A certain bright star in the sky helps several DC universe characters successfully navigate Christmas Eve adventures. This collection of short tales is pretty solid throughout, with a young Frank Miller’s first-ever outing on Batman being the best present in the pile.
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After an extended absence, Warlord finally makes his way back to Tara – only to find Shamballah under siege from within! Mike Grell’s story is a bit overstuffed but the art – inked by Joe Rubinstein – is quite nice.
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Suffering from blood loss and ravaged by infection, Warlord hallucinates an encounter with an incarnation of Death. Told mostly with splashes and two-panel pages, this simple story from writer/artist Mike Grell is a visual treat.
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With half the team under the control of the Puppeteer, the Teen Titans must battle … each other! An enjoyable but slight issue from the regular creative duo of Marv Wolfman and George Pérez.
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Morlock joins forces with a burned-scientist-turned-rebel-leader in a revolution against the Thought Police … but is it too late? New writer Gary Friedrich continues this series’ mashup weirdness, but the real fun here is the art collaboration between comics legends Steve Ditko and Bernie Wrightson.
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Colonel Whiteshroud is invited to investigate the reading of a family will – because someone there is a werewolf! While not perfect, Nicola Cuti and Mike Zeck’s full-length werewolf mystery earns a strong grade for effort.
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Tarzan, new chief of the Waziri, leads his tribe to the city of Opar, where Jane eventually ends up captive. Following a down issue, Joe Kubert’s “The Return of Tarzan” adaptation returns to form.
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Pining over Jane, Tarzan heads to Paris – where he learns the human may be the most dangerous animal of all! Joe Kubert continues his masterful adaptations of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ novels with “The Return of Tarzan.”
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Under the influence of the Fearsome Five, the Titans set off to destroy their mentors – the Justice League! Mind-control shenanigans minimize the emotional impact, but this big-battle issue from writer Marv Wolfman and artist George Pérez is still an enjoyable read.
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Raven gathers the new Teen Titans to rescue an escaped alien princess Koriand’r from Gordanian slave traders. DC finds its answer to Marvel’s X-Men – and, in Marv Wolfman and George Pérez, the creative team to pull it off.
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