Bizarre Adventures
#34
[Newsstand]
(February 1983)
Marvel,
1981 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 2.00 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- four times yearly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Not For Kiddies (we mean it!)
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Barcode
- 0714860280802
- Editing
- Denny O'Neil (credited as Dennis O'Neil) (editor); Ralph Macchio (associate editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)
Issue 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).
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Son of Santa!
comic story / 18 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- Son of Santa [Nick Norris] (intro, origin); Santa Claus (guest star, death); Mrs. Maria Claus (intro, death); The Anti-Claus (villain, intro); Agonistes; Donner; Blitzen
- Synopsis
- The death of Santa Claus and how his son came to take over...
- Keywords
- Christmas
Howard the Duck's Christmas
Howard the Duck / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Steven Grant (signed)
- Pencils
- Paul Smith (signed)
- Inks
- Paul Smith (signed)
- Colors
- Steven Grant; Marie Severin (color printing notations)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- satire-parody; superhero; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Howard the Duck; Beverly Switzerland; Paul Same; Arthur Winslow; Jimmy
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Christmas
in Indexer 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).
[Dr. Deth, Not to Mention Kip and Muffy]
Dr. Deth / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Larry Hama
- Pencils
- Larry Hama (layouts); Bob Camp (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Camp (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; humor
- Characters
- Dr. Deth; Kip; Muffy
- Keywords
- Christmas
Slay Bells!
comic story / 7 pages
- Characters
- Raymond; Santa Claus
- Keywords
- Christmas
Indexer Notes
The death of Santa (again). Printed in two-color (black-and-red).
Santa Bites the Big Apple!
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Al Milgrom (signed)
- Pencils
- Al Milgrom (signed)
- Inks
- Al Milgrom (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Characters
- Santa Claus; Lefty; Kochmayer
- Keywords
- Christmas
[Christmas Excursion]
Bucky Bizarre / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Steve Skeates
- Pencils
- Steve Smallwood (signed)
- Inks
- Steve Smallwood (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Characters
- Bucky Bizarre
- Keywords
- Christmas
[no title indexed]
From the Warp of Dennis O'Neil / in-house column / 1 page
- Script
- Denny O'Neil (credited as Dennis O'Neil)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Editorial.
Buy this book or I'll shoot this coyote!!
Coyote / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- ? (promo copy)
- Pencils
- Steve Leialoha
- Inks
- Steve Leialoha
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
Promo for Coyote comic book series.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[Not For Kiddies (we mean it!)]
-
1.
Stan Lee Presents: X-Mas
-
2.
Son of Santa!
-
3.
Howard the Duck's Christmas
Howard the Duck -
4.
[Dr. Deth, Not to Mention Kip and Muffy]
Dr. Deth -
5.
Slay Bells!
-
6.
Santa Bites the Big Apple!
-
7.
[Christmas Excursion]
Bucky Bizarre -
8.
[no title indexed]
From the Warp of Dennis O'Neil -
9.
Buy this book or I'll shoot this coyote!!
Coyote
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- David B
- Tom de Jong
- Gregory Fischer
- Darrel McCann
- Allen Ross
- Jim Van Dore
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