Special Strips

On a few occasions, special strips unrelated to the ongoing story have occured in daily and Sunday stories.

The Merry Christmas strips

In 1934, 1935 and 1937, special Merry Christmas strips were published in the dailies on December 25th.

• 

  December 25,1934

• 

  December 25,1935

• 

  December 25,1937

Other

A similar Merry Christmas strip was made for "The Phantom" in 1937. As a curiosity, Al Capp made Merry Christmas strips in 1947 to 1950 with wishes for merry christmas to many named people, including Lee and Connie Falk.

• 

  The Phantom
  December 25,1937

• 

  Li'l Abner
  December 25,1947

• 

  Li'l Abner
  December 25,1948

• 

  Li'l Abner
  December 25,1949

• 

  Li'l Abner
  December 25,1950

The Defenders of the Earth strip

The Sunday strips of Mandrake the Magician, The Phantom and Flash Gordon from September 28th 1986 were made as a promotional strip for The Defenders of the Earth series.

• 

  Mandrake the Magician

• 

  Flash Gordon

• 

  The Phantom

The Earth Day strips

In 2008 and 2009, special Earth Day strips were published in the dailies on April 22nd.

• 
•