Comicon Advent Calendar Day 4: Marvel Does Scrooge

Welcome once more to the Comicon Advent Calendar, our seasonal gift to you – 24 days, 24 Christmas comics to enjoy…

Today, it’s back to a classic to see what Marvel did with Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol in 1978.

This one was scripted by Doug Moench with a huge cast of artists, listed as ‘diverse hands’ in the credits. And surely you all know the story by now? Ebeneezer Scrooge, meanest man in the multiverse? Definite non-believer in the spirit of Christmas? Visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future and shown a nightmarish vision that causes him to change his ways?

Well, here’s a little of the Marvel version…