The Best of DC #22 [Direct]

(March 1982)

Best of DC -- Christmas with the Super-Heroes (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

inside front cover. Table of contents.

The TT's Swingin' Christmas Carol! (Table of Contents)

Teen Titans / comic story / 21.5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Haney

Pencils:

Nick Cardy

Inks:

Nick Cardy

Colors:

?

Letters:

Joe Letterese

Editing:

George Kashdan

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Teen Titans [Robin [Dick Grayson]; Kid Flash [Wally West]; Wonder Girl [Donna Troy]; Aqualad [Garth]]; Ebenezer Scrounge; Bob Ratchet; Tiny Tom Ratchet; Jacob Farley; Mr. Big (real name unknown); Mr. Big's unnamed crew

Synopsis:

After Tiny Tom Ratchet discovers that his father's employer, Mr. Scrounge, is letting criminals use the junkyard for illicit activity, he contacts the Teen Titans — who, noting the situation's parallels to Dickens' classic tale, haunt Scrounge as the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future.

Reprints:

• from Teen Titans (DC, 1966 series) #13 (January-February 1968) [minus 1 page; minus 1 page; see Notes]

Indexer Notes

The second page of the original story has been cut.

Merry Christmas (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Denny O'Neil

Pencils:

Irv Novick

Inks:

Dick Giordano

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman; Chimp Manners

Reprints:

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #247 (February 1973)

Freddy Freeman's Christmas! (Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel, Jr. / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bud Thompson

Inks:

Bud Thompson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Reprints:

• from Captain Marvel Jr. (Fawcett, 1942 series) #46 (February 1947)

A Christmas Peril! (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Jerry Robinson

Inks:

Jerry Robinson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Reprints:

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #27 (February-March 1945)

The Seal Men's War on Santa Claus (Table of Contents)

Sandman / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Michael Fleisher

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Mike Royer

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Indexer Notes

Originally scheduled to be published in Sandman (DC, 1974 series) #7, and then scheduled to be integrated into a 25-page story in Kamandi, the Last Boy on Earth (DC, 1972 series) #61, but both comics were cancelled before these issues were published. Story printed in the limited distribution Cancelled Comic Cavalcade (DC, 1978 series) #2.

Robin's (Very) White Christmas! (Table of Contents)

Robin / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Rozakis

Pencils:

José Delbo

Inks:

Vince Colletta

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Robin; Lori Elton; Frank McDonald; Batman; Alfred Pennyworth; Aunt Harriet

Reprints:

• from Batman Family (DC, 1975 series) #4 (March-April 1976)

Indexer Notes

Story title corrected from original.

The Man Who Murdered Santa Claus! (Table of Contents)

Justice League / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Len Wein

Pencils:

Dick Dillin

Inks:

Dick Giordano

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Flash [Barry Allen] (Cameo); The Atom [Ray Palmer] (Cameo); Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny] (Cameo); Black Canary [Dina Lance]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Red Tornado [John Smith](new costume); Aquaman [Arthur Curry] (Cameo); Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (cameo); Phantom Stranger (cameo) (all as the Justice League of America/JLA); Sue Dibny (cameo); Iris Allen (cameo); Mera (cameo); Kathy Sutton (cameo); Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Santa Simpson; Eric Russell (Iris's father); Fran Russell (Iris's Mother); The Key (villain)

Synopsis:

The murder of a department store Santa Clause puts the JLA on the tail of the Key and his scheme to kill the JLA.

Reprints:

• from Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #110 (March-April 1974)

Another Dynamite Comic from the House of Daring Concepts! (Table of Contents)

Captain Carrot and his Amazing Zoo Crew / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Promo for Captain Carrot and his Amazing Zoo Crew. Cover to #1 is depicted.

[Holiday Greetings] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

George Pérez

Inks:

George Pérez

Colors:

?

Letters:

Gaspar Saladino

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Batman; Robin; Green Arrow; Black Canary; Captain Marvel Jr.; Kid Flash; Aqualad; Wonder Girl; Sandman

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Characters from the stories depicted on ornaments on a Christmas tree.
Gaspar Saladino credit per Brian Saner Lamken [2012 March 7].