Scott’s Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar – December 13th
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Today’s Christmas cover is the oldest in this year’s countdown, from January 1937 (a year and a hlaf before Action Comics #1 and the introduction of Superman) comes Popular Comics #12.
The cover gag is a little dated and a little unclear to me. Is it that he’s only buying his dad a present worth a penny (and how much is that today, seventy years later?), or is it that he’s asking the person he’s buying the present for to give him the money to buy the present? Or both? Or neither? Or maybe it’s not supposed to be funny at all…
Popular Comics #12 (Dell, January 1937)
13 Days until Christmas!
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The entire 2007 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar (so far) in traditional calendar format.
One year ago, the cover was Chip ‘n’ Dale #12.
Two years ago, the cover was The New Archies #12.
Three years ago, the cover was Beavis and Butt-Head #12
Previous Comic Book Cover Advent Calendars: 2006 2005 2004
David Carter always has another good comic book advent calendar over at Yet Another Comics Blog
December 13th, 2007 at 6:37 am
Is it just me, or does the dad look like Dick Tracy?
December 13th, 2007 at 7:02 am
wow, 1937? That is way old!
December 13th, 2007 at 2:53 pm
I think it’s that he’s asking his dad for money so he can buy his dad a present. I’ve seen that gag elsewhere (in things of a lot more recent vintage), so I’m betting that’s the….”joke.”
December 13th, 2007 at 5:28 pm
Official Comment
TayJK,
Given that Popular Comics, like other comic books of the time period, mostly filled their pages with reprints of several weeks worth of Sunday comics, it probably is Dick Tracy.
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