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5.0 out of 5 stars
Super Hero Goodies From The Past, Present, & Future!,
By Dr Doom72 (Latveria) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: DC Universe Christmas (Paperback)
From a charming Superman story from 1940, to a "groovy" Teen Titans tale from the 60's, to a frenetic Impulse story from the 90's, this collection spans the entire history of Dc Comics. Included in this volume are 17 Christmas themed stories starring the legendary DC Comics Super Heroes! The stories feature such "heavy hitters" as Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, and Flash, but space is reserved for minor characters such as Bat-Lash and Enemy Ace. The tales vary in tone: Some are quite somber, while others are hysterical. Each one serves as a reminder of why these characters have lasted for over 60 years. This is a book you must have! Among the highlights-A Batman tale told in the "Animated Series" style featuring Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn, and a story featuring Darkseid of all people! The latter story is the shortest in the book (2 Pages) and it is also the best. It's worth the cost of the book alone simply to see how Darkseid deals with an intruder to Apokolips on Christmas Eve! "A Dc Universe Christmas" is one present every comics fan needs under their tree!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Christmas present for comics fans!,
This review is from: DC Universe Christmas (Paperback)
I have always loved the yearly Christmas specials put out by DC comics. They are a perfect combination of two things I love, Christmas and Super Heroes.
This cool collection brings together some of DC's best Christmas stories from the past and the present. Seventeen stories in all, some are from the Golden Age, some from giants like Frank Miller and John Byrne, some are touching, some are sad, some are funny. Frank Miller and Denny O' Neil's 1980 Batman story "Wanted: Santa Claus - Dead of Alive" has been reprinted a few times but is a nice holiday take on Miller's grim Batman. John Byrne's 1998 Superman story "The Gift" is a nice wordless tale that gets to the heart of the character. Ty Templeton's 1998 Darkseid story "Present Tense" is one of my favorits, a short comic battle between Santa Claus and Darkseid. I am a huge Captain Marvel fan, so the 1947 Golden Age story "Billy Batson's Xmas" was a lot of fun. There are lots of other great ones, like the 1971 House of Mystery tale "Night Prowler," the 1940 "Superman's Christmas Adventure," the 1943 Sandman tale "Santa Fronts for the Mob." John Byrne's 1988 Enemy Ace story "Silent Night" is a poinent war fable, and Paul Dini's 1995 Batman Adventures story "The Harley and the Ivy" is just pure fun. There are some B-grade stories. The 1997 Mark Waid Wally West story "Present Tense" was just so-so, as was the 1998 Paul Levitz Green Lantern/Green Arrow story "The Present." There are no really bad stories, but not everyone is a winner. I have owned this collection for years, since it was first published, and I still pull it out every Christmas to give it a read. I don't think it is in print anymore, but it is worth tracking down a used copy to give to the comics fan in your life!
4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Make Sure You're REALLY In The Christmas Spirit.....,
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This review is from: DC Universe Christmas (Paperback)
At the risk of sounding Scrooge-like, I really can't go higher than 2 stars for this collection. DC has done a nice job of collecting 17 Christmas stories spanning more than 60 years, but the book is overpriced for such a slim volume, and most of the stories are nothing special.The book starts out with the seldom-seen Denny O'Neil/Frank Miller "Wanted: Santa Claus- Dead or Alive!", which is apparently seldom-seen because it stinks...It's only noteworthy to see Miller's evolving art style, which he would soon perfect on his legendary Daredevil run. (It's also curious to see the resemblance this story bears to the Simon & Kirby Sandman story that comes later in the book; The plots are virtually identical...) After that we get tales that range from excellent (The Harley & The Ivy) to just plain BAD (A Swinging Christmas, starring The Teen Titans), with most of the book leaning towards bad. The Darkseid story is excellent, and the vintage Superman story is fun, but does the Green Lantern/Green Arrow story REALLY deserve to be reprinted? It was bad when it first appeared, and certainly hasn't gotten any better in the years since. Luckily, the book gets better towards the end, with John Byrne's excellent Enemy Ace story, and a touching Impulse tale. But couldn't DC have made room for the classic "Silent Night of The Batman"? Fans interested in seeing a retrospective of DC's long publishing career will doubtless enjoy A DC Universe Christmas; If you're looking for great stories, you might want to look elsewhere.
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