Four Color #756

([December] 1956)

[Maze] (Table of Contents)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan Gormley

Inks:

Dan Gormley

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Santa Claus

Synopsis:

Santa must find his way through a maze to pick up his bag of toys and then find a way to get them to the Christmas tree.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white.

Mr. Bear's Reward (Table of Contents)

Santa Claus / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan Gormley

Inks:

Dan Gormley

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ben Oda

Job Number:

S.C.O.F. #756-5612

Content Information

Genre:

fantasy

Characters:

Santa Claus; Mrs. Claus

Synopsis:

When Santa's beard is accidentally burned off, the animals go to the polar bear to have him donate some of his white fur to make a replacement beard.

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

The Christmas Cricket (Table of Contents)

Santa Claus / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan Gormley

Inks:

Dan Gormley

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ben Oda

Content Information

Genre:

fantasy

Characters:

Santa Claus

Synopsis:

A cricket living in Mr. Foote's house leaves because he feels he's not wanted. He takes up residence in a nearby home and meets Santa Claus. Santa tells the cricket he'll take him along to his next stop. That happens to be Mr. Foote's house and the cricket decides to move back in when he finds that Mr. Foote has missed him.

The Music Box (Table of Contents)

Santa Claus / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan Gormley

Inks:

Dan Gormley

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ben Oda

Content Information

Genre:

fantasy

Characters:

Santa Claus

Synopsis:

An old man tells his grandson about Santa bringing him the music box he wanted when he was a boy. Later Santa comes to the house and brings the present the young boy wanted most--a portable radio. The man decides that the radio is a "modern music box" and that things really don't change very much.

Christmas In the Zoo (Table of Contents)

Santa Claus / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan Gormley

Inks:

Dan Gormley

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ben Oda

Content Information

Genre:

fantasy

Characters:

Santa Claus

Synopsis:

The animals at the zoo are sad because everyone is too busy with Christmas activities to come visit them. The monkeys get out of the their cage and try to cheer up the rest of the animals.

The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Santa (Table of Contents)

Santa Claus / comic story / 6.75 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan Gormley

Inks:

Dan Gormley

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ben Oda

Content Information

Genre:

fantasy

Characters:

Three Little Pigs (not Disney); Big Bad Wolf (not Disney); Santa Claus

Synopsis:

The Big Bad Wolf pretends to be Santa in order to get into the Three Pigs' brick house.

"For all the excitement of a white Christmas..." (Table of Contents)

The Littlest Snowman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

fantasy

Characters:

The Littlest Snowman

Indexer Notes

Promo for The Littlest Snowman Four Color #755 (December 1956). Line-drawn version of painted cover of the comic is depicted.

[Crossword Puzzle] (Table of Contents)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white. Illustration with simple crossword puzzle as part of the drawing. Dell's "A Pledge to Parents" is also part of the page.

[Stocking Cut-Ups] (Table of Contents)

The Bright Twins / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan Gormley ?

Inks:

Dan Gormley ?

Colors:

?

Content Information

Genre:

children

Characters:

The Bright Twins

Synopsis:

The twins sneak downstairs on Christmas Eve to cut the toes out of their stockings so they'll get more presents.

Indexer Notes

Back cover; pantomime story.