{"id":251,"date":"2008-12-05T09:06:20","date_gmt":"2008-12-05T14:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/?p=251"},"modified":"2017-03-04T22:36:09","modified_gmt":"2017-03-05T03:36:09","slug":"the-first-golden-age-christmas-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2008\/12\/05\/the-first-golden-age-christmas-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"The First Golden Age Christmas Cover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we move full swing into the Christmas season, I thought I would look for the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>very first Golden Age Christmas cover <\/strong><\/span>to be published.&nbsp; I guess I am using the term &#8220;Golden Age&#8221; loosely as the &#8220;official&#8221; start of the Golden Age was in 1938 (<em>Action Comics<\/em> #1), but when looking for certain &#8220;firsts&#8221; I tend to go back to the publication of <em>Famous Funnies<\/em> #1 (July 1934), credited as being the first successful newsstand comic book.<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t have to look far, because&nbsp;<em>Famous Funnies<\/em> #5 (December 1934) features the very first Christmas cover to appear on a newsstand comic book.&nbsp; Although not really a &#8220;classic&#8221; Christmas cover, it features Santa Claus, and that&#8217;s good enough for me!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/ff5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"572\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1945\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/ff5.jpg\" srcset=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/ff5.jpg 400w, http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/ff5-105x150.jpg 105w, http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/ff5-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Famous Funnies<\/em> continued their tradition of publishing Christmas covers, and their 1935 issue (#17), 1936 issue (#29) and 1937 issue (#41) also featured Christmas covers.&nbsp; These covers all feature the Jolly Old Elf, with #17 featuring many of the characters that appeared in <em>Famous Funnies<\/em>.&nbsp; Number 17 is also considered the second comic book Christmas cover to ever appear on the newsstands.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/ff17.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"548\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1946\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/ff17.jpg\" srcset=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/ff17.jpg 400w, http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/ff17-109x150.jpg 109w, http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/ff17-219x300.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/ff29.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"551\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1947\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/ff29.jpg\" srcset=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/ff29.jpg 400w, http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/ff29-109x150.jpg 109w, http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/ff29-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/ff41.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"552\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1944\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/ff41.jpg\" srcset=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/ff41.jpg 400w, http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/ff41-109x150.jpg 109w, http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/ff41-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I hope you enjoy these very early Golden Age Christmas covers from <em>Famous Funnies<\/em>!<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;margin: 1px;\"><br><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-6740759833732487\";\ngoogle_alternate_color = \"FFFFFF\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\ngoogle_ad_format = \"468x60_as\";\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\ngoogle_ad_channel =\"\";\ngoogle_color_border = \"\";\ngoogle_color_link = \"\";\ngoogle_color_bg = \"\";\ngoogle_color_text = \"\";\ngoogle_color_url = \"\";\ngoogle_ui_features = \"rc:6\";\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><br><\/div><div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-251\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2008\/12\/05\/the-first-golden-age-christmas-cover\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-251\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2008\/12\/05\/the-first-golden-age-christmas-cover\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2008\/12\/05\/the-first-golden-age-christmas-cover\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.org\/wordpress\/2008\/12\/05\/the-first-golden-age-christmas-cover\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we move full swing into the Christmas season, I thought I would look for the very first Golden Age Christmas cover to be published.&nbsp; 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