Comic-book wise, I'd like to highlight
"The Seal-Men's War on Santa Claus", written by Michael Fleisher, with art by Jack Kirby and Mike Royer, among Kirby's last 1970's jobs for DC.
Highlighted not because it's such an exceptional story, but because it's one that went on such a long and struggled path to finally be published.
Kirby did issues 1, 4, 5 and 6 of a SANDMAN series in 1974-1975. "The Seal Men's War on Santa Claus" was to be the 7th issue of the series, but was cancelled before ever being published.
In 1978, it was re-packaged with a 5-page framing sequence to appear in KAMANDI 61, but the "DC Implosion" prevented its publication for a second time.
Although it was published on a very limited basis as Xerox copies of the original art in CANCELLED COMIC CAVALCADE, issue 2 (late 1978), at less than 100 copies, and only for copyright protection reasons.
It finally saw print in some form in BEST OF DC BLUE RIBBON DIGEST 22, March 1982 ("Christmas With the Superheroes") in color, but in a smaller digest size with less than great print quality.
Finally in 2013 it saw print in decent form in the JACK KIRBY OMNIBUS volume 2 hardcover, packed in with a lot of other scattered 70's Kirby material, including the rest of the 70's SANDMAN Kirby issues.
Basically, the seal-men declare war on Santa Claus because he brought the sealmen (a civilization Santa had previously been friendly with) the wrong presents, that they couldn't use because of their flipper-paws, and that really ticked them off! Peace is made after the misunderstanding is cleared up and the proper presents are delivered. Pleasant silliness, in the Kirby tradition.
