{"id":147,"date":"2008-11-25T23:15:11","date_gmt":"2008-11-26T04:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/?p=147"},"modified":"2017-03-04T22:23:44","modified_gmt":"2017-03-05T03:23:44","slug":"golden-age-thanksgiving-covers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2008\/11\/25\/golden-age-thanksgiving-covers\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Age Thanksgiving Covers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we are about to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States, I thought it would be fun to mention some Thanksgiving covers from the Golden Age of Comic Books.&nbsp; As I&#8217;ve discussed several times on the Podcast, there are many Christmas covers to be found, but when it comes to covers featuring a Thanksgiving theme, they are few and far between.<\/p>\n<p>Believe it or not, the two earliest Golden Age Thanksgiving covers that I am aware of, <em>Ace Comics<\/em> #8 and <em>More Fun Comics<\/em> #26,&nbsp;both have cover dates of November, 1937.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I am not aware of any earlier Golden Age cover with a Thanksgiving theme.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/ace8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"537\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1931\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/ace8.jpg\" srcset=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/ace8.jpg 400w, http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/ace8-112x150.jpg 112w, http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/ace8-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/morefun26-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"558\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1932\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/morefun26-1.jpg\" srcset=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/morefun26-1.jpg 400w, http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/morefun26-1-108x150.jpg 108w, http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/morefun26-1-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the next earliest Thanksgiving covers was <em>Walt Disney&#8217;s Comics&nbsp;&amp; Stories<\/em> #2 (November, 1940) and features Donald Duck trying to catch the elusive turkey (It&#8217;s kind of weird that a duck in cloths is trying to catch a turkey to eat for Thanksgiving dinner).&nbsp; <em>Walt Disney&#8217;s Comics &amp; Stories<\/em> gave us another Thanksgiving themed cover the following year on issue #15 (November, 1941).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/wdcs2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"542\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1933\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/wdcs2.jpg\" srcset=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/wdcs2.jpg 400w, http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/wdcs2-111x150.jpg 111w, http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/wdcs2-221x300.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/wdcs15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"554\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1934\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/wdcs15.jpg\" srcset=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/wdcs15.jpg 400w, http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/wdcs15-108x150.jpg 108w, http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/wdcs15-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The only superhero Golden Age Thanksgiving cover I could find is <em>Comic Cavalcade<\/em> #18 (December 1946-January 1947) and features Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and The Flash.&nbsp; By the way, why couldn&#8217;t The Flash catch that turkey?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/comiccavalcade18.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1935\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/comiccavalcade18.jpg\" srcset=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/comiccavalcade18.jpg 400w, http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/comiccavalcade18-104x150.jpg 104w, http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/comiccavalcade18-208x300.jpg 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If there are other&nbsp;Thanksgiving themed Golden Age covers not pictured here earlier than 1940 please leave a comment to let&nbsp;me know.&nbsp; There are others from after 1940&nbsp;(i.e., <em>New Funnies<\/em> #70&nbsp; from 1942 featuring Andy Panda as a Pilgrim) I have not pictured, but I would be curious if there are others between 1935 and 1940.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Thanksgiving!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update: December 1, 2008<\/strong> &#8211; 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