Four Color #1062 - Walt Scott's Christmas Stories

(December 1959)

["Oh Little Town of Bethlehem"] (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Walt Scott (signed)

Inks:

Walt Scott (signed)

Letters:

typeset

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:

?

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.