Issue | #128 |
Published | 1946 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 52 |
Editing | ? |
Notes | Indicia title is "SANTA CLAUS FUNNIES, No. 128". No code number. Copyright 1946 by Oskar Lebeck. |
Characters | Santa Claus |
Pencils | Morris Gollub ? |
Inks | Morris Gollub ? |
Notes | Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
Characters | Santa Claus |
Synopsis | Santa mistakenly puts an elf in a jack-in-the-box. |
Genre | fantasy |
Pencils | Dan Noonan ? |
Inks | Dan Noonan ? |
Notes | Inside front cover; black, white, and red; pantomime story. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
Characters | Santa Claus; Santa's Reindeer (Donner; Dasher; Prancer; Vixen; Comet; Cupid; Dancer; Blitzen) (cameo) |
Synopsis | A group of angel babies are busy polishing the stars in preparation for Christmas. The littlest one becomes tired and falls asleep on a cloud that slowly drifts to Earth and lands in the middle of a snow-covered forest. The angel baby, who is naked, is cold and frightened and starts to cry. This attracts the animals of the forest who huddle around him to keep him warm. The animals decide to take him to the cabin of a woodchopper and his wife, who live at the edge of the forest. It is Christmas Eve and just as the animals reach the house, Santa and his reindeer arrive. The forest animals scatter, but it turns out that Santa knows who the angel is, because "Everybody in heaven has been looking for you." After climbing down the chimney and giving the woodchopper's family its gifts, Santa takes the little angel back to Heaven as the forest animals watch in wonder. |
Genre | fantasy |
Script | Oskar Lebeck |
Pencils | Morris Gollub |
Inks | Morris Gollub |
Notes | The first verse of the Christmas hymn "Silent Night" is part of the last page of the story. Forest animals are realistically drawn. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Panels with text beneath them, no panel borders. |
Reprinted | in Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #290. |
Synopsis | Short play of the Nativity story. |
Pencils | Dan Noonan |
Inks | Dan Noonan |
Notes | Text and illustrations. |
Characters | Santa Claus; Tom Felding |
Synopsis | Tom Felding drives the "Dover Mail" stagecoach from London in a snowstorm on Christmas Eve. Along the way he is flagged down by Santa Claus, whose sled has a broken runner. Tom and six passengers from the stagecoach help Santa fix the sled runner and be on his way. |
Genre | fantasy |
Script | Dan Noonan (signed) |
Pencils | Dan Noonan (signed) |
Inks | Dan Noonan (signed) |
Notes | Illustrations with text beneath them. Text is written in rhyme. |
Characters | Santa Claus; Donner; Dasher; Prancer; Vixen; Comet; Cupid; Dancer; Blitzen |
Synopsis | While waiting for Santa to make a delivery, one of his reindeer talks through a window to a child in his bed. |
Genre | fantasy |
Pencils | Dan Noonan |
Inks | Dan Noonan |
Notes | Poem with illustrations. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
Characters | Santa Claus |
Synopsis | Returning from his night's work, Santa finds a mouse in his beard while getting ready for bed. He lets the mouse stay for the evening. |
Genre | fantasy |
Script | Walt Kelly |
Pencils | Walt Kelly |
Inks | Walt Kelly |
Characters | Santa Claus |
Synopsis | Santa's bag has torn and the toys have spilled. The reader is to find the toys hidden in the illustration and list them. |
Pencils | Dan Noonan ? |
Inks | Dan Noonan ? |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Inside back cover; black, white, and red. |
Pencils | Morris Gollub ? |
Inks | Morris Gollub ? |
Notes | Back cover. Poem with illustrations of angel babies. |