Holiday Reading Room GREEN LAMA "Turn of the Scrooge"

How does a Buddhist clergyman celebrate Christmas?

Why not sit back with a cup of hot cocoa and find out?

This story from Spark Publications' Green Lama #7 (1946) was scripted by Green Lama creator Kendell Foster Crossen and illustrated by Mac Raboy, using Craftint paper stock to create the line effects.
If the effect looks familiar, it's because a number of artists including Wally Wood, Al Williamson and Reed Crandall used it extensively on their work for EC Comics' Weird Science, Weird Fantasy, and Weird Science-Fantasy.

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Russkie-Smashers BLUE BEETLE "Last Chance!"

Another costumed Russkie-Smasher takes the battle against evil to the vacuum of deep space...

...just as Blackhawk, Captain Atom, and Spurs Jackson and His Space Vigilantes did!

This never-reprinted tale from Charlton's Blue Beetle #20 (1955) was part of the first batch of new stories about the character after several issues of reprints from the original Fox Comics run.
Penciler Ted Galindo, inker Ray Osrin, and an unknown writer treated the character as a less-powerful Superman, with most of the Man of Steel's powers and relationships transposed to Dan Garret/Blue Beetle and his supporting cast!
Note: for December, we're taking a break from Russkie-Smashing to do Yuletide tales featuring superheroes!
The Russkie-Smashing will resume after the New Year!

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Russkie-Smashers SUB-MARINER "Let Sleeping Dogs Lie"

Despite the fact the US government tended to blame him for Russkie actions as shown HERE...

...Prince Namor kept trying to show he was one of the "good guys"!

Namor's creator, Bill Everett, wrote and illustrated this tale from Atlas' Sub-Mariner #33 (1954) which shows the Avenging Son at his snarky best!
Next week, we return to our rotating cast of Russkie-smashers, and you'll have to be here to see who it is!

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Russkie-Smashers MEN'S ADVENTURES "Sub-Mariner (and Namora) in 'Killer Whales' "

Time, once again, to kick Commie butt...

...with the super-powered guy who hates all surface men...but especially Russkies!

And you wonder why he's an "anti-hero"?

Namor's creator, Bill Everett, wrote and illustrated this tale from Atlas' Men's Adventure #28 (1954) which shows Americans make mistakes, too!

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Russkie-Smashers YOUNG MEN COMICS "Sub-Mariner (and Namora) in 'Pirates vs Pirates' "

 Even we make mistakes!

Last week's story wasn't Prince Namor's first Russkie-Smashing adventure!

This was!

When you look at the first couple of pages, it's easy to not realize this tale from Atlas' Young Men Comics #27 (1954), penciled and inked by Bill Everett (with a layout assist by Bob Powell), involves Russkies, so our inadvertent mistake is understandable.

Tomorrow:

Before Black Panther: Wakanda Forever...

Namora and the Mayans
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(Note: the Young Men Comics and other 1950s tales were actually post-Golden Age, and were technically Atlas Comics stories, as shown in the Marvel Masterworks: Atlas-Era Heroes reprints of those same stories!)