Warlock saves Spider-Man from a runaway rocket, then the two team to battle the Stranger on the moon. Bill Mantlo doesn’t demonstrate much of a feel for “cosmic” stories here, but the art from John Byrne is quite nice.
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Morgan and Tara learn the secret history of Skartaris – but a forgotten subway might make it all for naught! Another greater-than-the-sum-of-its-parts outing from Warlord Mike Grell.
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On Christmas Eve, a series of ghosts teach the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge the value of the holiday. A lifeless adaptation of the holiday classic from the team of Doug Moench and “Diverse Hands.”
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On Christmas Eve 1976, the Avengers are attacked and defeated by a stone ghost of the Black Knight. An odd little story from the team of Gerry Conway, Don Heck and Pablo Marcos.
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Spider-Man feels a little Christmas cheer, despite being stuck in battle with the Lizard and Stegron, the Dinosaur Man. Standard mid-Bronze-Age Spidey fair from the team of Len Wein, Ross Andru and Mike Esposito.
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A pair of short stories from regular Ragman writer Robert Kanigher. The first one, with finished art by the Redondo Studio, is a bit hurried, but the wordless backup story, featuring full art by co-creator Joe Kubert, is quite masterful.
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