Four Color #175

(December 1947)

["Oh, it's fun to be traveling at Christmastime..."] (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

funny animals

Synopsis:

Mice travel in a stagecoach pulled by rabbits in order to get home for Christmas.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black, red, and white.

A Letter to Santa (Table of Contents)

comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Oskar Lebeck [as O. Lebeck]

Pencils:

Morris Gollub [as M. Gollub]

Inks:

Morris Gollub [as M. Gollub]

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

fantasy

Characters:

Santa Claus; Trundle; Matilda Doll; Teddy Bear; Blackie (dog); Blitzen (reindeer)

Synopsis:

Santa receives a letter from Teddy Bear saying that the children to which Santa gave him, Matilda Doll, and Blackie the pup last Christmas have mistreated them. Santa sends Trundle the gnome on Blitzen to retrieve the three. He takes Blackie to an animal hospital and then takes the toys to a doll clinic where they are repaired and given to children at a hospital for convalescent children. The dog had been nursed back to health and given to the hospital, too. The three all go home with a boy and girl and are visited by Santa at the next Christmas.

Santa's Mistake (Table of Contents)

text story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Arthur E. Jameson

Inks:

Arthur E. Jameson

Colors:

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Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

fantasy

Characters:

Santa Claus; Snoozle

Synopsis:

Snoozle the elf falls asleep in a doll box and gets taken along on Santa's Christmas trip.

Indexer Notes

Text story with large illustration surrounding the text on each page.

At Christmas Time (Table of Contents)

filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Dan Noonan

Inks:

Dan Noonan

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

period

Characters:

Santa Claus (cameo)

Synopsis:

Waiting for Santa in medieval times.

Indexer Notes

Illustrations with text underneath.

The Great Three-Flavored Blizzard (Table of Contents)

comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Walt Kelly

Pencils:

Walt Kelly

Inks:

Walt Kelly

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

fantasy

Characters:

Santa Claus; Easter Bunny; Fuzzychin; Twinkle the elf; the Weatherman

Synopsis:

Fuzzychin and the Easter Bunny go to see Santa. They find that Twinkle the elf, the messenger Santa sent to the weatherman to find out why there is no snow, has not returned. The pair go to the weatherman's house and find that Twinkle and the weatherman are trying to repair the "Season Machine," which is stuck on "Summer." The season machine gets fixed but the next problem is that the snow machine is out of raw materials. Santa and the elves bring substitutes that produce snow made of ice cream.

Let's Make Puppets (Table of Contents)

activity / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Indexer Notes

How to make puppets out of cardboard tubes, cotton batting, and papier mache. Also how to make a stage.

A Christmas Play in Three Acts with Two Scenes (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan Noonan

Inks:

Dan Noonan

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Characters:

Santa Claus

Synopsis:

Santa rescues two children from their wicked stepmother.

Indexer Notes

The play is set up to use the puppets from the preceding sequence.

The Christmas Mouse (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Morris Gollub ?

Inks:

Morris Gollub ?

Colors:

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Content Information

Characters:

Santa Claus

Synopsis:

Santa leaves a mouse some cheese for a present.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black, red, and white; pantomime story.

And Now-Merry Christmas To All! (Table of Contents)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Morris Gollub (painting)

Inks:

Morris Gollub (painting)

Colors:

Morris Gollub (painting)

Letters:

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Content Information

Characters:

Santa Claus

Synopsis:

Santa holding a poster with the title on it.

Indexer Notes

Back cover.