Christmas Tales
by the 5 Earths Writers
It has been an annual tradition to write Christmas stories for the holiday season for many years now. Here are all of our Christmas Tales for your enjoyment!
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World’s Best: Superman and Batman: Times Past, 1959: ’Tis the Season for Death
by Libbylawrence
published September 1, 2000
Superman, Batman, and Robin all try to enjoy the Christmas holiday, but old insect-themed foes and a revenge-seeking new one try to ruin their fun! Can Batman’s wife, the former Catwoman, save the day where the World’s Best team fails?
Titans West: Holiday Blues
by Martin Maenza
published November 30, 2001
While a time of joy and celebration for most, the holidays make some folks sad and even bring out unexpected problems. Just ask the members of Titans West as they encounter a woman whose incredible psionic powers suddenly manifest, causing untold chaos in San Francisco! Will things settle down in time for the Christmas party at Gabriel’s Horn?
Justice League of America: Deck the Halls ’86
by Martin Maenza
published December 10, 2001
The holidays usually mean lots of parties with friends, and the Justice League is no different. Join the members of the team and a few guests as they toast the Christmas season. But will an unexpected old toymaker give the team holiday woes?
The Brave and the Bold: Green Arrow and Red Tornado: Times Past, 1980: The Greatest Gift
by HarveyKent
published December 24, 2001
It’s a tale of Christmas Past as Green Arrow and Red Tornado race to find a kidnapped girl on Christmas Eve! But as the two Justice Leaguers work together, the ace archer and the amazing android each gain the greatest gift!
The Bred and the Bald: Rubberduck and Little Cheese: Being With One’s Family
by Andrew Troy Keller
published December 3, 2002
Rubberduck helps his fellow Zoo Crew member, a depressed Little Cheese, find his long-lost mother.
The Bred and the Bald: Captain Carrot and Alley-Kat-Abra: Under the Mistletoe
by ComicKook
published December 3, 2002
Captain Carrot and Alley-Kat-Abra have been dating for a few months, but Felina Furr is unsure how serious Rodney Rabbit is about her, given his earlier crush on Wonder Wabbit. Will Christmas Eve be the right time for them to express their love?
Karate Kid: Times Past, 1981: An Old-Fashioned Christmas
by Martin Maenza
published December 12, 2002
When Val Armorr spends the holidays in the twentieth century, he is given one of the greatest Christmas gifts of all when he receives some surprise visitors — a few members of the Legion of Super-Heroes! But as Karate Kid and the other Legionnaires paint the town red, they end up running into trouble in the form of the Toyman! Can they put a stop to this bad Santa before anyone is hurt?
The Marvel Family: A Marvel Family Christmas
by Libbylawrence
published December 17, 2002
The Marvel Family tries to make Christmas merry in three separate holiday missions! Watch as Mary Marvel tracks down a missing father for a little girl! See how Captain Marvel Junior helps an ex-con family man from making a big mistake! And thrill to an adventure teaming up Captain Marvel and Santa Claus himself!
Showcase: Villains: Bad Little Boys and Girls
by HarveyKent
published December 22, 2002
How do super-villains celebrate Christmas? See a rare glimpse into the “off-duty” hours of the most dastardly do-badders of all at the Bar Sinister! Meanwhile, who is the mystery man masquerading as Santa Claus?
Secret Files: The Spectre and Plastic Man: Times Past, 1938: Do You Know What I Know?
by Drivtaan
published December 9, 2003
It’s an unlikely team-up between police Detective Jim Corrigan and notorious gangster Eel O’Brian! But what makes the future Spectre and the future Plastic Man work on the same side of the law a few years before they hit the big time?
DC Comics Presents: Superman and Changeling: Kids from One to Ninety-Two
by HarveyKent
published December 13, 2003
An old foe has a special Christmas gift for Metropolis, causing adults to briefly regress into children, but the gift packs a punch perhaps even the giver hadn’t counted on! Can Superman and Changeling of the New Titans track down the villain responsible for taking advantage of this current dilemma before anyone else gets hurt?
Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys: Times Past, 1942: A (Little Boy) Blue Christmas
by Libbylawrence
published December 22, 2003
It’s Christmas, crime-fighting, and romance when Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys stumble onto a robbery scheme, and Tommy Rogers tries to impress a teacher he has a crush on!
Secret Files: Batman: Times Past, 1924: Christmas Memories
by Drivtaan
published December 21, 2005
It is Bruce Wayne’s first Christmas since the death of his parents earlier that year, and he feels utterly lost. Jarvis Beagle, the Wayne family butler, takes him to visit England in the hopes that a different environment might help cheer up the boy. But will it be the butler’s son, an actor named Alfred, who leaves the future Batman with this year’s best Christmas memories?
