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Everyone recognizes him, he has his look, his sled, everything that we associate with that character and suddenly it seemed like, ‘Well, these are superhero tropes.’…I suddenly thought, “How come no one’s told the ‘Year One’ of Santa Claus?” It’s kind of neat approaching that character as if he was the world’s greatest superhero, and we’ve never learned the origin.” “I thought I could have my own character who’s a bit like Superman, a bit like Doctor Who, particularly, and it seemed like Santa Claus was an obvious one. “ I really wanted to do…a big, fantasy epic for a wider audience, an all-ages audience…,” says Morrison. Morrison and Mora weave countless sources into their story including fairy tales, Norse and Slavic myths, and even the broader popular culture, but the key underpinning in Klaus is the duo’s shared love of superhero comics, which they used to shape the character into an incorruptible force for good. Originally published as a seven-issue mini-series through Boom! Studios, the title would grow to include several one-shot sequels, each following the titular Klaus as he battles mythic forces across time and space. In 2015, writer Grant Morrison and artist Dan Mora debuted Klaus, a sprawling story that re-imagined the life and times of Santa Claus while bringing the character into the modern age. But what happens when we follow that hope as it grows over the years? How does a myth continue to grow, endure, and inspire? To many, superhero comics are a medium of pure inspiration: stories built on the hope to grow beyond a darker, more cynical world, and in turn, leave that world better than when we found it. This is the greatest untold story of them all. These days everyone knows his name, but few could tell you who he really is…or how he got started.

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