Four Color
#607 - Santa Claus Funnies
(December 1954)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1954
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell Comic
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "SANTA CLAUS FUNNIES, No. 607." Code number is S.C.F.O.S. #607-5412. Copyright 1954 by Western Printing & Lithographing Co.
[no title indexed]
Santa Claus Funnies / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Mel Crawford (painting)
- Inks
- Mel Crawford (painting)
- Colors
- Mel Crawford (painting)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Santa Claus
- Keywords
- Christmas; clowns; concertinas; drums; jack-in-the-boxes; music; natural horn; pianos; stuffed animals
Indexer Notes
Pencils, inks, and colors credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[Presents for Skunks]
Santa Claus / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Santa Claus
- Synopsis
- Santa has trouble finding the right presents for a family of skunks.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Christmas In November
Santa Claus / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Santa Claus; Rufus the Elf
- Synopsis
- Rufus the Elf's bad eyesight makes him misread the calendar and think that Santa is not going out on Christmas Eve.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[The Too-Fat Santa]
Stringbean the Worrisome Elf / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Santa Claus; Stringbean the Elf
- Synopsis
- Stringbean worries that Santa is getting too fat to fit in the chimneys, so he puts him on a weight reduction program.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Santa's Surprise
Santa Claus / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Santa Claus; Mrs. Claus
- Synopsis
- Santa can't fit into his old suit, so he has Thimble the Tailor make him a new suit. Two mice advise Thimble that he should make Santa a modern, space-age suit. Mrs. Claus disapproves of the new suit and sends Santa out in his old suit, which she had altered to fit him.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Santa and the Chimney Sweep
Santa Claus Funnies / comic story / 11.75 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; historical
- Characters
- Santa Claus; Alan the Chimney Sweep
- Synopsis
- For some reason, Alan the Chimney Sweep isn't on Santa's list and never receives any presents. He leaves a note on a chimney, which Santa finds and begins an investigation on who Alan is and how he (Santa) had missed him.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Santa Claus Funnies -
1.
[Presents for Skunks]
Santa Claus -
2.
Christmas In November
Santa Claus -
3.
[The Too-Fat Santa]
Stringbean the Worrisome Elf -
4.
Santa's Surprise
Santa Claus -
5.
Santa and the Chimney Sweep
Santa Claus Funnies -
6.
Don't Miss the Dell Christmas Treasury
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7.
[Christmas Dreams]
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8.
[Hot Coffee for Santa]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Alberto Becattini
- Dwayne Best
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Tony R. Rose
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