The Warlord: Unto Us a Son
by Drivtaan
published December 24, 2005
When Travis Morgan, the Warlord of Skartaris, shares the joy of Christmas with his wife Tara, they unexpectedly receive the greatest gift of all. Guest starring Jennifer Morgan and the Scarab!
Showcase: The Clockwork Hero
by Christine Nightstar
published January 5, 2006
In the basement beneath a busy Gotham City deli, a highly advanced, human-like clockwork man built in the mid-nineteenth century is disturbed from his century-long sleep. Trenton “Ticks” Avery soon becomes one of the Deltonio family, even as he also begins to discover that his creator had built in amazing mechanisms allowing him to evolve physically, mentally, and emotionally. And with some of these new abilities Ticks inadvertently becomes Gotham’s newest crime-fighter, Clockwork. But with newfound fame comes danger to his adoptive family, even as an old villain called the Clock seeks him as a prize! Guest starring Batman and Platinum of the Metal Men!
Justice League of America: Holiday Remembrance
by Immortalwildcat
published December 26, 2006
During 1987’s alien invasion, the people of Syracuse, New York, were killed by an alien bomb. This Christmas, Firestorm gets a little help from his friends in the JLA to pay his respects.
Plop! Justice Society of America: One Night Before Christmas
by Drivtaan
published December 23, 2007
The classic Christmas poem retold — JSA style!
Batman: Times Past, 1978: Merry Christmas, Mr. Batman
by Immortalwildcat
published January 13, 2009
Quick question: When was the last time Bruce Wayne, the original Batman, wore his cape and cowl before his death in 1979? If you said when his wife Selina (Catwoman) died, you haven’t read this story. This is the story of the Batman’s last Christmas. And this is also the one and only team-up story between the Batman and the Huntress. It’s been ten years since then, and now Helena Wayne (the Huntress) is finally ready to reveal that tale for her adopted daughter Sonia.
Batman: Times Past: Sketches of the Caped Crusader
by Nadra Enzi and Andrew Troy Keller
published January 13, 2009
What was the Batman of Earth-2 like? What did he do between his published adventures? These short sketches show glimpses of the life of Batman, including his activities during World War II and his meeting with an African-American hero during the tumultuous Civil Rights era of the mid-1960s. We are also treated to a glimpse of the grown-up Robin shortly after taking over the retired Batman’s crime-fighting duties, and we observe the mourning period of Batman’s daughter Helena Wayne, the Huntress.
Chowcase: Santa Claws: The Christmas Rescue
by Drivtaan
published December 9, 2009
When Santa Claws has to make an emergency, he receives help from a most incredible source.
Our Army at War: Silent Night Patrol
by Drivtaan
published December 14, 2009
“Silent Night” is one of the world’s most well-known Christmas carols. But it takes on new meaning when seen through the eyes of an American soldier on patrol one Christmas Eve.
The New Gods: The Angel of Apokolips
by Starsky Hutch 76
published January 9, 2011
Apokolips, home of the poverty-stricken hunger dogs and their ruthless lord and master Darkseid, is hardly a natural setting for a Christmas tale. But when the youngest son of Darkseid learns of Christmas, his innocently joyful embrace of the Yuletide season causes others to subtly challenge Darkseid’s rule. Is the answer sending the boy to be browbeaten at Granny Goodness’ orphanage, or is there another solution?
Showcase: American Girl: A Family Christmas
by Immortalwildcat
published December 23, 2011
American Girl debuted during the presidential race, working alongside her stepfather Pat Dugan, alias Americommando. But as Courtney Dugan begins her own solo heroic career, she finds more than she bargained for when she’s forced to fight her biological father — the villainous leader of the Strike Force!
Hop Harrigan: Times Past, 1943: The Christmas Island Incident
by Drivtaan
published January 18, 2012
It’s a typical day during World War II for Hop Harrigan. That is, until a sleigh pulled by flying reindeer crosses his path, headed for Japanese-held Christmas Island! Can Hop rescue Santa Claus in time to save Christmas?
Secret Files: Harbinger: Times Past, 1965: Christmastime and Space
by Doc Quantum
published December 5, 2012
Over twenty years ago, long before the Crisis on Infinite Earths, the Monitor found a half-dead child named Lyla floating lost at sea and saved her, nurtured her, and watched her grow into womanhood to ultimately become his emissary, Harbinger. This is the story of the first Christmas of many that they spent together.
