Four Color #1062 - Walt Scott's Christmas Stories

(December 1959)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Walt Scott (signed)

Inks

Walt Scott (signed)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oh Little Town of Bethlehem

Genre

history

Characters

Phillip Brooks; Lewis H. Redner

Synopsis

The story of the writing of the Christmas hymn "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem" in 1868. Phillip Brooks wrote the lyrics and Lewis H. Redner set it to music.

Indexer Notes

Inside front and back covers; black and white.

Jeremy Christmas (Table of Contents: 2)

Walt Scott's Christmas Stories / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Walt Scott

Pencils

Walt Scott

Inks

Walt Scott

Colors

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Letters

Walt Scott

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Spirit of Christmas; Jeremy Christmas; Flash; Rush; Instant; Sudden

Synopsis

The Spirit of Christmas assigns Jeremy Christmas, an elf, to rehabilitate four lazy men--Flash, Rush, Instant, and Sudden--who live on Slipshod Creek. Jeremy is given a magic star that makes him invisible and gives him magic power.

Reprints

• from the NEA 1951 Christmas newspaper strip "Jeremy Christmas."

Indexer Notes

Credits and reprint information for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

The Music Box Trio (Table of Contents: 3)

Walt Scott's Christmas Stories / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Walt Scott

Pencils

Walt Scott

Inks

Walt Scott

Colors

?

Letters

Walt Scott

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Spirit of Christmas (offstage); Melvin Mouse; Holly; Tinsel; Jingle; Packard Ratte

Synopsis

Melvin Mouse takes Holly, Jingle, and Tinsel, the figures on a music box who have come to life, to the Valley of the Small ones to reform a miser, Packard Ratte, who runs the trading post there.

Reprints

• from NEA 1957 Christmas newspaper strip "The Music Box Trio."

Indexer Notes

Feature is credited as "by Walt Scott." Reprint information for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

The Three Wishes (Table of Contents: 4)

Walt Scott's Christmas Stories / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Walt Scott

Pencils

Walt Scott

Inks

Walt Scott

Colors

?

Letters

Walt Scott

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Desmond "Dizzy" Drake; Whitaker "Ticker" Weasel; Shrew; Mister Boggles

Synopsis

Three neighbors, who are musicians and play together, rescue an elf whose beard is frozen in a creek. In return he grants each of them a wish. The first two wishes are for a house and clothing, which are granted, but the result isn't as satisfying as they hoped.

Reprints

• from NEA 1955 newspaper Christmas strip "The Three Wishes."

Indexer Notes

Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents". Feature is credited as "by Walt Scott." Reprint information for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

[Handel's Messiah] (Table of Contents: 5)

The Songs of Christmas / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Walt Scott

Pencils

Walt Scott

Inks

Walt Scott

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction; history

Characters

George Frederick Handel

Synopsis

Short recap of the life of George Frederick Handel and his writing of "The Messiah" oratorio.

[History of Christmas Songs] (Table of Contents: 6)

The Songs of Christmas / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Walt Scott (signed)

Pencils

Walt Scott (signed)

Inks

Walt Scott (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction; history

Characters

Joseph; Mary; St. Francis of Assisi

Synopsis

Short history of Christmas songs.

Indexer Notes

Back cover.