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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Holiday Reading Room FIRST CHRISTMAS IN NEW SUPER 3DIMENSION Part 1

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.

Monday Madness GREMLINS Part 3

Billy Peltzer's Dad Brought Him a Present...

...which had these extremely-specific rules, which have to be followed to the letter!

But will Billy manage to do so?

Meanwhile, mundane, everyday life goes on...

To Be Continued Wednesday at

Secret Sanctum of Captain Video

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Gremlins & Gremlins 2: the New Batch

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Holiday Reading Room SANTA CLAUS PARADE "Crystal the Snowflake"

Kris Kringle is considering getting out of the Yuletide business!

But if he does, who will take over the business?

Thankfully, the then-modern technology of the 1950s offered a solution as this never-reprinted story from Ziff-Davis' Santa Claus Parade (1951) by an unknown writer and artist(s) or writer-artist(s) demonstrates!

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Great Treasury of Christmas Comic Book Stories

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