Those of us who tended to only read superhero titles back in the day missed out on a lot of cool comics including this late TWILIGHT ZONE tale from Gold Key that spotlights some already very polished early work from Walt Simonson.

http://diversionsofthegroovykind.blogspot.com/2009/12/12-days-of-christmas-musks-daughter-by.html

Dr. K takes a close look at an unusual holiday tale from Mark Evanier and Dan Spiegle’s much-admired run on the 1980′s revival of BLACKHAWK.

http://doctor-k100.blogspot.com/2009/12/blackhawk-wingsdays-blackhawk-christmas.html

If you’re a Steve Ditko fan, it’s been a big year. THE STEVE DITKO COMICS WEBLOG offers a checklist of all new and reissued material by the artist over the past year and includes mention of Craig’s ART OF DITKO book which Amazon is now saying will be in-stock as of this coming Saturday!

http://ditko.blogspot.com/2009/12/ditko-in-2009-wrapup.html

Finally, here’s an Avon terror tale from the early comics version of EERIE, drawn nicely by the forgotten Louis Ravielli and entitled “A Honeymoon of Horror!”

http://thehorrorsofitall.blogspot.com/2009/12/honeymoon-of-horror-chamber-of-death.html