Issue | #259 |
Published | December 1949 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 52 |
Editing | ? |
Notes | Indicia title is "SANTA AND THE ANGEL, No. 259." Code number is S+A O.S. #259-4912. Copyright 1946 by Oskar LeBeck; copyright 1949 by Western Printing & Lithographing Co. This is a flip book. The second story starts on the back cover and reads toward the middle. (Upside-down from the first story.) |
Characters | Santa Claus; Angel |
Genre | fantasy |
Pencils | Morris Gollub |
Inks | Morris Gollub |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
Synopsis | Introduction to Santa and the Angel. |
Genre | fantasy |
Script | Oskar LeBeck ? |
Pencils | Morris Gollub ? |
Inks | Morris Gollub ? |
Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. Poem and illustrations. |
Characters | The little Angel; Santa Claus |
Synopsis | A little angel drifts to Earth on a cloud and lands in a forest. The forest animals find him and take him to a woodchopper's cabin at the edge of the forest. They get there just as Santa arrives at the cabin and Santa takes the angel back to heaven. |
Genre | fantasy |
Script | Oskar LeBeck (credited) |
Pencils | Morris Gollub [as M. Gollub] (credited) |
Inks | Morris Gollub [as M. Gollub] (credited) |
Letters | typest |
Notes | Text story with three illustrations on each page. |
Characters | Santa Claus |
Synopsis | The animals at the zoo are surprised when Santa Claus pays them a visit. |
Genre | fantasy |
Script | Oskar Lebeck (credited) |
Pencils | Tony Rivera (credited) |
Inks | Tony Rivera (credited) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Story starts on the last interior page, upside down to the front cover, and reads toward the middle of the issue. Text story with half-art, half-text on each page with illustrations of varying sizes. |
Synopsis | Introduction to Santa at the Zoo. |
Script | Oskar Lebeck ? |
Pencils | Tony Rivera |
Inks | Tony Rivera |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Inside back cover; black and white. Illustration with brief text. Upside-down from front cover. |
Pencils | Tony Rivera |
Inks | Tony Rivera |
Notes | Back cover. Illustration serving as cover to second flip-book story, upside-down in relation to front cover. |