Four Color
#753 - The Little People
(November 1956)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1956
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "THE LITTLE PEOPLE, No. 753. Code number is L.P.O.S. #753-5611. Copyright 1956 by NEA Service Inc. Based on "The Little People" newspaper strip by Walt Scott.
Happy Holidays
Walt Scott's The Little People / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- David Gantz (painting)
- Inks
- David Gantz (painting)
- Colors
- David Gantz (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Santa Claus; The Little People (Loop; Cork; Jinx; Chub; Old One)
- Keywords
- brownies; Christmas; elves; fairies; little people; pie; sprites
Indexer Notes
Pencils, inks, and colors credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[The Snowman]
The Little People / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- The Little People (Jinx; Cork; Old One)
- Synopsis
- The Old One is puzzled when the bottom half of a snowman built by Jinx and Cork doesn't melt.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Happy Holidays
The Little People / comic story / 32 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- The Little People (Loop; Cork; Jinx; Chub; Old One); The Groons; Santa Claus
- Synopsis
- Hoping to get away from the troublesome Groons, The Little People build a ship and sail away from the Valley of the Small Ones to a New World. When they reach the New World, they find it's occupied by Indian Groons. After some skirmishes the Little People and the Groons make peace and hold a thanksgiving dinner. Later they have a Christmas celebration with a special guest of honor.
Indexer Notes
Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[Figures on Ice]
The Little People / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- The Little People (Loop; Jinx; Cork; Old One)
- Synopsis
- Loop can't make a figure-eight with his ice-skates, so he makes letters instead.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
[Christmas Stockings]
The Little People / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- The Little People (Loop; Cork; Jinx; Chub; Old One)
- Synopsis
- The Little People rush in to see what presents Santa has left in their stockings.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." This sequence is replaced by an ad in some copies. See Sequence 5.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Happy Holidays
Walt Scott's The Little People -
1.
[The Snowman]
The Little People -
2.
Happy Holidays
The Little People -
3.
[Figures on Ice]
The Little People -
4.
[Christmas Stockings]
The Little People -
5.
The Happy Cereal
Trix; General Mills
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Tony R. Rose
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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