The Best of DC #22 [Direct]

(March 1982)

Best of DC -- Christmas with the Super-Heroes (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

inside front cover.

The TT's Swingin' Christmas Carol! (Table of Contents: 2)

Teen Titans / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Haney

Pencils

Nick Cardy

Inks

Nick Cardy

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Letterese

Editing

George Kashdan (original editor)

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) [page 2 omitted]

Indexer Notes

The second page of the original story has been cut, but the three half-pages are expanded to full-pages.

Merry Christmas (Table of Contents: 3)

Batman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Denny O'Neil

Pencils

Irv Novick

Inks

Dick Giordano

Colors

?

Letters

Milt Snapinn ?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman; Chimp Manners

Reprints

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

Freddy Freeman's Christmas! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

Bill Woolfolk

Pencils

Bud Thompson

Inks

Bud Thompson

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Reprints

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

A Christmas Peril! (Table of Contents: 5)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Don C. Cameron

Pencils

Jerry Robinson

Inks

Jerry Robinson

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

superhero

Reprints

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

The Seal Men's War on Santa Claus (Table of Contents: 6)

Sandman / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Fleisher

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Mike Royer

Colors

?

Letters

Mike Royer

Editing

Joe Orlando

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• from Cancelled Comic Cavalcade (DC, 1978 series) #2 (Fall 1978)
• in The Jack Kirby Omnibus (DC, 2011 series) #2 ([July] 2013)
• in DC Universe: The Bronze Age Omnibus by Jack Kirby (DC, 2019 series) ([September] 2019)
• in Sandman e Outras Histórias: Lendas do Universo DC (Panini Brasil, 2021 series) (abril 2021)

Indexer Notes

Originally scheduled to be published in The 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.

Robin's (Very) White Christmas! (Table of Contents: 7)

Robin / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Rozakis

Pencils

José Delbo

Inks

Vince Colletta

Colors

?

Letters

Milt Snapinn ?

Genre

superhero

Characters

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

Reprints

• from The 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: 8)

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

Script

Len Wein

Pencils

Dick Dillin

Inks

Dick Giordano

Colors

?

Letters

Milt Snapinn ?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Justice League of America [JLA; Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Flash [Barry Allen] (cameo); The Atom [Ray Palmer] (cameo); Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny] (cameo); Black Canary [Dinah Lance]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Red Tornado [John Smith] (new costume); Aquaman [Arthur Curry] (cameo); Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (cameo); Phantom Stranger (cameo)]; 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 Claus 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: 9) (Expand) /

Captain Carrot / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Holiday Greetings] (Table of Contents: 10)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

George Pérez

Inks

George Pérez

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino (sourced)

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.