(December 2010)
Yoe Books,
2010 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 34.99 USD
- Pages
- 184
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Gussoni-Yoe Studios Inc.
- Brand
-
Yoe Books!
- ISBN
-
978-1-60010-773-3
- Barcode
- 9781600107733 53499
- Editing
- Craig Yoe
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- 22 cm x 29 cm
- Binding
- smythe-sewn; hardcover
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Santa Claus / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- children; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Santa Claus
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #361 - Santa Claus Funnies (November 1951)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; sleepwalking
[Elf in Jack-in-Box]
[Santa Claus] / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Santa Claus
- Synopsis
- Santa mistakenly puts an elf in a jack-in-the-box.
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #128 - Santa Claus Funnies ([December] 1946)
-
Indexer Notes
On front endpaper, printed in black, white, and red; pantomime story.
The Christmas Mouse
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Santa Claus
- Synopsis
- Santa leaves a mouse some cheese for a present.
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #175 - Santa Claus Funnies (December 1947)
-
Indexer Notes
On front endpaper, printed in black, red, and white; pantomime story.
[no title indexed]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Reprints
- in The Great Treasury of Christmas Comic Book Stories (IDW, 2018 series) (November 2018)
- From record "Sleepy Santa" (Belda Record & Publishing Co., 1948).
-
Indexer Notes
Reprint information is according to this book.
[no title indexed]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 4 pages
- Reprints
- From record "Sleepy Santa" (Belda Record & Publishing Co., 1948).
Indexer Notes
Reprint information is according to this book.
Contents from Santa's Bag!
table of contents / 1 page
- Reprints
- From record "Sleepy Santa" (Belda Record & Publishing Co., 1948).
Indexer Notes
Reprint information is according to this book.
How Santa Got His Red Suit
comic story / 11 pages
- Characters
- Santa Claus; Jack Frost; Bundle-Crunch; Pinkywink; Timbertop the Giant
- Synopsis
- Years ago, Santa did not always wear a red suit. One Christmas eve, Jack Frost steals his sleigh and toys and leaves Santa stranded. He finds refuge at a tiny house full of elves. The elves make toys for the children of the forest and Santa tries to make clothes for the elves from his own garments. The elves convince a passing giant to let them cut out an outfit for Santa from the giant's red coat.
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #61 - Santa Claus Funnies (December 1944)
-
[no title indexed]
Blitzen Jr. / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's getting close to that day, Winkie!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Blitzen Jr.; Santa Claus; Winkie Elf
- Synopsis
- Blitzen wants his son to take his spot on Santa's sleigh, but Blitzen Jr. is not a flying reindeer. He goes out into the world and tries to find another profession. At the end, with the aid of a government surplus rocket, he helps Santa make his Christmas deliveries.
- Reprints
- from Ha Ha Comics (American Comics Group, 1943 series) #49 (January 1948)
-
Santa and the Pirates
Jimmy and Debby / comic story / 14 pages
- Genre
- adventure; children
- Characters
- Jimmy; Debby; Santa Claus; Captain Bruto; Jolly Roger
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
(c) 1953, Promotional Publishing Co., NTC.
Santa's Problem
comic story / 7 pages
- 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
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #1154 - Santa Claus Funnies ([December 1960-February 1961])
-
Indexer Notes
This book assigning script and art to Stanley.
A Christmas Carol
comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- ?; original story by Charles Dickens
- Pencils
- Alberto Giolitti ?
- Inks
- Alberto Giolitti ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Characters
- Ebenezer Scrooge; Jacob Marley's ghost; Ghost of Christmas Past; Ghost of Christmas Present; Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come; Bob Cratchit; Tiny Tim; nephew Fred
- Synopsis
- Retelling of the Dickens Christmas classic
- Reprints
- from A Christmas Treasury (Dell, 1954 series) #1 (1954)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; ghost; holiday; London; Victorian
Indexer Notes
This book assigning the art to Mike Sekowsky.
A Mouse in the House
[Santa Claus] / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Santa Claus
- Synopsis
- Returning from his night's work, Santa finds a mouse in his beard while getting ready for bed. He lets the mouse stay for the evening.
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #128 - Santa Claus Funnies ([December] 1946)
-
The Helpful Snowman
comic story / 7 pages
- Reprints
- from Boys' and Girls' March of Comics (Western, 1946 series) #213 ([October] 1960)
-
The Shoemaker and the Elves
comic story / 3 pages
- Characters
- An unnamed shoemaker; the shoemaker's wife; four elves
- Reprints
Christmas Comes to the Wood Land
comic story / 9 pages
- Job Number
- S.C.F. 91-4512
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; children
- Characters
- Santa Claus; Rumple; Bunson Bunny
- Synopsis
- The animals of the southern woodland decide to have a Christmas party and invite Santa to attend.
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #91 - Santa Claus Funnies (December 1945)
-
Indexer Notes
Ten or eleven panels on most pages.
Santa's Return Trip
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- 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.
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #1274 - Santa Claus Funnies ([January-March] 1962)
-
Indexer Notes
This book assigning the pencils to John Stanley.
A Letter for Santa
comic story / 12 pages
- Reprints
- from Santa Claus Funnies (Dell, 1952 series) #1 ([November] 1952)
-
Ticky Tack the Littlest Reindeer
comic story / 8 pages
- Characters
- Santa Claus; Ticky Tack (reindeer); Shortbread (elf); Mrs. Claus
- Synopsis
- Ticky Tack, a tiny reindeer, is too small to pull Santa's sleigh. One Christmas Santa forgets a toy sleigh and Ticky Tack and Shortbread the elf deliver it to its destination.
