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| Publisher |
DC |
| Writer |
Bob Haney |
| Artist |
Nick Cardy |
| Cover Artist |
Nick Cardy |
| Letterer |
Joe Letterese |
| Published | February 1968 |
While reading comic books, the Teen Titans tease Robin, the Boy Wonder, for reading Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Called out for being a "square", Robin swaps out the book for a Batman comic book. Miles away, Bob Ratchet toils away, in the freezing cold, at the Junk-O-Rama, for Mister Ebenezer Scrounge. Ratchet departs for the night, just as two shady characters arrive. Unbeknownst to Ratchet, his crippled son, Tom, is also on the property, looking for Ratchet. Tom watches, from the shadows, as Scrounge accepts payment, from the crooks. The two men unload a large pile of junk from their truck. Activating a strange device, the men transform the junked parts into brand new, expensive goods, to be sold in the states.Tom hurries home to inform his father of Scrounge's crooked dealing with the smugglers. Ratchet confronts Scrounge, who admits to renting the junkyard to the the two men. Furious over Ratchet's accusation of wrongdoing, Scrounge forces Ratchet to work on Christmas Eve. Tom contacts the Teen Titans, who come to the Junk-O-Rama to investigate the smuggling operation. The Teen Titans stealthily leap onto the smugglers' truck, as they arrive to make another delivery. Before the Teen Titans can act, the smugglers are attacked and beaten away by a shadowy figure. The Teen Titans follow the shadowy figure to Scrounge's home, where the man is revealed to be Jacob Farley, Scrounge's old business partner.Having escaped from prison, Farley has come to exact his revenge on Scrounge, for allowing Farley to take the fall on prior crooked dealings. Kid Flash separates Farley from Scrounge. Irate, Scrounge calls the authorities to arrest Farley, and remove the Teen Titans as trespassers. Farley escapes in the confusion. With Scrounge breathing down his neck the entire time, Ratchet completes his Christmas Eve shift. That night, Scrounge is visited by the "Ghost of Christmas Past", really KId Flash in disguise. As the "Ghost", Kid Flash suggests Scrounge change his ways....
