Ho Ho Ho! My Favorite Golden Age Christmas Comics!

The vacation season is certainly one of my favourite occasions of the yr. I’m a sucker for decorations, and a fair greater sucker for ugly Christmas sweaters, vacation cookies, after which some! Comic books have been celebrating this time of yr for the reason that Platinum Age, however one period specifically actually embraced the vacation spirit — the Golden Age. While there are a whole lot of holiday-themed Golden Age covers, I’ve picked just a few of my private favorites. These would look nice in any assortment, and vary in value, excellent for all sorts of collectors!

This cowl is arguably certainly one of my favorites from the Golden Age. While it’s presupposed to be cheery and enjoyable, it’s additionally unsettling. Wonder Woman, The Flash, and Green Lantern are all looking the window, but solely Wonder Woman is wanting on the small chook. The Flash is taking a look at what we will assume to be Wonder Woman, and Green Lantern doesn’t have pupils. Personally, I discover the Golden Age Green Lantern to be unnerving — particularly on this cowl.

This e book has been in style for so long as I’ve been significantly gathering and is often one of many dearer vacation books. A one-year common for a blue label CGC 9.6 is $10,200, whereas the one-year common for a blue label CGC 1.0 is $180.

Prize Comics from Crestwood Publications/Feature Publications must be on each collector’s record — in any case, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby labored on the title! This comedian additionally featured one of many first ongoing horror titles — Frankenstein by Dick Briefer. This challenge contains a jolly Santa entrance and middle, with numerous Prize Comics within the background.

Santa’s head in opposition to the inexperienced background is intelligent, however his floating head is a little bit offputting. Currently, the one gross sales knowledge for this challenge is for a blue-label CGC 9.4, which has a one-year common of $1,800.

In 1940 DC revealed Superman’s Christmas Adventure, written by Jerry Siegel. This was the primary time a Superman comedian the place retailers — most notably Macy’s — may stamp their enterprise emblem into the white field. We nonetheless see this at the moment with trendy comics, tho the field tends to be smaller. This was a giant yr for Superman, as a Superman balloon made its debut in Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1940.

This e book goes for greater than you may anticipate. While graded copies of this e book haven’t been bought shortly, a blue label CGC 9.2 final bought for $13,145 in November 2017. By comparability, a blue label CGC .5 bought for $400 in February 2021.

While Archie’s Christmas Stocking could also be one of many extra well-known Christmas titles, Archie Comics #6 must be celebrated simply as a lot. Archie is entrance and middle, because it alludes that he fell down the chimney in a Santa swimsuit — probably in an try to impress Betty and Veronica. The cowl additionally options Souphead, Jughead’s nephew. This is a basic Archie cowl, however discovering a duplicate is likely to be a little bit of a problem.

Currently, the best recorded sale was for a blue label CGC 6.5, which bought for $3,585 in February 2018. The most up-to-date sale was for a blue label CGC 1.0, which at the moment has a one-year common of $226.