Friday, December 15, 2023

Friday Holiday Fun LITTLEST SNOWMAN RESCUES CHRISTMAS Conclusion

...he had traveled to the Ice Wall near the North Pole...
...to find out why the Spirit of Christmas, who had always awakened by this time each year, had not yet emerged!
Sadly, The Littlest Snowman and his story of sacrifice for love is all but forgotten today...

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Thursday, December 14, 2023

Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder AGAR-AGAR "Martian Visitors"

...(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!

Tuesday, December 12, 2023

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, December 11, 2023

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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