Comfort and Joy

After a successful mission, the Justice League part ways for a well-deserved Christmas break. Green Lantern introduces Hawkgirl to snowball fights and she returns the favor by taking him to the Omega Quadrant for a good old fashioned barroom brawl. The Flash heads down to the local orphanage to spread some Christmas cheer. His quest to bring the kids a highly sought after toy, the farting animatronic doll DJ Rubber Duckie, gets complicated after running into the Ultra-Humanite. And Superman takes Martian Manhunter to Smallville for a chance to see what Christmas is all about. “Comfort and Joy” is a beautifully written story that effortlessly showcases several aspects of what makes Christmas great and, also, occasionally frustrating. Maybe it borders on being saccharine, but there’s just enough punching to help it all go down easy.

Rating: Ten lords a-leaping, nine ladies dancing, eight maids a-milking, seven swans a-swimming, six geese a-laying, FIVE GOLDEN RINGS, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree%

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