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When Santa Packed A Piece
These days, this cover of Spectacular Spider-Man might border on commentary:Despite its apparent theme, though, this 1985 tale is rather light-hearted for the most part. Written by Peter David, the...
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A Living Legend In Lights
With "Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark" set to end its Broadway run in January and relocate to Las Vegas, let's take a look at another Marvel project that almost landed on the great white way:This ad...
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Season's Greetings from Avengers Mansion
If you're an Avengers fan, you're not exactly at a loss when getting into the Avengers spirit for the holidays:No, no, not THOSE Avengers. Stop being so silly. I'm talking about the more commercially...
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No Secret Is Safe
Can YOUName This Marvel Villain??So what does the Spymaster have to do with our Christmas-themed posts of late? Well, Spymaster wasn't really one for wearing disguises, but even he could get into the...
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I Must Have A Guardian Watcher
For the most part, both Marvel Team-Up and Marvel Two-In-One, headlined by Spider-Man and the Thing, respectively, featured one-shot stories that plugged in whatever guest star was going to be paired...
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The Knees Of Battle!
Where would Christmas be without a little humor? And when it comes to comics and humor, we need look no further than artist Fred Hembeck, who composed these delightful holiday sketch cards featuring...
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Silent Night--Deadly Night!
You'd think that the Ghost Rider would be one of the last characters to appear in a Christmas-themed story, yet here he was (co-starring with the Thing) in a tale with the "three wise men" whose...
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I'll Be... Somewhere For Christmas
Good grief! It's Christmas Eve--why are Peter and Mary Jane being EVICTED??Ahh. Remember the good old days when writers had no problem coming up with plots for super-heroes who were married? Remember...
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Not A Creature Was Stirring--Well, Maybe A N'Garai
Since we've already seen the X-Men scrimmage at football on Thanksgiving, it's only fair that we see how they handle a no-holds-barred snowball fight with Christmas approaching:(I'm going to go out on...
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Miracle on Yancy Street
It must have taken some crisis for the Yancy Street Gang to step out of the shadows and meet with their legendary target, the Thing:Though they would also end up meeting the Fantastic Four's deadliest...
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...So Be Good For Your Own Sake
I know the gray Hulk wasn't as powerful as his emerald predecessor, but come on:Do we really think Santa Claus has a chance here!?Happily, though, the health of our numero uno Christmas toy supplier...
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Where Flies The Black Crow, There Flies--Bewilderment
When you go Christmas shopping with Steve Rogers, a/k/a Captain America, you might want to brace yourself for situations potentially more dangerous than braving the dog-eat-dog stampedes taking place...
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How The Groonk Stole Christmas!
"Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a store.""Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!"Christmas is certainly a time of year when Eric Masterson--who took a turn as the mighty...
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Still No Substitute For Reindeer
A cool image rendered by a color assistant featuring Iron Man as one of Santa's helpers:Probably based on an '80s Marvel subscription ad:And later brought up to date with Shellhead ditching his metal...
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Winter Thoughts
At first glance, you wouldn't think a man like the Winter Soldier would have anything to celebrate during Christmas. And when that man is Bucky Barnes, who fought in World War II, he feels especially...
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The Punisher Is Coming To Town
I know how improbable it must seem to picture the Punisher in a Santa Claus suit. I mean, the whole idea of Santa Claus is to reward, not to punish, right? On the other hand, if you look at the lyrics...
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To Daredevil, From The Kingpin
I'm sorry to admit that I never read most of the Frank Miller masterpieces that he created during his run on Daredevil, where he later took a "you have to break a man down before you can build him up"...
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All I Want For Christmas Is A Reptile Sandwich
Probably the last thing you'd expect to see during the cold days of Christmas would be the appearance of species which would find such chilling temperatures to be anathema:Which should give you an...
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Hark, The Herald Angel Returns!
'Tis the season to rough up Santa Claus--at least, that's how it looks to Thor, as he flies over the upper west side of New York City on a snowy December eve. And so the decision is made to intervene,...
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The Santas And The Spider
If you remember Kaine, the flawed clone of Peter Parker who emerged before the Jackal got it right, you may recall he had a lot of anger issues before he settled down in Houston as the Scarlet Spider....
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