Some thoughts about DC Rebirth: Holiday Special #1

It's the most wonderful time of the year.

All around the world both heroes and villains reunite to celebrate the Holidays and everyone does it in their own unique way.

An anthology special and one with a pretty fun theme and full of solid creative team. How do they fare?

All the different stories are connected by main one written by Paul Dini about Harley Quinn and is just fun with lots of charming and hilarious scenes. Elsa Charretier's beautiful artwork gets the best of it.

Then comes a little story about Superman trying to get his son a gift while also saving the world written by Tim Seeley, is probably the most entertaining and charming story of the bunch due that Seeley utilizes all the plot-points that have happened recently. Ian Churchill demonstrates some of his best work in years in art duties.

There's another story about the Man of Steel focusing on his family written by Eric Esquivel and is solid with an accurate portrayal of the character. Dan Jurgens' art is pretty on-point as well.

The fun doesn't stop with a team-up between Batman and Detective Chimp written by Heath Corson of Bizarro's fame. Is a classic cartoony tale about Christmas and gets some interesting scenes. Gustavo Duarte's art can be chaotic at times but his style is appropriate.

Contanstine tries to save the festivities along with Wonder Woman in a story written by Mariko Tamaki which offers some entertaining moments, particularly the ending. Matias Bergara's expressive pencils are fitting for this segment.

James Tynion IV does a surprisingly solid job at writing The Flash in a story where he has to stop The Rogues from committing crimes during this particular time showing interesting moments from both the hero and the villains. Robbi Rodriguez' storytelling sells the section even more.

There's a segment written by Gene Luen Yang about New Superman but is pretty unremarkable and short. Andrea Muti's art is not that great either.

Batwoman by K. Perkins is okay with decent characterization and direction but not particularly impressive. Paolo Pantalena's pencils are pretty vibrant although at times it seems like the men are on steroids.

James Asmus handles the Titans and is once again, decent with some fun moments here and there. Reilly Brown's art follows the same trend.

A little story Bill Freiberger about Nightwing and Batgirl which fails to impress. Thomas Pitilli's pencils also follow that direction.

Steve Orlando and Vita Ayala's story about the Green Lanterns, Simon and Jessica pretty much fix most of the problems I had with their own series. V. Ken Marion's artwork is really vibrant.

And that's all! Seeley is the winner here with some special mentions to Dini, Tynion and Tamaki. An enjoyable read overall.