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Issue Details

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...)

Cover Details - "Super-Star Holiday Special"

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)

1 page story "Introductory Page"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Sgt. Rock; Jonah Hex; Superboy [Clark Kent]
Script Len Wein
Pencils Gerry Talaoc
Inks Gerry Talaoc

10 page Jonah Hex story "The Fawn and the Star"

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

10 page Batman story "Wanted: Santa Claus -- Dead or Alive!"

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

8 page The House of Mystery story "I don't see him, guys!"

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.

10 page Sgt. Rock of Easy Co. story "The Longest Night!"

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

12 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "Star Light, Star Bright... Farthest Star I See Tonight!"

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)