DC Universe Holiday Bash
#1
[Direct Sales]
([January] 1997)
DC,
1997 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 3.95 USD; 5.50 CAD
- Pages
- 68
- On-sale Date
- 1996-11-20
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 761941208589 00111
- Editing
- Darren Vincenzo (editor)
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- standard Modern Age U.S.
- Binding
- saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format
- one-shot
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Rodolfo Damaggio (signed as RD)
- Inks
- Robert Campanella (signed as RC)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Todd Klein (logo design)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Catwoman [Selina Kyle]; The Flash [Wally West]; Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]; Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]
Indexer Notes
Logo design credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.
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The Benefaction of Peace
Superman / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- David Michelinie [as Barry Jameson]
- Pencils
- Graham Nolan
- Inks
- Joe Rubinstein (credited as Josef Rubinstein)
- Colors
- Jason Wright
- Letters
- Albert DeGuzman
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Lois Lane; Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]
- Synopsis
- Lois Lane tells about one of Superman's first Christmases in Metropolis.
Indexer Notes
Writer credit from Rob Allen, via GCD Errors List.
A Highfather Christmas
New Gods / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Highfather; Orion
- Synopsis
- Highfather and Orion serve as Santa and an elf on Christmas Eve.
- Reprints
- in Orion Omnibus by Walter Simonson (DC, 2015 series) ([June] 2015)
- in Orion by Walter Simonson (DC, 2018 series) #1 ([September] 2018)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas
Bearing Gifts We Traverse Afar
Catwoman / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Denny O'Neil
- Pencils
- Jesse Delperdang
- Inks
- Mike Sellers
- Colors
- Lee Loughridge
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Catwoman
- Synopsis
- Catwoman saves a mother and child on Christmas Eve.
Satan's Little Helper
The Demon / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- superhero; horror-suspense
- Characters
- The Demon
- Synopsis
- The Demon brings a Christmas present to a child at the expense of her father's soul.
The Vessel
Green Lantern / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Michael Jan Friedman
- Pencils
- Roger Robinson
- Inks
- Phyllis Novin
- Colors
- John Kalisz
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner]
- Synopsis
- Green Lantern rescues a Hanukkah vessel with the help of a miracle.
Present Tense
The Flash / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Mark Waid; Brian Augustyn
- Pencils
- Paul Ryan
- Inks
- Dick Giordano
- Colors
- Tom McCraw
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Flash [Wally West]; Linda Park
- Synopsis
- Wally gets Linda the perfect gift.
- Reprints
- in A DC Universe Christmas (DC, 2000 series) (2000 [January 2001])
- in Flash by Mark Waid (DC, 2017 series) #6 ([July] 2019)
-
Just Another Night
Batman / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Jim Aparo (see Note)
- Pencils
- Jim Aparo
- Inks
- Kevin Nowlan
- Colors
- Kevin Nowlan
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Alfred Pennyworth
- Synopsis
- Is Christmas Eve any different for Batman and Alfred?
Indexer Notes
Scott Peterson explains that he wrote the story, but asked Jim Aparo to take credit for it: https://theotherscottpeterson.wordpress.com/2005/07/20/rip_jim_aparo/
Editing
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
The Benefaction of Peace
Superman -
2.
A Highfather Christmas
New Gods -
3.
Bearing Gifts We Traverse Afar
Catwoman -
4.
Satan's Little Helper
The Demon -
5.
The Vessel
Green Lantern -
6.
Present Tense
The Flash -
7.
Just Another Night
Batman
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