Comic Shop News (2009 Christmas Special)

Today's Christmas cover is the 2009 Comic Shop News By Dustin Nguyen...Merry Christmas!

Art by Dustin Nyguyen

This "Special Edition" of Comic Shop News featured gift ideas for the comic book fan in one's life, along with a one page wish list featuring all the comics mentioned in the special and more.

Comic Shop News (2012 Christmas Special)

Today's Christmas Cover comes from the genius Fred Hembeck, an original piece he drew for the 2012 Comic Shop News Christmas Special. Superman's gift from Spidey is classic.
This "Special Edition" of Comic Shop News featured gift ideas for the comic book fan in one's life, along with a one page wish list featuring all the comics mentioned in the special and more.

Art By Fred Hembeck

DCU Holiday Special II (1998)

Since Christmas is fast approaching, I thought I'd post the some Christmas themed covers for the next few days up until Christmas.
Today's Christmas Cover  comes the DCU Holiday Bash II from 1998, art by Scott McDaniel & Kevin Nowlan.
DC put three of these Holiday Bash Specials out from 1997 to 1999, each featuring several Christmas themed stories using top characters and quite a few lesser knowns as well.

Cover art by Scott McDaniel & Kevin Nowlan & Dre (??)

Title: DCU Holiday Bash II
Cover Art By: Scott McDaniel (Pencils) & Kevin Nowlan (Inks), Dre (?) (Colors) (?)

Editor: Darren Vincenzo

Genre: Superhero

Printing: First
Printing Date: 1998

Publisher: DC Comics

Book Type: Standard Comic (Double Sized)

Price: 3.95 U.S. * 5.50 Can.
Pages: 68

Notes:

• The Superman & Sgt. Rock stories are silent.
• The Black Lightning story is in black and white.
• Ty Templeton's hilarious Darkseid story was a one man show as he wrote, pencilled, inked, colored and lettered it.
• One of the cover credits is given to "Dre", checked everywhere for info on that individual and could not find anything.
• The stories, "The Present",  "Present Tense", and "The Gift" have been reprinted in the 2000 trade, "A DC Universe Christmas".

Ads:

• Beavis And Butt-Head Do America (VHS)
• Sonic R (Sega Saturn Video Game) (Two Pages)
• Jurassic Park:The Lost World (VHS)
• Mass Destruction (Video Game/Sony Playstation/Sega Saturn/Windows 95)
• Last Bronx (Video Game/Sega Saturn/PC CD-ROM) (Two Pages)
• Tomorrow Never Dies (Movie)
• Star Wars: Masters Of Teras Kasi  (Sony Playstation Video Game)
• Superman: Distant Fires (64 Page Elseworlds Special) (DC House Ad)
• Twix (Candy Bar)
• Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero (Video Game/Sony Playstation/Nintendo 64)

There are several stories in this issue, the following is a listing of the Table Of Contents.

Title: The Present
Main Characters: Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner), Green Arrow (Connor Hawke)

Writer: Devin K. Grayson

Penciller: William Rosado
Inker: Sal Buscema
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Lee Loughridge
Editor: Darren Vincenzo

Title: The House Of Peace
Main Character: Batman (Bruce Wayne)

Writer: Chuck Dixon

Penciller: Dave Taylor
Inker: Wayne Faucher
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Noelle Giddings
Editor: Darren Vincenzo

Title: Present Tense
Main Character: Darkseid

Writer: Ty Templeton

Penciller: Ty Templeton
Inker: Ty Templeton
Letterer: Ty Templeton
Colorist: Ty Templeton
Editor: Darren Vincenzo

Title: 'Twas The Night Before Kwanzaa
Main Character: Black Lightning

Writer: Tony Isabella

Penciller: Eddy Newell
Inker: Eddy Newell
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: N/A
Editor: Darren Vincenzo

Title: The Gift
Main Character: Superman (Clark Kent)

Writer: Dan Jurgens

Penciller: Dan Jurgens
Inker: Brett Breeding
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Jason Wright
Editor: Darren Vincenzo

Title: I Left My Heart At The Justice Society Canteen
Main Characters: Justice Society Of America

Writer: Howard Chaykin

Penciller: Rick Burchett
Inker: Rick Burchett
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Rick Taylor
Editor: Darren Vincenzo

Title: A Christmas Carol
Main Character: Sgt. Rock

Writer: Chuck Dixon

Penciller: Russ Heath
Inker: Russ Heath
Letterer: Russ Heath (?)
Colorist: Russ Heath
Editor: Darren Vincenzo

Title: The Old Lane
Main Character: Nightwing (Dick Grayson) & Oracle (Barbara Gordon)

Writer: Devin Grayson (Dialogue/Co-Plotter) & Brian Stelfreeze (Co-Plotter)

Penciller: Brian Stelfreeze
Inker: Karl Story
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Lee Loughridge
Editor: Darren Vincenzo

Title: Ornaments Page
Main Characters: Superman (Wearing the Blue Lightning Costume), Robin (Tim Drake), Batgirl (Barbara Gordon), Batman (Bruce Wayne), Nightwing (Dick Grayson), Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner)

Writer: Rick Burchett

Penciller: Rick Burchett
Inker: Rick Burchett
Letterer: Rick Burchett
Colorist: Rick Burchett (?)
Editor: Darren Vincenzo

The Untold Legend Of The Batman (1982) (Tor Books)

Front cover (Artwork by Josè Luis Garcia-Lopez & Dick Giordano.

Back cover.

Title: The Untold Legend Of The Batman
Cover Art By: Josè Luis Garcia-Lopez (Pencils) & Dick Giordano (Inks)

Writer: Len Wein

Penciller: Jim Aparo, John Byrne
Inker: Jim Aparo
Letterer: Jim Aparo, John Costanza
Editor: Andrew Helfer, Paul Levitz (Original series)

Genre: Superhero

Printing: First
Printing Date: August, 1982

ISBN: 0-812-50353-8   Can ISBN:0-812-50352-X

Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates (Tor Books)

Book Type: Mass Market Paperback.

Price: 2.95 U.S. * 3.95 Can.
Pages: 160

Interior design and production By Bob Rozakis, Jodi Saviuk & Alex Saviuk.

There are printings of this book from July, 1989 and July, 1992.

This is a reformatted to fit paperback size, black & white reprint of the 1980, three Issue mini-series from DC comics, "The Untold Legend Of The Batman".

There is an ad on the last page for a Tor Books New Teen Titans paperback.

The cover for this book is also the cover for The Untold Legend Of The Batman #3, Sept. 1980.

This story was also reprinted in June 1989 in standard comic size with audio cassettes by MPI, in a special audio edition.

This story was also reprinted in 1989 in standard comic size in a special Batman cereal edition.

Batman By Mike Kaluta

Combining his mastery of horror with the Dark Knight, the great Mike Kaluta declares "Batman Has Gone To Hell" in this sweet Batman pinup from Batman #400, Oct. 1986.

Scanned from Batman No. 400, October 1986.
Art By Mike Kaluta.
The Great Art Adams counts Mike Kaluta as one of his main influences.