![]() ![]() ![]() Things died down around the turn of the century, but then there was a brief resurgence from 2006-2011. Throughout the 1990s, both companies routinely put out a multitude of holiday specials. ![]() The late 1980s saw DC return to the holiday special game and Marvel joined in in 1991. The 1970s saw Marvel and DC begin to tell more holiday-themed stories in their comics and that decade saw the release of the first superhero holiday specials from both companies (with both releasing them as Treasury Editions). Stan Lee generally believed that holiday-related stories distracted from the universal feel of Marvel stories, so it wasn't until the late 1960s that Marvel Comics had its first notable holiday comic. That tradition fell by the wayside during the 1950s and 1960s, at least in superhero titles (DC released a "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer holiday comic special every year from 1950 through 1962, and Walt Disney Comics routinely put out "Christmas Parade" specials). In the Golden Age of comics, there was practically a Christmas-related issue of any given title once a year, like clockwork. ![]() Holiday specials have an interesting history. This is DC's first company-wide holiday special since 2009 (although the publisher has had other holiday comics since then, including a number of Harley Quinn specials). DC Comics recently announced it will return to the tradition of releasing a holiday special with "DC Rebirth Holiday Special" #1. ![]()
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