ALF Holiday Special
#1
[Direct]
(Winter 1989)
Marvel,
1988 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 1.75 USD; 2.25 CAD; 0.50 GBP
- Pages
- 68
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics
- Brand
-
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
- Editing
- Sid Jacobson (editor)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Alf / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sorry . . . The Ad Said Elf . . . Not ALF!
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- ALF; Santa Claus; Elves
- Reprints
-
in Alf (Bastei Verlag, 1988 series) #20 -
in Alf (Juniorpress, 1988 series) #11 (1989) -
in Alf (Semic S.A., 1989 series) #6 (novembre 1989)
-
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Shop Around the Clock!
Alf / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Michael Gallagher
- Pencils
- Dave Manak
- Inks
- Jacqueline Roettcher
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Letters
- Rick Parker
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- ALF; Kate Tanner; Willie Tanner
- Synopsis
- ALF figures out a way for Kate to take him Christmas shopping.
- Reprints
Snowman Is an Island!
Alf / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- ALF; The Tanner Family
- Synopsis
- ALF gives the Tanners the gift of a white Christmas.
- Reprints
The Return of Crazy Critter!
Alf / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Michael Gallagher
- Pencils
- Dave Manak
- Inks
- Jacqueline Roettcher
- Colors
- Marie Severin
- Letters
- Rick Parker
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- ALF; Willie Tanner; Brian Tanner; Kate Tanner; Coach Dunton
- Synopsis
- ALF reprises his role as Willie's high school mascot.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
ALF originally appeared as the mascot in ALF #6.
"The Gift of the Melmagi" (with Apologies to O. Henry)
Alf / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- ALF; The Tanner Family
- Synopsis
- ALF tells the Tanners a Melmacian holiday story.
- Reprints
-
in Alf (Interpresse, 1988 series) #7 (17. april 1989)
-
"Wotif the 12 Days of Christmas Happened on Melmac?"
Alf / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- ALF
- Synopsis
- ALF uses his spaceship to show what the 12 days of Christmas would be like on Melmac.
- Reprints
23 Ski-Do's and Don'ts!
Alf / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- ALF; The Tanner Family
- Synopsis
- ALF has to ski off for help when the Tanners are trapped in a mountain cabin.
- Reprints
"ALF Lang-Syne"
Alf / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- ALF; The Tanner Family; Trevor Ochmonek; Raquel Ochmonek
- Synopsis
- The Tanners throw a New Year's Eve party.
- Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Sorry . . . The Ad Said Elf . . . Not ALF!"]
Alf -
1.
Shop Around the Clock!
Alf -
2.
Snowman Is an Island!
Alf -
3.
The Return of Crazy Critter!
Alf -
4.
"The Gift of the Melmagi" (with Apologies to O. Henry)
Alf -
5.
"Wotif the 12 Days of Christmas Happened on Melmac?"
Alf -
6.
23 Ski-Do's and Don'ts!
Alf -
7.
"ALF Lang-Syne"
Alf
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Lou Mazzella
- Enrico Menin
- Richard Thomson
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