Justice Society of America: Gifts
by Dave Barnowski
published December 8, 2012
The Justice Society of America’s annual Christmas tradition is to anonymously deliver gifts to the children of America. But even with all their power, they’ve never been unable to gift every child… until now.
Feature: Future Tales, 2992: Barker’s Journal
by Drivtaan
published December 10, 2012
In a distant future ravaged by invasions and wars, where the true spirit of Christmas has been forgotten, a thousand-year-old heroine tells the battle-grizzled Barker the significance of Christmas.
Batman: Christmas Shopping
by Immortalwildcat
published December 24, 2012
Bruce Wayne finds himself in the unenviable position of having to go shopping for a toy on Christmas Eve, but he has no reason to suspect that he will be needed as Batman this day. So when a violent incident occurs during his trip to the mall, he must find a way to take action as Batman without his usual equipment!
Secret Files: Marvel Family: Times Past: The Shepherd
by Drivtaan
published December 22, 2013
A young shepherd boy named Joel is called upon by the old wizard Shazam to protect a couple with child on a trip to Bethlehem to pay taxes! But little does the Shepherd realize how often his amazing new powers will be called upon to battle a number of evil menaces seeking to prevent the first Christmas Day!
Feature: Bill the Magnificent: Times Past, 1944: Santa Got Pickled
by Drivtaan
published December 25, 2013
That crackpot scientist Professor Twerp is back with another weird experiment, but this time he’s endangering Santa Claus himself! Can Bill the Magnificent act fast enough to save the Christmas of 1944?
Wonder Woman: Peace on Earth
by Libbylawrence
published December 20, 2014
As Nubia prepares to celebrate Christmas with her husband J’onn J’onzz, an unexpected visitor arrives on a mission of mercy! Can the true spirit of the season prevail when Wonder Woman and her allies find themselves in the middle of a battle to the death with a monster? Guest starring the Martian Manhunter and Zook, and introducing Menace!
Plop! A Christmas Travesty
by Drivtaan
published December 20, 2015
It’s mere hours until Santa Claus must begin his Christmas Eve journey delivering presents all around the world, and all the reindeer are sick! Who should come to the rescue? Why, none other than Ambush Bug! No, seriously.
Tales of the Bizarro World: Satan Baby
by Brian K. Asbury and Doc Quantum
published December 21, 2015
Something is amiss this Christmas season on the Bizarro World. Contrary to the Bizarro Code, someone has been delivering presents and bringing joy to children all across the planet of Htrae, all while impersonating that great villain of villains, Satan Claus! Bizarro No. 2 must find the person responsible for this great crime, or the Bizarro-ness of the Bizarro World will be in jeopardy! Guest starring Bizarro-Ambush Bug, Bizarro-Batman, Bizarro-Jimmy Olsen, and many others!
Superman Family: Naughty or Nice
by Starsky Hutch 76
published December 23, 2015
Little Jasma Kent and Diana of Paradise Island have their hands full trying to save Christmas from the Krampus, who is punishing naughty children before the Yuletide season! But can even a Tyke of Steel and a Wonder Tot stop this mythological menace?
Secret Files: Galaxo Movie Studios Presents…
by Doc Quantum
published January 7, 2019
When Galaxo Movie Studios is given an ultimatum to produce a pilot episode for a Junior Justice League OptiTiVi show, Jolax puts his neck on the line to do just that! The only problem is that he knows of no such kid-sized JLA in the Multiverse to film for the new opti-show! His faithful assistant Mya must save him by scouring the dimensions for a solution, and it may just take a Christmas miracle to pull it off!
Batman: Season of Hope
by Drivtaan
published December 24, 2019
It’s Christmastime in Gotham City, and Batman tries to come to an understanding with a former enemy as he watches over his family. But can Deadshot follow Batman’s main rule: no killing?
Plop! A Post-Apocalyptic Christmas Travesty
by Drivtaan
published December 20, 2020
Several years after the Third Great War devastated the world, a scavenger is inspired by an old Christmas book to bring joy to children as a post-apocalyptic Saint Nicholas! But when a herd of telepathic mutant red deer trick him into helping them take over the world, it’s up to Santa Claus — thawed out of suspended animation — and his Krampus Squad to save the day!
Men of War: 1914: A Christmas Eve Memory
by Drivtaan
published December 23, 2020
Life in the trenches for a soldier in the Great War was brutal, allowing for no peace or rest. But then the sounds of a familiar Christmas carol are heard from across No Man’s Land one Christmas Eve.
Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!