Welcome to the 2025 Heistmas Advent Calendar, a daily drop of pop culture Christmas icons, oddities, and joy. Check back every day from now through December 25 for each daily entry!
Santa? No stranger to comic books. I recently went on a bit of a spending spree on eBay and picked up some vintage Christmas comic books I'd never heard of before — but the general public isn't clamoring for 1958's Christmas Eve In Space, a promotional giveaway from a now-bankrupt store called "Ben Franklin." No, people today want superheroes! Especially superheroes they've seen on the television and movies!