Long before there was the MCU vs. the DCEU, superhero movies were so fitfully made you wouldn't dare call them a genre at all. A Superman here (1978), a Batman there (1989) — Spider-Man wouldn't come until the next century had dawned. But into this dearth of superpowered spectacle came a film so singular that it's not only my favorite superhero movie, not only my favorite Batman movie, but also my all-time favorite holiday movie. Of course, I speak of the cinematic wonder that was 1992's...

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