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")