Covering Xmas 2018 Edition

Last year we went a tad insane and ran about 120 Xmas covers. Since i dislike repeating material, that makes it easier to keep it down to something a bit more rational this year - like 3 dozen and 3...

Nope. The Star Wars Holiday Special did not scare them away from trying again. Actually kind of impressive, really.

Next year - we use up all the xmas covers remaining?

Xmas Eve(n)? Xmas Odd!

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The holiday is upon us...

...and hopefully my brain will be back with more words later.

page art by Bernie Mireault, Ty Templeton, Steve Rude & Al Williamson, and Matt Smigiel for Comico Christmas Special, DCU Holiday Bash and Boo! Holiday Special (1988, 1998, 1999, 2014)

Adventures In Interplanetary Mail

I mentioned previously that Munson Paddock's work can be found with quite a few different names attached to it. At the very least, besides Munson Paddock, he also used Joe E. Martin, Glen Ross, Martin Nye, Walter Frehm, Walter Frame, Lyle Ford, Leon Spuds, Chuck Munson, Cecilia Munson, Cecelia Munson, Pad Docke, Pad Doche, or simply Pad. Oddly, all of the variations upon his own name were house names that may have been used by other creators as well. (As are all the above names excepting the first two listed.)

Alas - we haven't the technology to access some other dimension in which issue #12 of Speed Comics was released. And so, this was the final episode of Mars Mason.

page art by Munson Paddock for Speed Comics #s 10 & 11 (1940)