(February 2017)

Boom! Studios, 2017 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
34.99 USD; 44.99 CAD; 25.99 GBP
Pages
216
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Boom! Studios
Brand
Boom! Studios [Rectangle]
ISBN
978-1-60886-903-9 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781608869039 53499
Editing
Eric Harburn; Matt Gagnon
Color
color
Dimensions
7 5/8" w x 11 1/2" h
Paper Stock
Glossy (gilt-edged)
Binding
Hardcover
Publishing Format
Collected Edition

Issue Notes

Although the indicia title is "Klaus," the cover, spine, and title page all say "Klaus: How Santa Claus Began."

Printed in the U.S.A. Designed by Scott Newman. Had at least two printings in 2017.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan Mora
Inks
Dan Mora
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Klaus

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan Mora
Inks
Dan Mora

Characters
Klaus; Lilli

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

blank page(s) / 2 pages (report information)


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

credits, title page / 3 pages (report information)

Pencils
Dan Mora
Inks
Dan Mora
Letters
?; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Klaus
Characters
Klaus

Indexer Notes

Title page, front matter, credits

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan Mora
Inks
Dan Mora
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Chapter One
Characters
Klaus

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Klaus / comic story / 30 pages (report information)

Script
Grant Morrison
Pencils
Dan Mora
Inks
Dan Mora
Colors
Dan Mora
Letters
Ed Dukeshire

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Once upon a time.
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Klaus; soldiers; bartender; children; Lord Magnus; Lilli (wolf); Jonas; Lady Dagmar; the Shining Family
Synopsis
Klaus brings his furs into Grimsvig only to find that it has become a police state since his last visit. Men are enslaved in the mines, children are repressed, and all toys are turned over to Jonas, who finds everything unsatisfactory. His mother Lady Dagmar is domineered by Lord Magnus, who has Klaus beaten, then hunted with arrows. As Klaus sleeps, the Shining Family surrounds him with toys.
Reprints
Keywords
Christmas; wolf; Yule

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Klaus / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan Mora
Inks
Dan Mora
Colors
?

Characters
Klaus; Lilli
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan Mora
Inks
Dan Mora
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Chapter Two
Characters
Lady Dagmar

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Klaus / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Grant Morrison
Pencils
Dan Mora
Inks
Dan Mora
Colors
Dan Mora
Letters
Ed Dukeshire

First Line of Dialogue or Text
-- I know it's treason and all, but I miss Yuletime.
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Klaus; Lord Magnus; Lady Dagmar; Jonas; soldiers; children; mothers; fathers; Olav
Synopsis
Klaus surreptitiously enters the city at night and distributes the toys left by the Shining Family. The furious Magnus has the toys confiscated, and Dagmar recognizes them as the work of Klaus. Klaus slips through the city evading soldiers as they try to hunt him down.
Reprints
Keywords
Christmas; toys; Yule

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Klaus / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan Mora
Inks
Dan Mora
Colors
Dan Mora

Characters
Klaus
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan Mora
Inks
Dan Mora
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Chapter Three
Characters
Klaus

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Klaus / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Grant Morrison
Pencils
Dan Mora
Inks
Dan Mora
Colors
Dan Mora
Letters
Ed Dukeshire

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dead end.
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Klaus; Lord Magnus; Lady Dagmar; Lilli (wolf); soldiers; children; mothers; fathers; miners; clergyman; unknown being; the Shining Family
Synopsis
With Lilli's help, Klaus slips from the city as an increasingly-unstable Magnus first bullies Dagmar and then enters the mine where he communes with a hidden being. Klaus re-enters the city to spread chaos by promoting joy, and calls upon Lady Dagmar.
Reprints
Keywords
Christmas; mining; toys; wolf; Yule

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Klaus / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan Mora
Inks
Dan Mora
Colors
Dan Mora
Letters
typeset

Characters
Klaus; soldiers
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan Mora
Inks
Dan Mora
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Chapter Four
Characters
Jonas

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Klaus / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Grant Morrison
Pencils
Dan Mora
Inks
Dan Mora
Colors
Dan Mora
Letters
Ed Dukeshire

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Once upon a time.
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Klaus; Lady Dagmar; Karl; Sigrid; Baron Alrik; Lilli; Jonas; miners; unknown being; Lilli (wolf)
Synopsis
Flashbacks tell how Klaus was rescued as an infant from the ice; how he befriended Dagmar when they were children; how as a man he was framed for killing Baron Alrik, left for dead in the forest, and rescued by the wolf Lilli. Klaus meets Dagmar, convinces her that he is innocent of her father's death, gives her a carved toy bird, and promises to free Grimsvig. Dagmar teaches her son to play, but Magnus uses the boy to lay a trap for Klaus.
Reprints
Keywords
Christmas; flashback; toys; wolf; Yule

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Klaus / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan Mora
Inks
Dan Mora
Colors
Dan Mora
Letters
typeset

