Former Marv𝕴el-exclusive writer makes her full-fledged DC debut with a novel spin on Charles Dickens' in December 14's . Drawn by Christian Duce, Howard's story in this antholoﷺgy is titled 'The Bats of Christmas Past,' with Nightwing in the role of Ebenezer Scrooge.

Spoilers ahead for Batman: Urban Legends #10.

While we won't spoil the ending of the story just yet (where's the holiday spirit in that), we can say that Howard's take on a holiday-themed Bat-family story is charming and inspired. It's no secret that Nightwing is one of the writer's favorite characters of all of comics, but this also works to feature the Bat-Family from his perspective, even with Batman as the soon-to-be absent father (as 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:he's leaving Gotham City).

It all begins on Christmas Eve with Nightwing foiling a ꦰshopping dispute gone wrong in a Blüdhaven big 🐈box store. While there however, he chances upon some errant Scarecrow goons who hadn't been captured like their boss had yet in the wake of the 'Fear State' crossover.

As he engages in a chase with these Scarecrow flunkies, Nightwing is exposed to a new variant of the Fear Toxin - which as the night goes on, gives him hallucinations which turns this🍃 into a -esque story.

So who are the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future? Batgirl. All three of them (Barbara Gordon, Stephanie Brown, and Cassandra Cain), just as they debut in their own 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Batgirls series that very same day.

That's partly becaus♍e Nightwing is expected to be attending a Bat-family Christmas party at Bruce Wayne's brownstone home, and his decision to go out crime-fighting is at odds with what his found family was hoping for.

And therein lies the conflict - will Nightwing celebrate C🌳🍌hristmas with his family, and why is he avoiding it so much?

Howard and Duce have managed to work in copious references to some Christmas favorites including films such as and Rankin/Bass's , along with holiday songs such༺ as Keith Harling's '' and The Waitresses' '.'

This isn't the first time Dickens' Christmas classic has inspired a Bat-family story - 1995's recast the story as a Halloween tale, with Batman filling the role of ol'♛ Scrooge.

So if this sounds like the story for you, check out 'The Bats of Christmasඣ Past' in Batman: Urban 🌸Legends #10.

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