Story: "The Spectre of Christmas!" (22 Pages)

Credits: J.M. DeMatteis (plot, script); Ryan Sook (pencils); Jim Royal (inks); Bill Oakley (letters); James Sinclair (colors); Morgan Dontanville (assistant edits); Dan Raspler (edits)

Feature Character: Spectre (Hal Jordan; also appears in flashback to his first christmas after his fathers death)

Guest Star: Phantom Stranger (next in ???)

Supporting Characters: Abin Sur, Helen Jordan (both next in issue #15); Mrs. Jordan, Jim Jordan, Jack Jordan (all three in flashback)

Villain: Ebeneezer Scrooge of Man's imagination (first appearance; the Scrooge as Man remembers him and not as the redeemed hero; redeemed once again)

Other Characters: Santa Claus of Man's imagination; Charles Dickens of Man's imagination (first appearance; an idealization of the real Charles Dickens, not to be confused with the real Dickens), Mrs. Claus of Man's imagination (first appearance; an idealization of Mrs. Claus; not to be confused with the real Mrs. Claus), Tiny Tim of Man's imagination, The Cratchett family of Man's imagination, Marley's Ghost of Man's imagination (first appearance of all; idealizations of the characters from Dickens "A Christmas Carol")