Some thoughts about Tis The Season To Be Freezin' #1

The most wonderful time of the year is here.

All around the Multiverse, both heroes and villains decide to do their best to help people during the Holidays no matter what they usually feel for their enemies.

Another classic Holiday special has arrived and just like most of them, it proves to be rather charming.

We open with a tale written by none other than Paul Dini accompanied by Alan Burnett appropriately about Mr. Freeze. Is pretty obvious that Dini still has a lot of care for the antagonist no matter how many years have passed since Batman: The Animated Series concluded. It's a pretty enjoyable little story that still presents Freeze as a pretty sympathetic character despite of his actions and the inclusion of Tim Drake as Robin brings pleasent memories. Jordan Gibson handles the art and his work is surprisingly similar to what Bruce Timm used to do in both the show and comics which is quite the compliment.

Less impressive is Tee Franklin's section about Vixen, I love Vixen and the premise of her saving the Superpets is really fitting but the writing is average for the most part, especially the dialogue which leaves very little to the imagination.Yancey Labat's art is decent overall but not particularly impressive.

Amedeo Turturro offers a more enjoyable story about Bizarro, I'm usually not much of a fan of the character, especially when it's based on his own world because the "Bizarro talk" can become pretty annoying pretty fast but the result here is heartwarming overall and fits in the theme of both heroes and villains (in a way) helping each other. Jason Howard's art is pretty detailed overall.

Firestorm gets their own segment handled by Jeff Trammel and is great to see both Ronnie and Jason again after being absent for so long, even better that they include Killer Frost here and reference her complicated story with Firestorm as well as her time as both a hero and a villain, their dynamic is also quite entertaining. Justin Mason's pencils are pretty solid and offer pretty expressive characters.

Polar Boy from the Legion of Super-Heroes receives the spotlight by Rich Bernatovech and I wish that I was more into this particular franchise so I could be more invested but for what it is, is a fine read overall. Travis Mercer's style has a pretty classic feel in the best way.

The fun goes in a Harley Quinn tale written by Tara Roberts in which her love for Poison Ivy is heavily emphasized, is very lighthearted and hysterical just like a Harley story should be and it was cool to see the Blue Snowman being actually female (or maybe she's non-Binary, I don't know) as a reference to Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner's work. Eric Battle offers very creative, vibrant and detailed layouts.

I really dug Bobby Moynihan's story about The Flash due that it focuses on both Barry and Captain Cold making fun of each other but ultimately doing their best for the children and the season. Dialogue can be a bit wonky at times but is still fun for the most part. Pop Mhan's artstyle is pretty pleasent to see and follows the plot clearly.

Finally, written by Andrew Wheeler, the JLQ returns with many classic LGBT members like Aqualad, Crush, The Ray, Extraño and even Traci 13, all involved in an energetic adventure in which they have to face yet another Winter-inspired villain and they even brought back Icemaiden while referencing her history with Fire and such, pretty fittting. Meghan Hetrick's pencils are very unique and depict the premise perfectly with a vibrant tone.

Pretty satisfying read as a whole. Great way to spent this season.