DCU Holiday Special 2010 #1

(February 2011)

Sometimes the Bear... (Table of Contents: 1)

Anthro / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Joey Cavalieri

Pencils

Carlo Soriano

Inks

Carlo Soriano

Colors

Carlo Soriano

Letters

Travis Lanham

Genre

adventure; historical

Characters

Anthro; Lart; Ne-ahn (father, unnamed); Emba (mother, unnamed); Fe-Lan (grandmother, unnamed)

Synopsis

Anthro and his father go out to perform the ritual of the false hunt to ensure that they find prey for their solstice celebration dinner, leaving Lart behind to protect the women. While they encounter a tribe reputed to be cannibals, frightening them off with snow warriors, Lart finds a bear, but needs his father's and brother's help to put it down and earn his solstice gift.

Guiding Light (Table of Contents: 2)

Jonah Hex / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Seth J. Albano

Pencils

Renato Arlem

Inks

Renato Arlem

Colors

Bruno Hang

Letters

Travis Lanham

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Jonah Hex; Kaleb Kane; Avram Kane; John Sutter; Larry Turner; Barry Turner

Synopsis

A rabbi and his son are ambushed on the first night of Chanukah by the Turner Twins, but the boy survives and makes it to town. Jonah Hex is enlisted to go after the twins, who remain at the rabbi's campsite for a week, confident that the boy is still alive and in the area, relighting the campfire every night. After Jonah metes out his type of justice, the boy recovers his gold, buries his father, and says a prayer.

Keywords

Chanukah

Holy Day (Table of Contents: 3)

Green Lantern / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Tony Bedard

Pencils

Richard Horie; Tanya Horie

Inks

Richard Horie; Tanya Horie

Colors

Richard Horie; Tanya Horie

Letters

Travis Lanham

Genre

superhero

Characters

Green Lantern [John Stewart]

Synopsis

John Stewart is called by a rookie Green Lantern to a situation on Hathor which reminds him of the time he witnessed the ritual physical abuse of the Shi'a holiday Ashura, which seemed to him bizarre, until his sergeant major related a story about Christians in the Philippines who re-enact the scourging and crucifixion of Jesus. The rookie learns that the Hathorians are performing a similar ritual, one that reminds them of the violence they have sworn to leave behind.

Keywords

Ashura

Hero of Heroes (Table of Contents: 4)

Superman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Kevin Grevioux

Pencils

Roberto Castro

Inks

Scott Koblish

Colors

Alex Bleyaert

Letters

Travis Lanham

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman; Justice League of America [Martian Manhunter; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Hawkman [Katar Hol]; Flash [Barry Allen]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Plastic Man; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; The Atom [Ray Palmer]; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]] (image); Chet; Lynn; Ron Troupe; Jimmy Olsen; Cat Grant; Lois Lane Kent; Mayor Fleming; Alex Monroe; Sabina Monroe; Bryce Monroe; Mrs. Monroe

Synopsis

At the end of the Thanksgiving Day Parade, Superman honors the winner of the Centennial Park Hero Award, a boy who saved his younger brother and sister at the cost of third degree burns over more than fifty percent of his body.

Indexer Notes

Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, and the Flash are also depicted as parade balloons. Also pictured are sports figures (including one most likely intended to be Muhammad Ali), George Washington, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the soldiers raising the flag on Iwo Jima.

The Gift (Table of Contents: 5)

The Spectre / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Dara Naraghi

Pencils

Tom Derenick

Inks

Norm Rapmund

Colors

Chris Beckett

Letters

Travis Lanham

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Spectre [Crispus Allen]; Minoo; Reza; Mansoor Paydar; Hassan Alizadeh

Synopsis

Crispus Allen visits an orphanage in Tehran, Iran on the eve of the Vernal Equinox, the day celebrated as the Persian New Year, or Norouz. When he witnesses the man who tends the orphanage being beaten and robbed, he persuades the Spectre to intervene even though there is no lost human life to take vengeance for, the ghost perhaps having been moved by the spirit of the holiday.

Keywords

Norouz

Holiday (Table of Contents: 6)

Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Abnett; Andy Lanning

Pencils

Chris Batista

Inks

Rich Perrotta

Colors

Hi-Fi

Letters

Travis Lanham

Genre

superhero

Characters

Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy; Dawnstar; Wildfire; Shadow Lass; Polar Boy; Chameleon Boy; Colossal Boy; Lightning Lass; Element Lad; Brainiac 5; Lightning Lad; Sun Boy; Timber Wolf; Invisible Kid [Jacques Foccart]; Gates; Mon-El; Saturn Girl; Ultra Boy; Phantom Girl]

Synopsis

A series of false alarms on Holiday -- the United Planets' combination of all cultural, ethnic, and seasonal festivals -- leads the Legion to the artificial intelligence running Science Police Control, which needs a holiday break of its own.

Indexer Notes

Chameleon Boy is identified as Chameleon in this story. Polar Boy has also not yet had his arm restored here.