DC's Nuclear Winter Special # 1 NM-

DC's Nuclear Winter Special # 1, released on November 28, 2018 (with a cover date of January 2019), is an 80-page giant anthology that blends holiday themes with a gritty post-apocalyptic aesthetic. The issue contains ten standalone stories exploring how various heroes find hope in nuclear-devastated futures. 

Framing Story: "The Nuclear Winter Special" 

The entire collection is wrapped in a narrative by writer Mark Russell and artist Mike Norton. 

• Plot: Time Master Rip Hunter crash-lands in a mid-21st-century wasteland. To avoid being eaten by a group of starving survivors (former tech employees), he stalls for time while his Time Sphere recharges by telling them stories of legendary DC heroes. 

Featured Stories and Characters 

The anthology features diverse timeframes and settings across the DC Universe: 

• Batman 666 ("Warmth"): An adult Damian Wayne faces off against his grandfather, Ra's al Ghul, in a frozen, desolate Gotham.
• Superman One Million ("Memory Hearth"): In the 853rd Century, Superman (Kal Kent) visits Martian Manhunter on Mars to celebrate a holiday of memory.
• Supergirl ("Last Daughters"): An aged Kara Zor-El carries an orphaned girl up Mount Denali to reach a pocket of sunlight above toxic, radioactive clouds.
• Firestorm ("Last Christmas"): Firestorm encounters the robotic "Nuclear Family" celebrating a final, fake holiday dinner as their batteries run out.
• Aquaman ("Where the Light Cannot Reach"): Arthur Curry searches for non-irradiated life in the lightless depths of a scarred ocean.
• Kamandi ("Northern Lights"): The "Last Boy on Earth" teams up with anthropomorphic bears to fulfill a prophecy in a far-north wasteland.
• Green Arrow ("The Birds of Christmas Past, Present, and Future"): An elderly, bitter Oliver Queen reunites with Black Canary at a holiday party for a future Justice League.
• Flash ("Once and Future"): Barry Allen reflects on past sacrifices while trapped in a poisoned Speed Force.
• Catwoman ("Nine Lives"): Selina Kyle protects her friend Holly Robinson's daughter in a blockaded Gotham and steals rations for other survivors.