| Issue | #1274 |
| Published | December 1961 |
| Cover Price | 0.15 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | ? |
| Notes | Indicia title is "SANTA CLAUS FUNNIES, No. 1274." Code number is S.C.F.O.S. #1274-6112. Copyright 1961 by Western Printing & Lithographing Co. |
| Characters | Santa Claus |
| Pencils | ? (Painting) |
| Inks | ? (painting) |
| Colors | ? (painting) |
| Notes | Indicia title is "SANTA CLAUS FUNNIES, No. 1274." Code number is S.C.F.O.S. #1274-6112. Copyright 1961 by Western Printing & Lithographing Co. |
| Characters | Santa Claus |
| Synopsis | A poem about Santa and his Christmas Eve trip. |
| Genre | fantasy |
| Pencils | Mel Crawford ? |
| Letters | typeset |
| 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) |
| 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. |
| Genre | fantasy; science fiction |
| Pencils | Mel Crawford |
| Inks | Mel Crawford |
| Notes | Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
| 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. |
| Genre | fantasy |
| Synopsis | A lighthouse keeper rescues a puppy from a storm and gives it to his children as Christmas present. |
| Genre | fantasy |
| Script | Gaylord Du Bois |
| Pencils | Mel Crawford |
| Inks | Mel Crawford |
| 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) |
| 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. |
| Genre | fantasy |
| Script | John Stanley |
| Pencils | Irving Tripp |
| Inks | Irving Tripp |
| 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). |
| 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. |
| Genre | fantasy |
| Script | Gaylord Du Bois |
| Pencils | Mel Crawford |
| Inks | Mel Crawford |
| 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) |
| Pencils | ? (painting) |
| Inks | ? (painting) |
| Colors | ? (painting) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. Ad for Schwinn Bicycles. Featured is Schwinn 5-Speed Corvette model for $79.95. Arnold, Schwinn & Co., Chicago, Ill. |