Issue | #21 |
Published | Spring 1980 |
Frequency | four times a year |
Cover Price | 1.00 USD |
Pages | 68 |
Editing | Len Wein |
Notes | Indicia reads: SUPER-STAR HOLIDAY SPECIAL, Spring 1980. (DC SPECIAL SERIES, Vol. 4, No. 21...) |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Superboy [Clark Kent]; Wildfire; Phantom Girl]; Jonah Hex; Sgt. Rock; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Cain; Abel; Mildred |
Genre | Superhero; Western; War; Mystery |
Pencils | Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez (signed) |
Inks | Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez (signed) |
Characters | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Sgt. Rock; Jonah Hex; Superboy [Clark Kent] |
Script | Len Wein |
Pencils | Gerry Talaoc |
Inks | Gerry Talaoc |
Characters | Jonah Hex; Woodson Hex (flashback); Virginia Hex (flashback) |
Genre | western |
Script | Michael Fleisher |
Pencils | Dick Ayers |
Inks | Romeo Tanghal |
Colors | Gene D'Angelo |
Letters | Shelly Leferman |
Characters | Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Matty Lasko; Boomer Katz; Mister Jackson; "Fats" Morgan; Al; Louie |
Synopsis | Batman stops a mob from stealing the day's receipts from a department store with the help of Boomer Katz, a paroled robber, and the light from a Nativity star. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Denny O'Neil |
Pencils | Frank Miller |
Inks | Steve Mitchell |
Colors | Glynis Wein |
Letters | Ben Oda |
Reprinted | in Christmas with the Super-Heroes (DC, 1988 series) #1; in Super Heroes, The (Egmont Magazines, 1980 series) #V2#3 (December 1981); in Super-Team (Epix, 1992 series) #5/1992; in Läderlappen (Semic Press AB, 1976 series) #12/1980 |
Characters | Cain; Abel; Mildred; Mordred; Cynthia; Destiny; Phantom Stranger; Madame Xanadu |
Synopsis | The hosts of The House of Mystery, The Witching Hour, and Secrets of Haunted House compete to tell the best holiday-themed twist-ending story. |
Genre | mystery |
Script | Bob Rozakis |
Pencils | Romeo Tanghal |
Inks | Dan Adkins |
Colors | Bob LeRose |
Letters | Shelly Leferman |
Notes | The House of Mystery is listed as the feature because it is the only feature listed on the cover and its logo and tagline are on the splash page. |
Characters | Sgt. Rock |
Synopsis | Sgt. Rock and Easy Co. try to protect worshipers headed to the Shrine at Santa Maria. |
Genre | War |
Script | Robert Kanigher |
Pencils | Dick Ayers |
Inks | Romeo Tanghal |
Colors | Tatjana Wood |
Letters | Ben Oda |
Characters | Legion of Super-Heroes [Supreboy [Clark Kent]; Phantom Girl [Tinya Wazzo]; Mon-El; Saturn Girl [Irma Ardeen]; Karate Kid [Val Armorr] (cameo); Sun Boy [Dirk Morgna] (cameo); Princess Projectra (cameo); Chameleon Boy [Reep Daggle] (cameo); Colossal Boy [Gim Allen] (cameo); Wildfire [Drake Burroughs]; Lightning Lad [Garth Ranzz]] |
Synopsis | Superboy convinces the Legion of Super-Heroes to go searching for the star that shown over Bethlehem during Jesus' birth on Christmas Eve. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Paul Levitz |
Pencils | Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez |
Inks | Dick Giordano |
Colors | Adrienne Roy |
Letters | Ben Oda |
Reprinted | in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #11; in Christmas with the Super-Heroes (DC, 1988 series) #1; in The Super Heroes (Egmont Magazines, 1980 series) #v2#3 (December 1981) |