Judge Dredd Lawman Of The Future

Judge Dredd: Lawman of the Future is a comic from the mid 90s that came out to tie in with the Stallone movie and used the designs from the film. However it didn’t seem to be particularly set in the movie universe. They wisely never had Dredd remove his helmet and no reference was made to the events of the movie. It lasted 23 issues and ended with an Action Special which contained an index of every issue released and the stories in them. The covers had some nice art work and some of the stories were illustrated by Geoff Senior who is a personal fave from his days on Marvel UK’s Transformers comic.

Bucky O'Hare

Bucky O'Hare is the captain of the Righteous Indignation along with his crew mates Jenny the cat, Deadeye Duck, Blinky the android and Bruiser the Betelgeusian Berserker Baboon. Together with other allies such as Commander Dogstar and Willy Duwitt they battle the evil Toad Empire who seek to rule the aniverse.

 Bucky began life in 1978, created by Larry Hama of G.I Joe fame but wasn't published until 1984 in Neal Adams Echo of Future Past comic, later to be reprinted in it's own 5 issue mini series to tie in with the cartoon and toyline of 1991.
A UK comic was also released at that time, reprinting the 5 US comics and then continuing the story with original UK material for another 15 issues.

The animated series titled Bucky O'Hare and The Toad Wars which aired in 1991 only lasted 13 episodes before being cancelled. The first two episodes are heavily based on the original 5 issue comic run. So far it has not had a US DVD release though the UK got the complete series.

The cartoon series was of course created to advertise the toyline that consisted of ten characters along with a few vehicles. In this first and only wave we saw Bucky, Deadeye, Bruiser, Blinky, Willy, Commander Dogstar, Toadborg, Al Negator, the Toad Air Marshall and a Toad Stormtrooper released. Noticably absent is Jenny, the final member of Bucky's crew who would have seen release in a planned second wave. Unfortunately with the first wave toy sales not meeting expectation, the second wave was cancelled.

However, in early 2018 Boss Fight Studio released the first two figures in a new line of Bucky O'Hare toys. To scale with the original toyline but featuring modern articulation and highly detailed sculpts based on the original comic art. The first wave consisting of Bucky himself and Jenny! So long time fans can finally complete the crew of the Righteous Indignation. Wave two will add Deadeye to the line up while wave 3 will include an updated Toad Storm Trooper.

Tales From The Crypt ...And All Through The House

The Vault of Horror issue 24, published by EC comics in 1950 featured two christmas horror stories. Shoe Button Eyes and ...And All Through The House. The latter of which has been adapted into a movie and tv episode.

 

The issue itself was reprinted in Tales From The Crypt Presents The Vault Of Horror issue 4 in 1992 by Russ Cochran.

The first live action adaptation was Amicus films Tales From The Crypt movie in 1972 starring Joan Collins and set in England rather than America.

 

Then in 1989 the HBO TV series of Tales From The Crypt again adapted the story to the screen, this time setting it in America as it is in the comic. 

Transmasters UK Transformers the Continued Generation 2

 

Transformers The Continued Generation 2 issue 29 published by Transmasters UK, a UK based Transformers fan group back in the 90s features a christmas wrap around cover. A tradition harking back to the Marvel UK days in the 80s where every 50 issues the title would feature a wrap around poster cover.

Batman Monthly 6

London Editions Batman Monthly issue 6 features two christmas stories. First off is 1979's Have Yourself A Deadly Little Christmas from the US Batman issue 309 featuring Blockbuster. Next up is Silent Night, Deadly Night, originally published in the US Batman issue 239 from 1971.

Spider-man Annual 1994

The Marvel UK Spider-man annual 1994 features a christmassy cover and feature story 'The Big X-mas Blackout' where we see Spider-man save christmas from Electro!

The Astonishing Spider-man 35

Marvel UK/Panini's Collectors Edition Astonishing Spider-man issue 35 features a christmassy cover. not only reprinting the cover and story from the Marvel US Spider-man/Deadpool issue 12 but also featuring Spider-man sprting a Santa hat and snow covering the title. A common sight on comic book covers of the 80s but rare now, especially in the UK.