GLX-Mas Special #1

The Great Lakes Avengers ring in the holidays with this cheerful 2006 one-shot, cover-penciled by Paul Pelletier and inked by Rick Magyar. The cover sets a wonderfully absurd festive scene: Flatman — squashed flat and apparently pressed into service as a sleigh runner — and a beleaguered teammate tumble beneath a red sleigh driven by a rotund, bearded member in full Santa costume, while a red-nosed Squirrel Girl in a fur-trimmed holiday outfit poses up front, antlered squirrels harnessed as reindeer at her feet and a load of wrapped gifts towering behind. Someone is also getting launched off a snowy ski jump in the background, because naturally the GLA can't keep things simple even at Christmas.