DC’s annual One-Shot Which Falls Close To The Winter Solstice underwent a change in title this year, from the clever Infinite Christmas Special to the less mellifluous Infinite Holiday Special. Was the publisher spooked by the thought of confusion with my Infinite Christmas post from last year, or Gavok’s two-part roundup from about the same time? What about Dan Fish’s fun with PhotoShop?
Yeah, probably not. Still, we can dream, right, fellas?
And where is that winter-solstice story, DC? Surely you have some characters who could take advantage of the longest night and/or shortest day of the year. The timing would have to be right, but the DC message boards have already thought of Batwoman: The Long Hanukkah….
December 15th, 2006 at 4:43 pm
How was the holiday special?
I thumbed through it and wasn’t sure if it was worth the five bucks. Was it?
December 15th, 2006 at 5:09 pm
I forked the five bucks for it. It wasn’t.
December 15th, 2006 at 5:12 pm
I’m still trying to figure that out myself, although the last story (featuring Superman and Batman) was goofy and funny, and made up for a lot. I liked the Batwoman story too. I’ll have to read the issue again.
December 15th, 2006 at 7:11 pm
Photoshop? I wish. More like fun with MS Paint!
December 15th, 2006 at 10:32 pm
The Special was worth it for the last story alone. That was excellent and the Supergirl and Shadowpact stories were pretty good. The others were kinda so-so.
December 17th, 2006 at 10:54 pm
The DC holiday specials are usually fun regardless of how they’re titled. I couldn’t find this one at either of the LCS I frequent. Maybe Santa will leave a copy of it in my stocking on Christmas morn.
December 18th, 2006 at 10:41 am
It’s worth it so that you can debate if Willingham is trying to make reference to the ACLU, and, if so, what he’s trying to say about them in light of the story’s ending. The final story is also really, really good.
December 18th, 2006 at 1:11 pm
Derek,
If I’m interpreting the story right (and the story’s a goof anyway, so who knows), then I think he’s saying “The War on Christmas” is a paranoid fantasy of the right. The Anti-Christmas League (or ACL) is not really out there with rocket launchers trying to blow the sleigh out of the sky.