Klaus (comics)

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Klaus
Publication information
Publisher	Boom! Studios
Format	Limited series
Publication date	2015 – 2019
No. of issues	7 + 4 One-Shots
Creative team
Created by	Grant Morrison
Written by	Grant Morrison
Artist(s)	Dan Mora
Letterer(s)	Ed Dukeshire
Editor(s)	Eric Harburn Matt Gagnon
Collected editions
Klaus	ISBN 978-1608869039

Klaus is a fictional superhero created by writer Grant Morrison and artist Dan Mora. Debuting originally in a seven-issue comic book mini-series published in 2015 and 2016 by Boom! Studios, the character has gone on to star in a number of other stories since. The original miniseries is styled as a sprawling superhero origin story, akin to Batman: Year One,^[1] re-imagining Santa Claus as a wild shaman of the winter in the 16th century. Drawing on folklore, westerns, and epic fantasy, Morrison and Mora intended to craft a brand-new sexy Santa for the modern age. The origin chronicles Klaus, a wild man of the winter and the forests on his mission with his pet white wolf Lilli, to restore joy to the sacred holiday of Yuletide. Set in the totalitarian town of Grimsvig, wherein joy is forbidden and Yuletide is outlawed, the series casts Santa Claus as a V for Vendetta and Robin Hood-esque figure, fighting its fascistic Lord Magnus, and the greater demonic force behind him.

Following the publication of the mini-series, Morrison and Mora have subsequently returned every December, around Christmas season, with a brand new over-sized one-shot, modeled after Doctor Who Christmas Specials. Four one-shots have been published to date: Klaus and The Witch of Winter in December 2016, Klaus and The Crisis in Xmasville in December 2017, Klaus and The Crying Snowman in December 2018, and Klaus and The Life and Times of Joe Christmas in December 2019.

Klaus is an immortal mystical barbarian of joy, gifts, and runes, operating a cosmic sleigh to sail the space-ways. A member of the legendary League Of Santas, Klaus was a participant of the mythic Lunar Civil War between The Kobolts and The Moondogs.