Indicia title is "SANTA CLAUS FUNNIES, No. 302." Code number is S.C.F.O.S. #302-5011. Copyright 1950 by Western Printing & Lithographing Co.
The on sale date is the copyright date from Catalog of Copyright Entries 1950 Pamphlets, Serials Etc. Jan-Dec 3D Ser Vol 4 Pt 1B by Library of Congress. Copyright Office. Page 624
Cover
1 page
Feature
Santa Claus Funnies
Pencils
? (painting)
Inks
? (painting)
Colors
? (painting)
Genre
Fantasy
Characters
Santa Claus
Text Story
Bells of Christmas (1 page)
Letters
typeset
Genre
Religious
Characters
Joseph; Mary; Jesus Christ
Script
Eugene Field
Pencils
Arthur Jameson
Inks
Arthur Jameson
Notes
Inside front cover; black, white, and red. Uncredited Christmas poem by Eugene Field, originally entitled "Song" in "The Poems of Eugene Field" (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1924). Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
No Presents for Christmas (9 pages)
Synopsis
Santa loses his toys when they fall out of his bag while traveling in his airborne sleigh.
Genre
Fantasy
Characters
Santa Claus
Pencils
Tony Rivera
Inks
Tony Rivera
Comic Story
Santa's Surprise (10 pages)
Synopsis
A 19th century circus stops near a small village in the mountains on Christmas Eve. They are the last ones on Santa's list and when he stops to deliver the presents, he is mistaken for a prowler. Amused, Santa decides to deliver the presents as part of the circus show.
Genre
Fantasy
Characters
Santa Claus
Pencils
Arthur Jameson
Inks
Arthur Jameson
Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Activity
Color Jolly Santa Claus (1 page)
Letters
typeset
Characters
Santa Claus
Pencils
Arthur Jameson
Inks
Arthur Jameson
Notes
A drawing of Santa Claus to color. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
Teddy Bear in Toyland (8 pages)
Synopsis
Teddy Bear wants to be chosen as one of Santa's gifts to children, but isn't. Tiger Cat is chosen, but he doesn't want to go with Santa and plots with others to hijack the train and escape from Toyland.
Genre
Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Fantasy
Characters
Teddy Bear; Tiger Cat
Script
John Stanley
Pencils
John Stanley
Inks
Mel Crawford
Notes
Pencils credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
Santa's First Visit (12 pages)
Synopsis
Ole Young sends his young son off to the North Pole to tell Santa Claus that there are settlers in America. With help from some friendly Indians and a magic arrow, Peter and Little White Owl, an Indian girl, go to meet Santa, right before as he is readying to leave on his Christmas trip.
Genre
Fantasy
Characters
Santa Claus
Script
Frank Jupo
Pencils
Frank Jupo
Inks
Frank Jupo
Notes
Panels with text underneath. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
Santa's Christmas Presents (8 pages)
Synopsis
Santa decides to deliver his presents with an airplane, but it crashes. He then tries using a helicopter, but that doesn't work either. Santa's reindeer find Santa and he finishes his trip in traditional fashion.
Genre
Fantasy
Characters
Santa Claus
Pencils
Mel Crawford
Inks
Mel Crawford
Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Text Story
O Come, Little Children (1 page)
Pencils
Arthur Jameson
Inks
Arthur Jameson
Notes
Inside back cover; black, white, and red. Lyrics to a Christmas carol with five illustrations. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
Kitten and Christmas Stocking (1 page)
Synopsis
A kitten gets more than it bargained for when it snags a loose thread on a Christmas stocking.
Genre
Humor
Pencils
Mel Crawford
Inks
Mel Crawford
Notes
Back cover. Pantomime story. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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