Christmas Comic First Appearances - GoCollect

It’s a time-honored custom right here at GoCollect – if it’s December, you’re certain to get some blogs that includes Christmas comics. Let’s check out key first comedian e book appearances of some beloved Christmas characters.

Santa Claus

No Christmas character is extra beloved than Santa, as proven by his huge variety of comedian e book appearances and covers. Santa made his first cowl look in Toy World Funnies. Published by Eastern Publishing in 1932, this Platinum Age magnificence was a promotional comedian given away at Wannamaker and Golden Eagle malls.

There are solely two graded copies within the CGC census, each within the 3.0 grade; one among them simply offered within the November Heritage public sale for $12,600.

Santa made his first cowl look within the comedian format that turned normal within the Thirties in Famous Funnies #5, printed by Eastern Publishing in 1934. There are 20 graded copies within the CGC census, none above 8.0.

A 3.5 graded copy was the one one to promote this yr when it went for $999 in a March 16 Hake’s public sale.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

You know him from songs and TV specials. He’s Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, the brave chief of Santa’s sleigh-pulling crew of reindeer. Rudolph made his first comedian e book look in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer #1, printed by DC in 1950. The collection could be printed on an annual foundation with the ultimate situation showing in 1963.

There are 18 graded copies within the CGC census. A 5.5 graded copy offered in an eBay mounted value sale on November 27 for $400, the primary sale of this situation in any grade in practically 4 years.

Frosty the Snowman

In one other yearly printed collection that will final for a decade, Frosty the Snowman made his first look in Four Color #359, printed by Dell in 1951. There are solely 12 graded copies within the CGC census, none of which have offered since a number of days after Christmas in 2014.

While there are few graded copies, many uncooked problems with Four Color from the Fifties abound in comedian retailers across the nation. This one might be definitely worth the hunt.

Scrooge

OK, this one’s a little bit of a cheat. Ebenezer Scrooge is the primary character from Charles Dickens’ traditional A Christmas Carol. However, in comedian e book gathering there is just one Scrooge, and that’s Scrooge McDuck, or Uncle Scrooge. Uncle Scrooge made his first look within the story, “Christmas on Bear Mountain” in Four Color #178, printed by Dell in 1947. Leaning closely on Dickens’ character, Uncle Scrooge is Carl Barks’ biggest creation.

There are 247 graded copies within the CGC census. The lone 9.6 graded copy – the very best graded copy in existence – offered within the November Heritage public sale for $90,000, the identical value it went for in a June 2021 Heritage public sale. This is among the most sought-after points in the whole Four Color collection, and would make an superior reward in your favourite collector (trace to any members of the family studying this).