Russkie-Smashers OPERATION: PERIL "Time Travelers in 'Amazons of Venus' "

"We must beat the Communists to Venus..."

"...in order to prevent the atomic war predicted by Nostradamus!"

The first Time Travelers tale was a fairly-straightforward 1950s sci-fi story.

But this one goes wayyyy out there with numerous cliches of the era including...

Cavemen and dinosaurs co-existing in prehistoric times!

Venus as a vegetation-covered world ruled by beautiful, half-clad women who keep their males subservient!

Commie spies in business suits...even when they're on another world!

Travel between planets taking about the same amount of time as the average morning commute!

Written by Richard Hughes and illustrated by Ken Bald, this story from ACG's Operation: Peril #2 (1950) expands the strip's concept to include space and time travel by integrating the time technology into a spacecraft provided by the US government.

As a result, the emphasis will switch from Communist threats to alien attacks.

Despite this, the series' title will remain "Time Travelers" for the entire run.

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Russkie-Smashers BLACKHAWK "Flying Tank Platoon!"

Let's Get Back to Some Serious Russkie-Smashing...

...as the Blackhawks tackle what was then state-of-the-art technology!

Unlike an earlier tale we presented about 1950s high-tech, this never-reprinted story from Quality's Blackhawk #106 (1956) was not based on actual experimental prototypes!

Writer Robert Bernstein, penciler Dick Dillin, and inker Chuck Cuidera created this whole thing from their fertile imaginations!

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Holiday Heroes DCU INFINITE HOLIDAY SPECIAL "Yes, Tyrone, There IS a Santa Claus"

Our Final Holiday Heroes Returns Us to the DC Multiverse...

...in an official (but never-reprinted) ElseWorlds tale of a pair of heroes with an unexpected punchline!

Yeah, definitely an ElseWorlds story!

Written by Kelly Puckett and illustrated by Pete Woods, the final story in the holiday anthology DCU Infinite Holiday Special (2007) is really fan wish-fulfillment!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
We'll be Back on January 6, 2025 with More Russkie-Smashing Fun!

Holiday Heroes MARVEL TEAM-UP "Spider-Man and The Watcher in 'Small Miracles' " Conclusion

We Have Already Seen... 


...attending Aunt May's Christmas party, Peter Parker discovers one of her friends, Arthur Chekov, in despair because his granddaughter, Bette didn't show up, and he's worried about her since he's her only surviving relative.

Peter attempts to console him when the webslinger's Spider-Sense goes off!

Excusing himself from the party, Peter goes to the darkened backyard to find...The Watcher...who says nothing, but hands him a glowing gem showing an image...of Chekov's grandaughter, Bette!

Taking this as a portent, Peter, now in costume, attempts to track down Bette, but can't!
Ol' Web-Head doen;t know how to proceed, when none other than the Star-Spangled Avenger himself, returing home via the rooftoops, finds him and offers to help...

Written by JM DeMatteis, penciled by Kerry Gamill, and inked by Mike Esposito, this never-reprinted Yuletide tale from Marvel Team-Up #127 (1983) offers a bit of insight into why the enigmatic Watcher doesn't just observe, but violates his race's version of the non-interference Prime Directive time and again, sometimes during Earth-shaking events, sometimes in matters affecting those who others might consider "unimportant".

Holiday Heroes MARVEL TEAM-UP "Spider-Man and The Watcher in 'Small Miracles' " Part 1

It's Christmas Eve in the MCU...

and a never-reprinted Yuletide tale from four decades ago is about to unfold!

Pay attention, True Believer...

Will Spider-Man Bette in time?

Will the Star-Spangled Avenger pop up again?

Will The Watcher just stand around and watch?

The answers to these and other annoying questions will be found

TOMORROW!

(Because unless you read this story when it came out, or picked it up as a back issue, you don't know what happens!)