(December 1949)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 52
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- A Dell Comic
- Editing:
- ?
- Format:
- Color; standard Golden Age and later Silver Age formats; saddle-stitched; newsprint; was an On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "SANTA AND THE ANGEL, No. 259." Code number is S+A O.S. #259-4912. Copyright 1946 by Oskar LeBeck; copyright 1949 by Western Printing & Lithographing Co. This is a flip book. The second story starts on the back cover and reads toward the middle. (Upside-down from the first story.)
Santa and the Angel
cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Morris Gollub
- Inks:
- Morris Gollub
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fantasy
- Characters:
- Santa Claus; Angel
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Oskar LeBeck's name is misspelled "Oscar" on the cover.
["Angels Were Singing..."]
Santa and the Angel / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Oskar LeBeck ?
- Pencils:
- Morris Gollub ?
- Inks:
- Morris Gollub ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- fantasy
- Synopsis:
- Introduction to Santa and the Angel.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Poem and illustrations.
Santa and the Angel
comic story / 25 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Oskar LeBeck (credited)
- Pencils:
- Morris Gollub [as M. Gollub] (credited)
- Inks:
- Morris Gollub [as M. Gollub] (credited)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fantasy
- Characters:
- The little Angel; Santa Claus
- Synopsis:
- A little angel drifts to Earth on a cloud and lands in a forest. The forest animals find him and take him to a woodchopper's cabin at the edge of the forest. They get there just as Santa arrives at the cabin and Santa takes the angel back to heaven.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #128 (1946) [heavily edited from 26 pages to 25; heavily edited, indicia title of original is "SANTA CLAUS FUNNIES"]
Indexer Notes
Text story with three illustrations on each page.
Santa at the Zoo
text story / 23 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Oskar Lebeck (credited)
- Pencils:
- Tony Rivera (credited)
- Inks:
- Tony Rivera (credited)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fantasy
- Characters:
- Santa Claus
- Synopsis:
- The animals at the zoo are surprised when Santa Claus pays them a visit.
Indexer Notes
Story starts on the last interior page, upside down to the front cover, and reads toward the middle of the issue. Text story with half-art, half-text on each page with illustrations of varying sizes.
["The lion complained..."]
Santa at the Zoo / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Oskar Lebeck ?
- Pencils:
- Tony Rivera
- Inks:
- Tony Rivera
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- Introduction to Santa at the Zoo.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Illustration with brief text. Upside-down from front cover.
Santa at the Zoo
illustration / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Tony Rivera
- Inks:
- Tony Rivera
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Illustration serving as cover to second flip-book story, upside-down in relation to front cover.
Table of Contents
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1.
["Angels Were Singing..."]
Santa and the Angel -
2.
Santa and the Angel
-
3.
Santa at the Zoo
-
4.
["The lion complained..."]
Santa at the Zoo -
5.
Santa at the Zoo
- Alan Hutchinson
- Merlin Haas
- Gene Reed
- Roger A. Budnick
- John P. Selegue
- Merlin Haas
- Ken Lemons
- Chris Launder
- Jim Walls
- Terry Vraspir
- Gary Perlman
- Jerry Hillegas
- Craig Delich
- James Ludwig
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Kenneth Blair
- Mike Nielsen
- David Porta
- Matthew Torrance
- Ken Kwilinski
- Gary L. Watson
- Gregg Whitmore
- Max Capp
- Tony R. Rose
- Lou Mazzella
- Rodney Hinkle
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Donald Dale Milne
- Karl Wilcox
- Darrel McCann
- Peter Croome
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