Four Color
#1062 - Walt Scott's Christmas Stories
([December 1959-February 1960])
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1959-10-29
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "Walt Scott's CHRISTMAS STORIES, No. 1062." Code number is W.S.C.S.O.S. #1062-5912. Copyright 1951, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959 by NEA Service, Inc.
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 1959-February 1960" cover date.
On sale date is Library of Congress copyright record publication date.
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 1959-February 1960" cover date.
On sale date is Library of Congress copyright record publication date.
[no title indexed]
Walt Scott's Christmas Stories / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Walt Scott (signed) (painting)
- Inks
- Walt Scott (signed) (painting)
- Colors
- Walt Scott (signed) (painting)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Keywords
- brownies; Christmas; Christmas trees; elves; fairies; footprints; little people; pixies; snow
[no title indexed]
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- 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
Walt Scott's Christmas Stories / comic story / 11 pages
- 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
Walt Scott's Christmas Stories / comic story / 10 pages
- 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
Walt Scott's Christmas Stories / comic story / 10 pages
- 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]
The Songs of Christmas / comic story / 1 page
- 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]
The Songs of Christmas / comic story / 1 page
- 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.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Walt Scott's Christmas Stories -
1.
["Oh Little Town of Bethlehem"]
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2.
Jeremy Christmas
Walt Scott's Christmas Stories -
3.
The Music Box Trio
Walt Scott's Christmas Stories -
4.
The Three Wishes
Walt Scott's Christmas Stories -
5.
[Handel's Messiah]
The Songs of Christmas -
6.
[History of Christmas Songs]
The Songs of Christmas
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