The Complete Klaus Deluxe HC #[nn]
In "How Santa Claus Began Chapter One," Grant Morrison and Dan Mora launch a mythic origin story where Klaus, summoned by a long-lost gift, returns to the twisted holiday realm of Xmasville. There, he confronts the Partridge family and the Pola-Cola Corporation in a battle to free children trapped in a nightmarish holiday scheme. Dan Mora’s vivid art and Ed Dukeshire’s lettering bring this dark, festive adventure to life, culminating in a quiet, poignant moment years later.
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Kate summons Klaus, using a gift he gave her 50 years before, and begs him to save her children and grandchildren. He finds them trapped in Xmasville, where he had fought the Partridge family and the Pola-Cola Corporation many years before. Attempting to acquire and pervert Christmas, the Partridges are selling children to aliens. After a lengthy battle Klaus defeats the villains and frees the children. Years later he visits Kate's now-grown granddaughter, and gives her the gift he had once given the now-deceased Kate.
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