Four Color #1274

(December 1961)

Christmas Eve (Table of Contents)

filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Mel Crawford ?

Inks:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

fantasy

Characters:

Santa Claus

Synopsis:

A poem about Santa and his Christmas Eve trip.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover and inside back cover; black and white. Typeset text with illustrations. Pencils credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

Christmas Eve Space Trip (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Mel Crawford

Inks:

Mel Crawford

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fantasy; science fiction

Characters:

Santa Claus

Synopsis:

Two brothers fly a popcorn-fueled rocket to the Moon, where they find that Santa doesn't visit the moon people.

Indexer Notes

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

The Unsuitable Suit (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fantasy

Characters:

Santa Claus; Mrs. Claus

Synopsis:

Buttons the elf brings Santa a new, updated suit to replace his old frayed one. However, no one recognizes him in his new clothes.

The Guiding Gleam (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils:

Mel Crawford

Inks:

Mel Crawford

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fantasy

Synopsis:

A lighthouse keeper rescues a puppy from a storm and gives it to his children as a Christmas present.

Indexer Notes

Script submitted on March 2, 1961. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985). Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

Santa's Return Trip (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Stanley

Pencils:

Irving Tripp

Inks:

Irving Tripp

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fantasy

Characters:

Santa Claus

Synopsis:

Scamper the elf falls asleep in a box in Santa's workshop. The box is gift-wrapped and Santa delivers it. When he returns, Santa has one doll left over and has to return to a girl's house to trade the doll for Scamper.

Indexer Notes

Script credit by Ed Buchman (e-mail, August 5, 2008). Pencils and inks credit from Steven Rowe (GCD-main list, August 3, 2008) and Ed Buchman (e-mail, August 5, 2008).

Woodland Christmas (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gaylord Du Bois

Pencils:

Mel Crawford

Inks:

Mel Crawford

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fantasy

Characters:

Santa Claus

Synopsis:

Some food and gifts fall out of Santa's sleigh when it hits rough weather over a forest. The goods help give a hungry hunter and forest creatures a merry Christmas.

Indexer Notes

Script submitted as "What the Pine Tree Saw" on February 28, 1961. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985). Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

Schwinn 5-Speed Corvette (Table of Contents)

Arnold, Schwinn & Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (painting)

Inks:

? (painting)

Colors:

? (painting)

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Ad for Schwinn Bicycles. Featured is Schwinn 5-Speed Corvette model for $79.95. Arnold, Schwinn & Co., Chicago, Ill.