We here at Multiversity get pretty excited about the holidays, and this year we’re sharing that excitement with the rest of you as we celebrate that wonder of wonders: THE HOLIDAY COMIC!
Each day for the next twenty-five days, and in no particular order, we’ll be featuring one yuletide yarn set to the tune of tidings of comfort and joy, and today we have a comic book so rooted in the ’90s that it practically is wearing Jnco Jeans, Guy Gardner: Warrior #39!
Click through for a story about dead fathers, dead girlfriends, mullets and, of course, Lobo!
Day #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11
Who Did It? As listed on the title page, Beau “Ho Ho” Smith was the writer, with pencils by Marc “Mistletoe” Campos and inks by Dan “Don’t Open ‘Til Christmas” Davis.
What Is It About? Guy Gardner apparently throws one hell of a Christmas party, as every DC character except Batman seems to show up to Warriors, his NYC-based bar, for this shindig. A veritable who’s who of “who gives a shit” characters show up, from Nuklon to Buck Wargo to Veronna, all looking to celebrate with everyone’s favorite Vuldarian descendant.
However, Guy is bummed out by an especially rough year of losing family and friends, and is sulking in his office instead of joining his heroic brethren downstairs. The Phantom Stranger is approached by some of his buddies and they ask him to, essentially, magic-cure Guy of his holiday blues. This is about the Stranger’s pay grade, so he recruits the Spectre to help a Warrior out.
Once inside the Spectre’s cloak, Guy is reunited with his dead father, who apologizes for the way he treated Guy, and they embrace tearfully, before Guy rejoins the real world. Once he does, Lobo, whose job around this time was to show up places, flex his muscles and smoke a cigar (basically, he was Arnold Schwarzenegger but somehow more white), crashes the party to give his good pal a spacebike. They then share the most quintessentially 1995 embrace possible:
Just when you thought all the surprise guest stars have shown up, bam, the mother of Ice, his recently deceased girlfriend, shows up to present guy with an ice sculpture of his late lady friend. They share a moment, where Queen Olaff tells him “I know you’re sad, but Ice would totally want you to bone down and not be depressed.” Inspired, Guy makes out with Fire, Ice’s best friend. Merry Christmas!
How Holiday Friendly Is It? If holiday friendly means a drunk Fire dancing “like a tart”:
John Constantine spiking the punch:
Or the Atom spying on a makeout sesh:
…than this is the most holiday friendly comic you’ll find!
Of course, if in your eyes holiday comics embrace peace on Earth and good will towards men, you’re out of luck.
