Today in Comics History, December 24, Christmas Eve: Just where does Krampus get all those wonderful toys

from Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor Holiday Special #2 (Titan, January 2020), script by Jody Houser, pencils and inks by Roberta Ingranata, colors by Enrica Angiolini, flats by Shari Chankhamma, letters by Sarah Hedrick and Richard Starkings

Today in Comics History, December 24, Christmas Eve: All I Want for Christmas Is a Dye Job Like Movie Rogue's

from Amazing Spider-Man (1963 series) #420 (Marvel, February 1997), script by Tom DeFalco, pencils by Steve Skroce, inks by Bud LaRosa, colors by Bob Sharen, color separations by Graphic Color Works, letters by Richard Starkings

Today in Comics History, December 24, Christmas Eve: Sherwood Schwartz hurriedly phones his lawyer

from Amazing Spider-Man #314 (April 1989), script by David Michelinie, pencils and inks by Todd McFarlane, colors by Bob Sharen, letters by Rick Parker

Today in Comics History, December 24, 1968, Christmas Eve: Best trash talk in any universe

from "Moon Squirrel and Tippysaur" in Infinity Wars: Infinity Warps #1 (Marvel, January 2019), script by Ryan North, pencils and inks by Natacha Bustos, colors by Tamra Bonvillain, letters by Cory Petit

Today in Comics History, December 24, Christmas Eve: Elf with a Gun? Izzat you, you crazy nut? What're you doin' over here at DC, ya big goofball?

from Freedom Fighters (1976 series) #7 (DC, May 1977), script by Bob Rozakis, pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Jack Abel, letters by Ben Oda

Today in Comics History, December 24, Christmas Eve: Your Friendly Neighborhoodless Spider-Man

from Amazing Spider-Man #314 (Marvel, April 1989), script by David Michelinie, pencils and inks by Todd McFarlane, colors by Bob Sharen, letters by Rick Parker

Today in Comics History, December 24, Christmas Eve: I'll be home (multiple times) for Christmas

from "The Gift of the Madri" in Merry X-Men Holiday Special #1 one-shot (Marvel, February 2019), script by Matthew Rosenberg, pencils and inks by Andy MacDonald, colors by Tamra Bonvillain, letters by Travis Lanham
Whoa, how's Madrox gonna get out of this one?

Today in Comic History, December 24, Christmas Eve: Oh no, you're not going out undressed like that on Christmas Eve, young lady

from "The Cat Who Stole Christmas" in Spider-Man Holiday Special 1995 one-shot (Marvel, 1995), script by Karl Bollers, pencils by Chris Gardner, inks by Steve Montano, colors by Joe Andreani, letters by Dave Sharpe

Today in Comics History, December 24, Christmas Eve: Deck the Halls with Boughs and Harley

from Batman: The Adventures Continue #8 (DC, March 2021), script by Alan Burnett and Paul Dini, pencils and inks by Ty Templeton, colors by Monica Kubina, letters by AndWorld Design
SWEATER

Today in Comics History, December 24, Christmas Eve: Catwoman wastes her time

from Batman: Dark Victory #3 (DC, February 2000), script by Jeph Loeb, pencils and inks by Tim Sale, colors by Gregory Wright, color separations by Heroic Age, letters by Richard Starkings

Today in Comics History, December 24, Christmas Eve: Hah! I bet that bench he's sitting on is totally Plastic MaHOLY COW I WAS RIGHT FOR ONCE

from "Christmas by Gaslight" in DC's Very Merry Multiverse #1 one-shot (DC, February 2021), script by John Layman, pencils and inks by Dani, colors by Mike Spicer, letters by Aditya Bidikar

Today in Comics History, December 24, Christmas Eve: Jingle Belle! She's the Harley Quinn that Paul Dini can say he owns!

from Jingle Belle: The Homemades' Tale one-shot (IDW, November 2018); script by Paul Dini; pencils, inks, and colors by Nicoletta Baldari; letters by Shawn Lee

Today in Comics History, December 24, Christmas Eve: The gigantic ghost head of Bruce Wayne of Earth-2 watches out over his daughter and Bruce Wayne of Earth-1. Look, it's a Pre-Crisis story; I don't make these up.

from The Brave and the Bold (1955 series) #184 (DC, March 1982); script by Mike W. Barr; pencils, inks, and letters by Jim Aparo, colors by Adrienne Roy

Today in Comics History, December 24, Christmas Eve: Deathstroke the Marinater

from Deathstroke (2016 series) #50 (February 2020); script by Christopher Priest; pencils by Carlo Pagulayan and Fernando Pasarin; inks by Jason Paz, Oclair Albert, Norm Rapmund, and Danny Miki; colors by Jeromy Cox; letters by Willie Schubert

Today in Comics History, December 24, 1925, Christmas Eve: The John Logie Baird Christmas Special is brought to you by Rheostats! Rheostats! Have you spent your last two shillings on them yet?

from "The Twist of a Dial" in Real Fact Comics #12 (DC, January 1948), script by Jack Schiff, Mort Weisinger, and/or Bernard Breslauer; pencils and inks by Win Mortimer

Today in Comics History, December 24, 1940 and 1941, Christmas Eve: Exactly what it says on the tin

from Santa Claus vs. the Nazis (Markosia Publishing, November 2016), script by Benjamin Dickson, pencils and inks by Gavin Mitchell, colors by Miroslav Mrva and Owen Watts, letters by Benjamin Dickson
So that was Christmas Eve, 1940. But I know what you really want to see, right?:




So, this Christmas, peace on Earth, and good well to all men.

EXCEPT FOR NAZIS. KILL NAZIS. It's Santa Claus-approved!


Merry Christmas!

Today in Comics History, December 24, Christmas Eve: World's Greatest Detective tears off two calendar pages at once

from Batman #285 (DC, March 1977), script by David Vern, pencils by Romeo Tanghal, inks by Frank Springer

Today in Comics History, December 24, Christmas Eve: World's Greatest Detective finally finds Toyman's secret hideout

from Batman: Gotham Nights (2020 digital series) #22 (DC, December 2020), script by Mark Russell, pencils and inks by Scott Koblish, colors by Nick Filardi, letters by Troy Peteri

Today in Comics History, December 24, Christmas Eve: The best Batman celebrates the holidays appropriately

from Batman: The Brave and the Bold #12 (DC, February 2010), script by Landry Q. Walker, pencils and inks by Eric Jones, colors by Heroic Age, letters by Rob Clark

Today in Comics History, December 24, 1963: Christmas Eve: The Christmas Santa Brought Everyone the Same Face

from Quantum Leap #3 (Innovation, March 1992), script by John Holland, art by Andy Price, colors by Scott Rockwell, color assist by Chris Ballard, letters by Vickie Williams