared in "Jeremy Christmas", NEA's 1951Yuletide strip, as shown HERE!

This tale, adapted by Scott into comic book format from the original daily newspaper strip structure, is from Dell's Four Color Comics #959 Walt Scott's Christmas Stories (1958) and features the primary Little People cast members.

Monday Madness MYSTIC "Help Wanted"

A Christmas tale that begins, weirdly enough, just before Easter...

...proves it didn't pay to be a Scrooge in the 1950s...or today!

Mort Lawrence illustrated this tale of Xmas justice from Atlas' Mystic #19 (1953) including a rather...unusual-looking...demon.

This proved a tad problematic when editor Roy Thomas made the tale the cover feature for an issue of Marvel's 1970s horror reprint anthology Vault of Evil!

Penciller Gil Kane and inker John Romita Sr followed the demon's design perfectly...but someone forgot to tell the cover copywriter what the story was about!

There's no story in #6 (1973) even vaguely-related to insects!

And detail-obsessed Roy Thomas is the last person you'd expect to allow such a mistake!

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Krampus

Design of the Week! SANTA'S WORKSHOP IS A SWEATSHOP???

Each week, we post a limited-edition design, to be sold for exactly 7 days, then replaced with another!

This week...go back 85 years ago, to November 1938 and see...when elves were part of the 99%!

(You'll note that the cover is dated January, 1939.

But it was actually on sale in November, 1938! 

Publishers used to cover-date comics and pulps two to three months ahead of the actual on-sale date to keep the books on the stands for as long as possible!)

And it looks like the elves aren't going to settle for sweatshop wages and conditions at the North Pole anymore!

Pick up this kool design on mugs, greeting cards, and other Yuletide collectibles NOW!

Christmas will be here before you know it!

Space Hero Saturdays SANTA CLAUS FUNNIES "Christmas Eve Space Trip"

Is Kris Kringle a Space Hero?

Read this never-reprinted story from Dell's Four Color Comics: Santa Claus Funnies #1274 (1962), and judge for yourself!

Illustrated by Mel Crawford and scripted by an unknown writer, this "was it a dream or not?" tale was typical of the material in the annual Santa Claus Funnies anthology the editors at Dell inserted into the Four Color Comics schedule from 1944 to this final issue in 1962.

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Great Treasury of Christmas Comic Book Stories