Four Color #1154 - Santa Claus Funnies
([December 1960-February 1961])

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1960-11-01
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
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Issue Notes

Indicia title is "SANTA CLAUS FUNNIES, No. 1154." Interior code number is S.C.F.O.S. #1154-6012. Copyright 1960 by Western Printing & Lithographing Co.

No month is given on the cover or in the indicia. Based on the copyright dates of this issue and others in the series released around the same time, one can determine that this issue was published with other Four Color issues bearing a "December-February" cover date.

On-sale date from 1961 Books and Pamphlets, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Santa Claus Funnies / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (painting)
Inks
? (painting)
Colors
? (painting)

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Santa Claus
Keywords
Christmas; pedal cars; snow

What's Wrong in Santa's Workshop? (Table of Contents: 1)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Santa Claus; Mrs. Claus
Synopsis
A "find the errors" drawing of Santa and Mrs. Claus in their home.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white. Text and illustration.

Pierre's Christmas Present (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Synopsis
Pierre, a pampered poodle, helps get two stray dogs released from the dog pound on Christmas Eve.

Santa's Problem (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Dan Gormley
Inks
Dan Gormley
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Santa Claus; Mrs. Claus
Synopsis
The Arctic Polar Bears League gives Santa a petition requesting him to use polar bears instead of reindeer to pull his sleigh this Christmas. Santa tries to find other ways for them to be helpful.
Reprints

Jon the Whittler (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; historical
Characters
Jon the whittler; Einer the Elf
Synopsis
A boy named Jon spends all his time whittling toys and little wooden animals for the village children. His parents apprentice the boy to a clockmaker, and Jon must hide his whittling. An elf comes to him in the night and requests that Jon whittle a little village for him, complete with animals. Jon complies and the elf helps him become the royal toymaker at the palace.

A Surprise for Santa (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Dan Gormley
Inks
Dan Gormley
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Santa Claus
Synopsis
The elves make a perfect model of Santa's house to give to him as a present. However a mouse family moves into the model before the elves can give it to Santa.

Indexer Notes

Writer's credit by Mykal, art identification by Alberto Becattini.

Xavier Patch (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mel Crawford
Inks
Mel Crawford
Colors
?
Letters
?

Synopsis
Two orphans spend Christmas with a mailman and his wife. While there they learn about Xavier Patch, a recluse, who has no friends. The orphans decide that Mr. Patch needs to receive some presents on Christmas, too.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Artwork identified in 2011 by Alberto Becattini.

Race Santa to the North Pole (Table of Contents: 7)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?

Characters
Santa Claus (cameo)
Synopsis
A racing game along a numbered trail to the North Pole.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white.

Schwinn Debutante (Table of Contents: 8)

Schwinn Bicycles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Ad for Schwinn Debutante model girls bicycle for $69.95. Arnold, Schwinn & Co., Chicago, Ill.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Santa Claus Funnies
  2. 1. What's Wrong in Santa's Workshop?
  3. 2. Pierre's Christmas Present
  4. 3. Santa's Problem
  5. 4. Jon the Whittler
  6. 5. A Surprise for Santa
  7. 6. Xavier Patch
  8. 7. Race Santa to the North Pole
  9. 8. Schwinn Debutante
    Schwinn Bicycles
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Alberto Becattini
  • Dwayne Best
  • John Censullo
  • Steve Coates
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Edgar Loftin
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Tony R. Rose