Yes, Virginia, even Christmas covers with Santa Claus get swiped! As I noted last year in a post showcasing DC’s earliest Christmas covers, one of the best know “Christmas cover swipes” is Al Feldstein’s swipe of Vince Sullivan’s cover to More Fun Comics #16 for his now classic cover to EC’s Panic #1. It’s tough [...]
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Christmas in July
For me, July 25th 2009 was “Christmas in July” for reasons other than just the date. This weekend, I picked up a number of Golden Age (and pre-Golden Age) comic books, many of which were “Christmas” themed. In fact, some of these issues are the oldest comic books I own. The highlight of my “summer Christmas” [...]
A Christmas Carol Classic
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 [...]