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Issue Details

Issue #34
Published February 1983
Frequency four times yearly
Cover Price 2.00 USD
Pages 52
Editing Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief); Dennis O'Neil (Editor); Ralph Macchio (Associate Editor)
Notes The creators own the rights to all stories with the exceptions of Howard the Duck and Bucky Bizarre. Last issue of Bizarre Adventures. Per an Error Report by Steven Grant, this issue was the first published in high end comics format, as a test, and was one of the first Marvel publications printed in a new full color process (instead of four-color) (added 2009-01-06 by Allen Ross).

Cover Details

Genre Horror; Christmas
Pencils Joe Jusko (signed)
Inks Joe Jusko (signed)
Colors Joe Jusko (signed)

1 page credits "Stan Lee Presents: X-Mas"

Pencils ? (illustration)
Inks ? (illustration)
Letters typeset

18 page story "Son of Santa!"

Characters Son of Santa [Nick Norris] (intro, origin); Santa Claus (guest star, death); Mrs. Maria Claus (intro, death); The Anti-Claus (villain, intro)
Synopsis The death of Santa Claus and how his son came to take over...
Genre Superhero; Satire; Christmas
Script Mark Gruenwald
Pencils Alan Kupperberg
Inks Alan Kupperberg

8 page Howard the Duck story "Howard the Duck's Christmas"

Characters Howard the Duck; Beverly
Genre Superhero; Satire; Christmas
Script Steven Grant
Pencils Paul Smith
Inks Paul Smith
Colors Steven Grant; Marie Severin (color printing notations)
Notes Parody of "It's a Wonderful Life". The first Howard the Duck story since the "Howard the Duck" magazine was discontinued. Steven Grant confirmed via an Error Report that he did the coloring for this story (with a little help on the printing notations from Marie Severin (2009-01-06 by Allen Ross).

6 page Dr. Deth story "Dr. Deth, Not to Mention Kip and Muffy"

Genre Christmas
Script Larry Hama
Pencils Bob Camp
Inks Bob Camp

7 page story "Slay Bells!"

Genre Christmas
Script Mike Carlin
Pencils Mike Carlin
Inks Mike Carlin
Notes The death of Santa (again). Printed in two-color (black-and-red).

7 page story "Santa Bites the Big Apple!"

Genre Christmas
Script Al Milgrom
Pencils Al Milgrom
Inks Al Milgrom

2 page Bucky Bizarre story "Christmas Excursion"

Genre Christmas
Script Steve Skeates
Pencils Steve Smallwood
Inks Steve Smallwood

1 page From the Warp of Dennis O'Neil foreword, introduction, preface, afterword

Script Dennis O'Neil
Letters typeset
Notes Editorial.