Alice in Wonderland
MARVEL CLASSICS COMICS — Issue no. 35, August 1978 / Welcome to another post about another issue of TALES FROM THE PUBLIC DOMAIN! Actually, this is a post about issue no. 35 of MARVEL CLASSICS COMICS. But any time I see a new movie or book about Robin Hood or King Arthur or whatever, I imagine somebody with a booming announcer voice saying “TALES FROM THE PUBLIC DOMAIN!” Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Disney basically built a whole film catalog making animated movies about famous public domain characters. And I suspect this Marvel adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND owes a little to Disney’s 1951 ALICE film. But just a little — nothing that Disney could sue Marvel over, of course. (Disney wouldn’t have any reason to sue Marvel now since they’re part of the same mega-corporation. That wasn’t the case in 1978, though.) Book: Marvel Classics Comics Issue No.: 35 Published: August 8, 1978 Title: “Alice in Wonderland” Cover Pr...