"Santa and the Angel" is a re-telling of a story with the same title in Four Color 128, "Santa Claus Funnies." The illustrations here are repurposed art from the original appearance. The original story was formatted comic-style six panels to a page with no balloons, just a narrative hand-lettered beneath each panel.
Additional Information
Name
0259 - Santa and the Angel | Published
Publication
Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 52
Notes
Indicia title is "SANTA AND THE ANGEL, No. 259." Code number is S+A O.S. #259-4912.
1 November 1949 on-sale date as per Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1949 Pamphlets, page 513.
Copyright 1946 by Oskar LeBeck; copyright 1 November 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.)
Cover
Santa and the Angel / 1 page
Letters
typeset
Genre
Fantasy
Characters
Santa Claus; Angel
Pencils
Morris Gollub
Inks
Morris Gollub
Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Oskar LeBeck's name is misspelled "Oscar" on the cover.
Story
Santa and the Angel (1 page)
Synopsis
Introduction to Santa and the Angel.
Genre
Fantasy
Script
Oskar Lebeck ?
Pencils
Morris Gollub ?
Inks
Morris Gollub ?
First Line
Angels Were Singing...
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Poem and illustrations.
Comic Story
Santa and the Angel / Santa and the Angel (25 pages)
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.
Letters
typeset
Genre
Fantasy
Characters
The little Angel; Santa Claus
Script
Oskar Lebeck
Pencils
Morris Gollub
Inks
Morris Gollub
Notes
Text story with three illustrations on each page.
Text Story
Santa at the Zoo (23 pages)
Synopsis
The animals at the zoo are surprised when Santa Claus pays them a visit.
Letters
typeset
Genre
Fantasy
Characters
Santa Claus
Script
Oskar Lebeck
Pencils
Tony Rivera
Inks
Tony Rivera
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.
Foreword/Afterword
No Title (1 page)
Synopsis
Introduction to Santa at the Zoo.
Feature
Santa at the Zoo
Letters
typeset
Script
Oskar Lebeck ?
Pencils
Tony Rivera
Inks
Tony Rivera
First Line
The lion complained...
Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Illustration with brief text. Upside-down from front cover.
Cover
Santa at the Zoo / 1 page
Genre
Fantasy
Characters
Santa Claus
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.
Oskar LeBeck's name is misspelled "Oscar" on the cover.
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