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Issue: Marvel Holiday Special #[nn]
Publication Date: January 1993
 
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Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
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Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics
On Sale Date: 11/10/1992
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Pages: 84
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UPC/EAN: 00928101904602
Price: $3.75 CAD
$2.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
19 (8 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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Disclose Notes: Although the cover says Jan. 1993, the indicia lists the (copyright) date as 1992 and there is another 1993 Marvel Holiday Special published the next year.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: one-shot
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Wraparound cover.
Witterstaetter's Witticisms

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Horton the elephant! You remember him?
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Table of Contents. Editor's Comments, and indicia. Includes a small black and white image of the Lightle Spider-Man pin-up.
Zounds o' Silence!

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A Wolverine action figure battles its way around the toy aisle.
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Silent story.
Pin-Up

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Present Tense

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Pumpkin (cat)
Manhattan during the holiday season.
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Signatures on last page of story.
Captain America in Orphanage

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The Big X-Mas Blackout!

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I promised to meet MJ in time to see them light up the Rockafeller Center Christmas tree!
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Special thanks to Jim Salicrup.
Deathlok and Santa Claus

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science fiction
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In the Spirit of the Season

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Here I am -- preparing for the holiday by chasing down drug dealers.
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...Ghosts of Christmas Comics Past!

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Marvel Universe
Thing; Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]; Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanova]; El Jaguar; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Mary Jane Parker; Santa Clause; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Rhino [as Santa Claus]; She-Hulk; Nick St. Christopher; X-Men [Cyclops; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Nightcrawler]; Sentinels; Dr. Octopus; Kristy Watson; Aunt May; Kitty Pryde; N'Garai; Bullseye; Lizard; Stegron
In last year's Holiday Special, we covered classic holiday tales from the dawn of the Marvel Age in the early sixties up to the mid-1970s.
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Listing and synopses of classic Marvel holiday tales from 1970's up. Includes some cover reprints:
- Marvel Two-in-One (Marvel, 1974 series) #8 (by Kane & Sinnott),
- Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series) #120 (by Kane & Palmer),
- The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #314 (by McFarlane),
- The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #378 (by Jaaska & McLeod),
- The Sensational She-Hulk (Marvel, 1989 series) #8 (by Byrne),
- The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #98 (by Cockrum),
- The Sensational She-Hulk (Marvel, 1989 series) #36 (by Byrne),
- The Spectacular Spider-Man (Marvel, 1976 Series) #173 (by Buscema),
- The Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 1981 series) #143 (by Austin),
- Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series) #169 (by Miller & Janson),
- The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #166 (Romita & Giacoia).
Happy Holidays

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Revisionist History

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Mrs. Klein; Nathan; Eli; Maccabees [Judah the Maccabee] (flashback); Antiochus IV
Children, this is Doctor Leonard Samson. I was his teacher here at the Yeshiva when he was a very little boy.
Doc Samson tells a classroom full of kids a Chanukah story and substitutes modern heroes so the kids can relate better.
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Pin-Up

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Yule Memory

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Xtoral Laxtan
I, Thanos, am embarked on a program of reopening and retrofitting several of my former hideaways.
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Pin-Up

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Holiday on Ice

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Blizzard [Randy Macklin]
To many, the holiday season is a time for remembering.
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Hulk of X-Mas Past!

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The Rapt Lamb

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I can't believe I've finally been bought.
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Story narrated by a toy lamb.
Best Wishes from Everyone at Mighty Marvel!

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Inside the back cover.

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