In the Christmas 2008 Golden Age of Comic Books Podcast (Episode 60), I talked about one of my favorite Golden Age characters, Uncle Scrooge McDuck. Of course we all know that the “original” Scrooge was created by Charles Dickens in his 1843 novel, A Christmas Carol. Although Dickens reportedly rushed through the creation of this [...]
Posts from ‘December, 2008’
Big All-American Comic Book
As I was writing about the Dell Giants, I remembered that DC also had a large comic book of its own during the Golden Age, The Big All-American Comic Book (December 1944). This one shot was 132 pages and had a 25 cent cover price. While many of the All-American heroes appeared on the cover [...]
A Gigantic Giant!
After Dell began publishing its “Giant” series with Christmas Parade#1 (Disney) in 1949, they followed with a whole host of “Giants” featuring many of the popular Disney characters, Bugs Bunny, western stars, Nancy & Sluggo, Little Lulu and others. These books were square bound (and therefore hard to find in high grade today) with cardboard [...]