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Golden Age of Comic Books – December 15, 2008 – #60

This is our fourth annual Christmas episode of the Golden Age of Comic Books Podcast. Merry Christmas!  I’ve covered a variety of topics on our past Christmas shows, but I thought I would discuss a Christmas story that introduced a major Golden Age character to the world, Uncle Scrooge McDuck.  Uncle Scrooge was created by [...]

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Disney Christmas Comics

Without question, Disney produced more Christmas themed comics than any other publisher during the Golden Age of Comic books.  One of their earliest comic book endeavors, Mickey Mouse Magazine, featured a classic Christmas theme on its 27th issue in December, 1937.  Later, on it’s flagship title, Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, many Christmas themed covers [...]

Golden Age of Comics December 17, 2006 – #48

Merry Christmas! For the 48th installment of the Golden Age of Comic Books Podcast, I discuss three of my favorite Golden Age Christmas Stories. I start with “Christmas Around the World!”, the Superman story from Action Comics #93 (February, 1946). In this story, Superman travels the world on Christmas eve reuniting refugee children with their [...]

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Golden Age of Comics October 8, 2006 – #45

In the 45th episode of the Golden Age of Comic Books Podcast, we talk about the Hangman who was created for MLJ Comics. The Hangman first appeared in Pep Comics #17 (July, 1941). He came into being after the death of The Comet, another MLJ Superhero who got his start in the pages of Pep [...]

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Golden Age of Comic Books – June 27, 2005 – #4

In this episode, we discuss Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge as brilliantly written and drawn by the great Carl Barks.  We also have a fantastic interview with Don Rosa who has crafted some of the best modern Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge adventures, particularly with his The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck. Golden Age [...]

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