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #205 - Santa Claus Funnies (December 1948)
-
Indexer Notes
Illustrations with text underneath.
Sooky's First Christmas
comic story / 8 pages
- Characters
- Santa Claus
- Synopsis
- Sooky the pup slips out the front door of his house and gets caught in a snowstorm on Christmas eve.
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #867 - Santa Claus Funnies (December 1957)
-
Indexer Notes
This book assigning script and pencils to John Stanley.
It Was the Day Before Christmas...
Li'l Tomboy / comic story / 9 pages
- Job Number
- 3021
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Tomboy; Dan Dapper
- Reprints
- from Giant Comics (Charlton, 1957 series) #3 (Winter 1957)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas
Indexer Notes
This book assigning the script and art credits to Johnson.
The Night Before Christmas
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- C.T.A. #1-5411 (33)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Mama; Papa; children; Saint Nicholas
- Synopsis
- The classic Christmas poem, illustrated
- Reprints
- from A Christmas Treasury (Dell, 1954 series) #1 (1954)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; holiday; poem; poetry; reindeer; Saint Nicholas; Santa Claus
Indexer Notes
This book assigning the art to Gormley.
The Night Before Christmas
Atomic Mouse / comic story / 9 pages
- Job Number
- S3038
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
- Characters
- Atomic Mouse; Count Gatto; Santa Claus
- Synopsis
- Gatto poses as Santa Claus.
- Reprints
- from Giant Comics (Charlton, 1957 series) #3 (Winter 1957)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas
Indexer Notes
Script is a paraphrase of Clement C. Moore's poem. This book assigning script and art to Fago.
The Great Three-Flavored Blizzard
comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- 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.
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #175 - Santa Claus Funnies (December 1947)
-
Wonderful Snowhouse
Joe and Jennifer / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Joe and Jennifer
- Reprints
- from Christmas Carnival (St. John, 1955 series) #2 (January 1955) which is reprinted
- from Christmas Carnival (Ziff-Davis, 1952 series) (1952)
-
Teddy Bear in Toyland
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Teddy Bear; Tiger Cat
- Synopsis
- Teddy Bear wants to be chosen as one of Santa's gifts to children, but isn't. Tiger Cat is chosen, but he doesn't want to go with Santa and plots with others to hijack the train and escape from Toyland.
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #302 - Santa Claus Funnies (November 1950)
-
Indexer Notes
This book assigning the art to Dan Noonan.
The Christmas Story
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- C.T.A. #1-5411
- Characters
- Mary; Joseph; innkeeper; angels; shepherds; King Herod; Gaspar; Melchior; Balthasar
- Synopsis
- Retelling of the birth of Jesus, as related in the Gospels of Luke and Matthew
- Reprints
- from A Christmas Treasury (Dell, 1954 series) #1 (1954)
-
- Keywords
- Bible; Christmas; Gospel; Jesus; Nativity; New Testament
Indexer Notes
This book assigning the art to Giolitti.
[There's a Santa at the schoolhouse,...]
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Synopsis
- A boy wonders why there are so many Santas in town.
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #91 - Santa Claus Funnies (December 1945)
-
Indexer Notes
On back endpaper; printed in black, red, and white. Poem with accompanying illustrations.
The Carolers
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals; children
- Synopsis
- An elf, a mouse, and a grasshopper go caroling. They are joined by a frog, who can't sing.
- Reprints
- from Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #91 - Santa Claus Funnies (December 1945)
-
Indexer Notes
On back endpaper; printed in black, red, and white; pantomime story.
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Santa Claus -
1.
[Elf in Jack-in-Box]
[Santa Claus] -
2.
The Christmas Mouse
-
3.
[no title indexed]
-
4.
[no title indexed]
-
5.
[no title indexed]
-
6.
Contents from Santa's Bag!
-
7.
How Santa Got His Red Suit
-
8.
["It's getting close to that day, Winkie!"]
Blitzen Jr. -
9.
Santa and the Pirates
Jimmy and Debby -
10.
Santa's Problem
-
11.
A Christmas Carol
-
12.
A Mouse in the House
[Santa Claus] -
13.
The Helpful Snowman
-
14.
The Shoemaker and the Elves
-
15.
Christmas Comes to the Wood Land
-
16.
Santa's Return Trip
-
17.
A Letter for Santa
-
18.
Ticky Tack the Littlest Reindeer
-
19.
Sooky's First Christmas
-
20.
It Was the Day Before Christmas...
Li'l Tomboy -
21.
The Night Before Christmas
-
22.
The Night Before Christmas
Atomic Mouse -
23.
The Great Three-Flavored Blizzard
-
24.
Wonderful Snowhouse
Joe and Jennifer -
25.
Teddy Bear in Toyland
-
26.
The Christmas Story
-
27.
[Buy these super kid friendly books ...]
-
28.
[There's a Santa at the schoolhouse,...]
-
29.
The Carolers
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30.
[Comic books of times past ...]
This issue was modified by
- Peter Croome
- CTGarry
- Lionel English
- Tony R. Rose
- Karsten S.
- Claus Simonsen
- Jim Stangas
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