Four Color
#1274 - Santa Claus Funnies
([January-March] 1962)
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1961-11-02
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
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Dell [stamp]
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
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 "January-March 1962" cover date.
On sale date is Library of Congress copyright record publication date.
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Santa Claus Funnies / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Mel Crawford (painting)
- Inks
- Mel Crawford (painting)
- Colors
- Mel Crawford (painting)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Santa Claus
- Keywords
- Christmas; Christmas trees; gifts; toys
Christmas Eve
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Santa Claus
- Synopsis
- A poem about Santa and his Christmas Eve trip.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover and inside back cover; black and white. Typeset text with illustrations. Pencils credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Christmas Eve Space Trip
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- S.C.F.O.S. #1274-6112
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; science fiction
- Characters
- Santa Claus
- Synopsis
- Two brothers fly a popcorn-fueled rocket to the Moon, where they find that Santa doesn't visit the moon people.
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
The Unsuitable Suit
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Santa Claus; Mrs. Claus
- Synopsis
- Buttons the elf brings Santa a new, updated suit to replace his old frayed one. However, no one recognizes him in his new clothes.
The Guiding Gleam
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A lighthouse keeper rescues a puppy from a storm and gives it to his children as a Christmas present.
Indexer Notes
Script submitted on March 2, 1961. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985). Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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
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in The Great Treasury of Christmas Comic Book Stories (Yoe Books, 2010 series) (December 2010) - in The Great Treasury of Christmas Comic Book Stories (IDW, 2018 series) (November 2018)
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Indexer Notes
Script credit by Ed Buchman (e-mail, August 5, 2008). Pencils and inks credit from Steven Rowe (GCD-main list, August 3, 2008) and Ed Buchman (e-mail, August 5, 2008).
Woodland Christmas
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Santa Claus
- Synopsis
- Some food and gifts fall out of Santa's sleigh when it hits rough weather over a forest. The goods help give a hungry hunter and forest creatures a merry Christmas.
Indexer Notes
Script submitted as "What the Pine Tree Saw" on February 28, 1961. Script credit provided by David Porta from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title / compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott" (1985). Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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Santa Claus Funnies -
1.
Christmas Eve
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2.
Christmas Eve Space Trip
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3.
The Unsuitable Suit
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4.
The Guiding Gleam
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5.
Santa's Return Trip
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6.
Woodland Christmas
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7.
Schwinn 5-Speed Corvette
Arnold, Schwinn & Company
- Katie
- Alberto Becattini
- Dwayne Best
- John Censullo
- Pat Conolly
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
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