DC Comics Christmas Stories! (Essential Issues Podcast #034)

(TIME STAMPS BELOW!) My favorite DC Comics Christmas stories are probably not what DC expects. And I found a few good Thanksgiving stories, too! All explored from a nerd-fan, biblical, Christian perspective! Enjoy and Merry Christmas! ‍ ‍ RELEASE PERIODS COVERED: DCUI Ultra November 2025, DCUI Standard April 2026, ‍ ‍ TIME STAMPS 00:01:09 Batman's got a striking new villain, Superman learns a boyhood lesson Christians should take to heart, and a Green Lantern event ends while teasing big things coming! Batman: Dark Patterns 11, Batman & Robin 26, Action Comics 1091, Green Lantern Corps 9 ‍ ‍ 00:20:08 With Thanksgiving just around the corner, here's a short but worthwhile list of Thanksgiving DC Comics stories, and some scriptural comments in light of them about navigating grief during the holiday season. ‍ ‍ 00:34:44 I discovered that my favorite "Christmas stories" in DC comics are not the special one-shots with "holiday" branding, but the great little stories in my favorite books that happen in the context of the Christmas season. With a focus this time on the 90's-2011, here are some of my new favorite Christmas stories in DC comics! The Flash 73, Green Lantern 59, The Spectre 26, Green Lantern 109, JLA 60, JSA 55, Detective Comics 826, Larfleeze Christmas Special, Shazam! Origins‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ GET THIS PODCAST 3 DAYS EARLY and enjoy exclusive rewards at https://www.patreon.com/spiritbladeproductions ‍ ‍ <a href="https://feeds.podcastmirror.com/essential-issues-a" title="Subscribe to my feed" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><img src="//feedburner.google.com/f