#sci fi santa

[groc]

The future Martian Santa wars

[humanoidhistory]

Dear Santa letter from the Wylie News, Texas, December 11, 1975.

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)

[robsheridan]

BATTLE SANTAS trading cards were all the rage of Christmas 1988, hyping kids up for a toy line and film franchise that never came to be after Christian protesters halted production.

The cards, produced before the first film was finished, tell the story of a multiverse of cosmic Santas who arrive from across time on an array of Battle Sleighs to help Earth’s Santa save Christmas future from the forces of Hell. On Santa’s lunar battlestation workshop (where he relocated after the North Pole was ravaged in The Santa Wars), his elves built armed vehicles from old toy parts and the re-animated corpses of reindemons, the hellbeasts of the demon army unleashed on Earth after a portal to hell was opened in the North Pole when oil companies drilled near Santa's Earth Workshop (thanks to Reagan’s deregulation of protected lands).

The early release of the trading cards was meant to generate buzz for the film’s funding and toy licensing, but the plan backfired, as the cards revealed a controversial plot point: Mecha-Jesus, the Cybersavior, a towering robotic kaiju Jesus built by the Battle Santas as their last stand against Satan. Mecha-Jesus is piloted by the real Jesus, who the Battle Santas summon back to mortal form. When Christian groups heard about children trading cards that depicted Jesus eviscerating enemies with Nazareth Napalm missiles and shooting Light of the Lord laser beams from his robo-eyes while shouting “The Power of Christ compels you to DIE!” over heavy metal music, a firestorm of protests made the entire BATTLE SANTAS property toxic to investors, leaving the trading cards the only glimpse of a Christmas epic that never came to be.

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[dwcmarshalarts]

Merry Christmas, Louis Percival.

[misforgotten2]

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians - Dell Comics 12-725-603 - 1966

[wandersoul8]

Got to draw @apocahipster 's amazing OC Blink for a Secret Santa Gift Exchange in a cool artists server I'm in! I had a blast drawing them and I really hope you like the art ^^ 💙✨🎁

[xxzackattack27xx]

"Secret Santa" for a mutual. They love some Gacha Gaming, especially if Diluc is in rotation.

[schlock-luster-video]

On June 17, 2011, Black Christmas and Santa Claus Conquers the Martians were screened as a double-feature on TCM Underground.

Here's some new art inspired by both psychotronic Christmas classics!

[oldshowbiz]

Zoomah - the Santa Claus from Mars

[texasthrillbilly]

[humanoidhistory]

'Twas the night before Christmas: Ed Emshwiller's cover art for Galaxy Magazine, December 1959.

[oldion]

Merry Christmas !

[angels-in-overcoats]

I know doing Christmas specials in sci fi and fantasy media opens up much broader implications about Christianity and religion in said universe but is it not enough to put those implications to the side and just enjoy these characters enjoying a cheerful holiday together while also wearing funny Santa hats and giving each other presents?

[tymime]

Christmas/Father's Day/Birthday artwork made for our dad

[illutron]

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