A very enjoyable collection of unusual stories, all bound together by a hapless Rip Hunter. Fun for one and all. Read Full Review

There have been some downright odd holiday specials over the years, but few weirder than DC's Nuclear Winter Special #1. This strange post-apocalyptic anthology continues DC's trend of seasonal anthologies and is another strong installment in a great year. Read Full Review

Every once in awhile, these DC anthologies will surprise you, and I am glad to see that the DC Nuclear Winter Special #1 rises above it's bleak premise and delivers some truly great holiday superhero stories. Read Full Review

I have to say that the rest of the issue is great. But I have to show how Steve Orlando just has DC history in his back pocket. In his story, a great yarn involving Superman One Million and Martian Manhunter, the villain is King Kosmos. Read Full Review

DC’s Nuclear Winter Special is well worth the $9.99 cover price. It has a few touching stories perfect for the holiday season. The nuclear winter and time traveling thematic added some spice to the typical Winter Special setting. Other than a few misses, the majority of the stories are fantastic and better than most annuals and specials. Read Full Review

My favourite story is a tie between the ones I mentioned in the first paragraph: "Memory Hearth" by Steve Orlando, Brad Walker, Nathan Fairbairn, and Clayton Cowles was fantastic. Orlando really nails the wide, beautiful awesomeness of this line of Superman, and the pairing of Brad Walker and Nathan Fairbairn was a dream come true for me. I heard from the grapevine that these two in particular have an upcoming collaboration, so I'm excited to see that. My other pick is "Last Daughters" by Tom Taylor, Yasmin Putri, Tom Derenick, and Deron Bennett. Taylor provides possibly the most hopeful plot of the whole book and I ever so loved it. Fantastic job to everyone! Read Full Review

Decent seasonal 80 pager, but summer's Beach Blanket Bad Guys special remains the one to beat. Worth your time if you find it, although for 10$ your mileage may vary. Read Full Review

DC NUCLEAR WINTER SPECIAL #1 is a surprising holiday title that you wouldn't think was a holiday title at first. It sneaks the holidays in, but warms the heart nevertheless. Read Full Review

"DC Nuclear Winter Special" #1's strong framing device and obscure characters are more than the sum of their parts. Read Full Review

While not perfect, this anthology delivers just the right amount of superheroic warm fuzzies that fans have come to expect from DC's holiday specials. Read Full Review

DC Comics continues their tradition of annual holiday specials, and, as these things go, DC's Nuclear Winter Special is unique. Read Full Review

This is an on its face weird concept for a holiday special, and one that I dont think was entirely successful. And while there are stories that I dont think are terrible successful, there are enough bright spots, such as the stories for Superman, Aquaman, and Supergirl, to make this a worthwhile read. Read Full Review

As you might expect of an anthology series: a mixed bag of stories. More on the lame side than not. The post-apocalyptic setting is interesting but makes some of the stories that allude to its causes a little confusing. Not a bad stocking stuffer, for a few dollars less. Read Full Review

Twenty-four quality pages, with eight of them being gorgeous, is not worth the price of admission on this ride. Read Full Review

A very fun story with rip hunter between "The time machine" and "Arabian's night" it make me smile a lot. And the art is very good.
A nice story with a very good Batman 666, even if I'm not a big fan of Ra's. And the art is very nice.
A touching story with Superman one million & Martian manhunter. The way to tell it is a little bumpy, but the ending have a huge emotional impact on me. And I really liked the arts.
A weird flash story, not my favorite but the ending is nice. I'm not a huge fan of the art easer but that do the job.
A fantastic Aquaman first part (I want to follow him). Maybe not a huge deal with what we expected after Arthur tell that they ask him a lot. But maybe the fact to see Atlantis ruin is what Arthur fear most than the shark monster.
I'm in love with the story with Supergirl, even if I would have finish this one with kara letting the kid go alone. The art is so beautiful, a little lookalike of Kingdom Come.
A first I was sure to don't care for Firestorm but this story is great too. With a huge emotional impact at the end. I would have made a tear on one android, because Android can cry too ^^ The art is perfect for the story, I liked it very much.
The story with kamandi is not bad, even if I didn't find link to the electrics warriors. The art is just good.
I dind't like nor the story, nor the art of the Catwoman story.
And I was sure to don't like Green arrow's one but both the writer make a hell of a job to make me like it.

Cover - Really nice but not related. 1/2
Writing - I liked a big part of the book, and I'm in love with two story (Superman, supergirl) and I'm hooked and want the next part of th Aquaman's story. 3/3
Arts - Most of them are really great. Doing nice layout and panel. 3/3
Feeling - I'm recommend it. And yet, I didn't want it at first (Harley in the cover as a effect to repulse me but she isn't inside). 2/2 more

Most of these were enjoyable and for one of these holiday anthologies that truly is a Christmas miracle.

I am a big fan of these holiday specials, be it Halloween or Christmas. However this is one of the weirdest. It’s an odd choice to make a Christmas special about a world, that was hit by a nuclear bomb. You are getting 10 short stories& none of them are bad. They all take place in the nuclear winter, where most of people died. But heroes like Firestorm, Batman ( Damien), Aquaman, Supergirl etc. are trying to do their best to make things better, My favorite was the one with Catwoman trying to protect her friends daugther. The ending was just so sweet. Flash‘s story also was kind of sad, but heartwarming too. The only one I didn’t like that much was Supermans story, but maybe because it took place 1000 of years in the future. It was a little weird. Since this one is mainly about the heroes, I wish DC would do one with the villains too. And on a side note, Harley is on the cover, but thankfully in no story. I am really sick of her these days, so glad she didn’t ruin this.. Anyway you can’t do much wrong with this, it’s sure entertaining.
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One day I'll learn to stop buying these really expensive, poorly written and poorly illustrated books.

Just not much positive to say about it.

As with any bigger collection of short stories, this holiday special is uneven, containing different stories written by different authors with different styles, yet all having one specific theme. I personally think about these kinds of comics as a comic equivalent of Slash's debut album from 2010, with 14 songs and almost as many guest vocalists. There'll most likely be something you like, a song or two, but due to diversity of the material, it's rather unlikely you'll enjoy everything equally. Or that you'll enjoy everything to begin with. Same here - it's a diverse set of short stories, all pretty pessimistic and quite nihilistic, take them or leave them.

I personally think I'll leave them, since aside from Dini's bitterseweet short, there's nothing in here for me. All's so painfully gritty and negative, I wouldn't be surprised if it was a reject from the New-52 days of DC. more

I tend to dislike anthologies like this because the quality is usually so turbulent and these take a long time to read so when the stories are inconsequential, it just feels like a time sink. The Rip Hunter framing sequence was okay. It did its job. The Batman 666 story was also just okay. The Superman story felt like there was a inconsistency in the emotions being displayed and the emotions being felt by the reader. The Flash story is hands down the best one. I think it works really well and Barry isn't an insufferable prick. Similarly, the Supergirl story also works really well. These stories both hit the emotional aspect they're going for and serve as a highlight of what these anthologies could be. Aquaman tries to do the same, but has mixed results. The Firestorm and Kamandi stories are easily the worst stories here. They're dull and somehow feel too long. The Catwoman story was okay. And the Green Arrow story felt like it had the potential to be something up there with the Flash and Supergirl stories, but ultimately didn't succeed. It turns out, like most anthologies, the end result is a resounding "meh". There's only two good, if not great, stories here. And the rest is just okay or bad. more

S a n d w i s h e s. But real talk, like one and a half of these stories was good.