I’ve come across sources that list this as the Impact
Christmas Special, but since the cover says “Winter” and not “Christmas” that’s
what I am going with.
In this hard to find gem, the short-lived Archie Comics line
of super heroes make a resurgence in the pages of DC Comics. After a year of
several fledging titles, the Impact imprint had the clever idea to join all
these new characters together in one giant Christmas special to gain new
readers. I must say, the marketing stunt has worked on me as I want to find all
of these titles soon!
In this Winter/ Christmas special, someone has kidnapped the
President. In order to retrieve him, the Secret Service must call up a batch of
upstart super heroes to search for the super villain’s cadre of now good “henchmen.”
I thought this was great. Each super hero got a small intro
tale in which he or she had a mission to find one of the former baddies. Then
it all got tied together with the ersatz team trying to save both the President
and Christmas. The art was different from story to story, but it gave the
readers a very good sample of the quality of each Impact title.
I was very impressed. It’s too bad this didn’t take off.
But, with my newed interest in the Impact line and with only about 50 individual
issues to find, it shouldn’t hurt my budget too much!
Worth Consuming.
Rating 9 out of 10 stars.
Holiday atmosphere rating: 7 out of 10 jingle
bells.
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