Mars Attacks The Holidays One-Shot

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Witness the carnage and horror of the holiday season in these four bloody tales of festive cheer:

HALLO W Fr e d H E E N g e t s th e “All H mbeck sene classic allow ’s Ste dup in ve!”

Dean H spot in aspiel finds a on a win the Martian soft he try CHR ISTMAS art Day.

MARS ATTACKS THE HOLIDAYS

ne Roand To rtians n o is r r a Bill Mo z give the M S DAY in drigue on VETERAN artian’!”

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ny, nd ma u r e — a g e t s ke w t l u c Pop umans— hby and h t many y Ian Boo r THANKSb d e e r o b i n s o n fo .

G Alan R GIVIN

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MARS ATTACKS THE HOLIDAYS

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MARS ATTACKS...

HALLOWEEN

VETERANS DAY

thanksgiving

CHRISTMAS

Story, Art, and Letters by Fred Hembeck

Story and Layouts by Bill Morrison

Story by Ian Boothby

Story and Art by Dean Haspiel

Colors by Phil Elliott

Finished Art by Tone Rodriguez

Art by Alan Robinson

Colors by Allen Passalaqua

Colors by Kote Carvajal

Colors by Ronda Pattison

Letters by Chris Mowry

Letters by Chris Mowry

Letters by Chris Mowry

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NEW YORK COMIC-CON EXCLUSIVE

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MARS ATTACKS THE HOLIDAYS. OCTOBER 2012. FIRST PRINTING. ™ and © 2012 The Topps Company, Inc. All rights reserved. The Topps logo is a registered trademark of the Topps Company, Inc. © 2012 Idea and Design Works, LLC. The IDW logo is registered in the U.S. patent and trademark office. IDW Publishing, a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Editorial offices: 5080 Santa Fe Street, San Diego CA 92109. Any similarities to persons living or dead are purely coincidental. With the exception of artwork used for review purposes, none of the contents of this publication may be reprinted without the permission of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Printed in Korea.

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