{"id":31185,"date":"2024-12-24T09:01:30","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T09:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=31185"},"modified":"2024-12-24T13:55:58","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T13:55:58","slug":"batman-returns-one-dark-christmas-eve-the-illustrated-holiday-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2024\/12\/24\/batman-returns-one-dark-christmas-eve-the-illustrated-holiday-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Batman Returns One Dark Christmas Eve \u2013 The Illustrated Holiday Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBy Ivan Cohen<\/strong> & JJ Harrison <\/strong>& various (Insight Editions)
\nISBN: 978-1-64722-754-8 (HB)<\/p>\n

Win\u2019s Christmas Gift Recommendation: Mirthful Movie Moments\u2026 9\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Holiday Season means many things to most people. For comics fans – legendarily the sappiest and most sentimental people on Earth – it has always delivered delightful festive tales that break hearts, gladden spirits and thrill the pants off you. Batman<\/strong> has owned Christmas in comics since the Golden Age – and where\u2019s my archive collection of those stories, huh?<\/p>\n

In 1992 Tim Burton and his talented cinematic cohort perfectly addressed all that Holiday Heritage in the blockbuster Batman Returns<\/strong> – the first X-Mas Superhero movie. You\u2019ve either seen it or not, but its legacy looms large in this (practically) all-ages treat from author, graphic novelist, journalist and TV writer Ivan Cohen (Space Jam: A New Legacy<\/strong>, Star Wars<\/strong>, Batman and Scooby-Doo Mysteries<\/strong>, Teen Titans GO!<\/strong>) with gallery artist\/illustrator JJ Harrison (A Die Hard Christmas<\/strong>, Ninja Boy Goes to School<\/strong>, Gremlins: The Illustrated Storybook<\/strong>) making the pictures.<\/p>\n

Batman Returns One Dark Christmas Eve<\/strong> whimsically revisits the film milieu in a deviously approachable spoof based on Daniel Waters and Sam Hamm\u2019s original screenplay: a strange attractor taking plot and dialogue from the film, setting it to a familiar Christmas carol and somehow succinctly synthesising the epic into a wry, wittily hilarious picture book with batarang-sharp edges. This Bat-bauble highlights the fun side of heroes and villains, perfectly capturing the charms of Bruce Wayne<\/em>\/Batman and Alfred<\/em> as they contest The Penguin<\/em>, Catwoman<\/em> and killer capitalist Max Shreck<\/em> whilst ensuring a \u201cMerry Christmas, and to all a Dark Knight\u201d\u2026
\n\u00a9 2022 DC Comics. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Ivan Cohen & JJ Harrison & various (Insight Editions) ISBN: 978-1-64722-754-8 (HB) Win\u2019s Christmas Gift Recommendation: Mirthful Movie Moments\u2026 9\/10 The Holiday Season means many things to most people. For comics fans – legendarily the sappiest and most sentimental people on Earth – it has always delivered delightful festive tales that break hearts, gladden … <\/p>\n

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