Four Color #525

(December 1953)

[Christmas Break in Hibernation] (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Stanley ?

Inks:

John Stanley ?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

funny animal

Synopsis:

Two bear cubs set their alarm clock to wake them from hibernation at Christmas.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white. Art identification by Michael Barrier (March 2011).

Santa Claus and the Cuckoo Bird (Table of Contents)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Don Gunn

Inks:

Don Gunn

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fantasy

Characters:

Santa Claus

Synopsis:

A cuckoo bird comes to the North Pole to visit Santa. The bird gets the best of Santa's mean cat and gets to live in Santa's cuckoo clock.

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Hames Ware and Michael Barrier (March 2010).

The Kindly Cobbler (Table of Contents)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Don Gunn

Inks:

Don Gunn

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

period; fantasy

Characters:

Santa Claus

Synopsis:

A kindly cobbler in a mountain village fixes poor children's shoes for free. He is behind on the rent and the landlord gives him one day to pay or be evicted. That night three elves appear and give him instructions to make a special pair of boots by morning. After making the boots, the cobbler falls asleep. Later he is awakened by an elf to come and meet the wearer of the boots--Santa Claus. The cobbler refuses payment for the boots, but Santa makes him his official bootmaker and the resultant publicity lets the cobbler pay off his debts and continue to fix the shoes of the poor children for free.

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Michael Barrier (March 2011).

Cottontail Christmas (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Don Gunn ?

Inks:

Don Gunn ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

funny animal

Characters:

Santa Claus

Synopsis:

A rabbit family has to figure out a way to make a sign large enough for Santa to see from the sky.

The End of the Christmas Ghost (Table of Contents)

comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan Noonan

Inks:

Dan Noonan

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fantasy; funny animal

Characters:

Santa Claus

Synopsis:

Humphrey the mouse takes refuge from a snowstorm in an old house that is inhabited by a teddy bear and Sir George the ghost. Sir George is fated to stay in the house forever because he can't find the key that locked the chimney and Santa can't come to visit.

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Michael Barrier (March 2011).

[The Right-Size Santa] (Table of Contents)

Sammy Smart / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan Gormley ?

Inks:

Dan Gormley ?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

children

Characters:

Sammy Smart

Synopsis:

Sammy measures street-corner Santas to find one that will fit in his chimney.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white. Continuing feature?

[Taking Santa's Photo] (Table of Contents)

Kathy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Stanley ?

Inks:

John Stanley ?

Colors:

?

Content Information

Genre:

children

Characters:

Kathy

Synopsis:

Kathy stays up to take a photo of Santa. She falls asleep and Santa takes a photo of her instead.

Indexer Notes

Back cover; pantomime story. Continuing feature? Art identification by Michael Barrier (March 2011).