The solicitation for the DC Rebirth Holiday Special teased a "Chanukah crisis" for Batwoman. What could it be? Has a nefarious supervillain been weighing down dreidels, causing uneven and unfair distributions of gimmels? Are latkes everywhere getting burned? Has Darkseid come to her doorstep to preach about the joys of converting to Anti-Life? Let's find out together in "Light In The Dark!"
At the beginning of the story, Batwoman is feeling depressed. She and her father had a longstanding tradition of meeting up in a diner for a retelling of the story of Chanukah and cherry pie. As a fan of both pie and Chanukah, I can relate to this. In fact, Chanukah is one of my favorite Jewish holidays, along with Purim.
After an encounter with a mysterious baddie and some criminals, she contacts her old friend Kit for some help. I'm not sure if Kit has appeared in the pre-Flashpoint DC universe, but I do know that she is already awesome. I hope that she appears in the upcoming Batwoman solo series. Kit is a mysterious hacker, kind of like Oracle, and located in Gotham City.
I too have known the horrors of the spinny wheel of death. |
I also like the little short preceding the story with Harley Quinn's attempts to combine Christmas and Chanukah at the Justice League's Christmas party. I honestly didn't know that Harley was Jewish. Technically, Judaism is passed down through the mother's side, but the story implies that her father celebrated Chanukah, so I'll let it slide.
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