Characters
Klaus; Dagmar; Magnus
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan Mora
Inks
Dan Mora
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Chapter Five
Characters
Lord Magnus

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Klaus / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Grant Morrison
Pencils
Dan Mora
Inks
Dan Mora
Colors
Dan Mora
Letters
Ed Dukeshire

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Murder in the dark?
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Klaus; Lord Magnus; Lady Dagmar; Jonas; soldiers; miners; Karl; townsfolk; children; Finn; Lilli (wolf)
Synopsis
Magnus tells Dagmar that he is about to release a creature of great power from the mine. Klaus brings hope to the miners, even as soldiers round up their children. With the help of a letter from Jonas, Magnus nearly snares Klaus in an ambush. Finn helps the desperately wounded Klaus out of the city, where they find help from Lilli.
Reprints
Keywords
Christmas; wolf; Yule

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan Mora
Inks
Dan Mora
Colors
Dan Mora
Letters
typeset

Characters
Klaus; creature from the mine
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

Klaus / credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan Mora
Inks
Dan Mora
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Chapter Six
Characters
Klaus

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

Klaus / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Grant Morrison
Pencils
Dan Mora
Inks
Dan Mora
Colors
Dan Mora
Letters
Ed Dukeshire

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Must we go?
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Klaus; Lord Magnus; Lady Dagmar; Jonas; Lilli (wolf); soldiers; children; the Shining Family; miners; king
Synopsis
Magnus and his men capture and kill Klaus, just before the king arrives to demand a reckoning of Magnus. But the miners have finally freed the unknown being from under the earth, and it demands the children that Magnus has promised it for food.
Reprints
Keywords
Christmas; monster; wolf; Yule

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

Klaus / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan Mora
Inks
Dan Mora
Colors
Dan Mora
Letters
typeset

Characters
Klaus
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan Mora
Inks
Dan Mora
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Chapter Seven
Characters
Unknown being

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

Klaus / comic story / 32 pages (report information)

Script
Grant Morrison
Pencils
Dan Mora
Inks
Dan Mora
Colors
Dan Mora
Letters
Ed Dukeshire

First Line of Dialogue or Text
--made it!
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Klaus; Lord Magnus; Lady Dagmar; Jonas; unknown being; Finn; children; soldiers; Lilli (wolf); king; Gunnar Mikkelsen
Synopsis
The unknown being smashes much of the town and kills Magnus, but meets its death at the hands of Klaus... having been taken behind the northern lights by the Shining Family, Klaus can never die again. With the help of Klaus, Dagmar rebuilds the city and rules it well until her death in old age. Klaus goes in his way leaving Jonas to rule, promising to return once a year, when the world is at its darkest, and in greatest need of light.
Reprints
Keywords
Christ figure; Christmas; monster; resurrection; Yule

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan Mora
Inks
Dan Mora
Colors
Dan Mora
Letters
typeset

Characters
Klaus
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 8 pages (report information)

Pencils
Felipe Smith; Frazer Irving; Chris Burnham; Dan Mora; Cully Hamner; Vanesa R. Del Rey; David Rubin
Inks
Various
Colors
Various; Jordan Boyd
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 26)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan Mora
Inks
Dan Mora

Characters
Klaus; Lilli (wolf)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photo); Allan Amato (photo); Dan Mora
Inks
?;(photo);Allan Amato (photo); Dan More
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Grant Morrison
Characters
Grant Morrison; Dan Mora

Indexer Notes

Introduction to the creators

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 28)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan Mora
Inks
Dan Mora

Characters
Klaus

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

blank page(s) / 2 pages (report information)


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan Mora
Inks
Dan Mora

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 31) (Expand) /

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

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
  4. 3. ["Klaus"]
  5. 4. ["Chapter One"]
  6. 5. ["Once upon a time."]
    Klaus
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Klaus
  8. 7. ["Chapter Two"]
  9. 8. ["-- I know it's treason and all, but I miss Yuletime."]
    Klaus
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Klaus
  11. 10. ["Chapter Three"]
  12. 11. ["Dead end."]
    Klaus
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Klaus
  14. 13. ["Chapter Four"]
  15. 14. ["Once upon a time."]
    Klaus
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    Klaus
  17. 16. ["Chapter Five"]
  18. 17. ["Murder in the dark?"]
    Klaus
  19. 18. [no title indexed]
  20. 19. ["Chapter Six"]
    Klaus
  21. 20. ["Must we go?"]
    Klaus
  22. 21. [no title indexed]
    Klaus
  23. 22. ["Chapter Seven"]
  24. 23. ["--made it!"]
    Klaus
  25. 24. [no title indexed]
  26. 25. [no title indexed]
  27. 26. [no title indexed]
  28. 27. ["Grant Morrison"]
  29. 28. [no title indexed]
  30. 29. [no title indexed]
  31. 30. [no title indexed]
  32. 31. ["He's a myth."]
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