Indicia title is "SANTA CLAUS FUNNIES, No. 525." Code number is S.C.F.O.S. #525-5312. Copyright 1953 by Western Printing & Lithographing Co. On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1954 Books and Pamphlets, page 657.
Cover
1 page
Feature
Santa Claus Funnies
Pencils
? (painting)
Inks
? (painting)
Colors
? (painting)
Genre
Fantasy
Characters
Santa Claus
Comic Story
Christmas Break in Hibernation (1 page)
Synopsis
Two bear cubs set their alarm clock to wake them from hibernation at Christmas.
Genre
Anthropomorphic-funny Animals
Pencils
Dan Gormley
Inks
Dan Gormley
Notes
Found on the inside front cover.
Comic Story
Santa Claus and the Cuckoo Bird (10 pages)
Synopsis
A cuckoo bird comes to the North Pole to visit Santa. The bird gets the best of Santa's mean cat and gets to live in Santa's cuckoo clock.
Genre
Fantasy
Characters
Santa Claus
Pencils
Don Gunn
Inks
Don Gunn
Notes
Art identification by Hames Ware and Michael Barrier (March 2010).
Comic Story
The Kindly Cobbler (10 pages)
Synopsis
A kindly cobbler in a mountain village fixes poor children's shoes for free. He is behind on the rent and the landlord gives him one day to pay or be evicted. That night three elves appear and give him instructions to make a special pair of boots by morning. After making the boots, the cobbler falls asleep. Later he is awakened by an elf to come and meet the wearer of the boots: Santa Claus. The cobbler refuses payment for the boots, but Santa makes him his official bootmaker and the resultant publicity lets the cobbler pay off his debts and continue to fix the poor children’s shoes for free.
Genre
Fantasy; Historical
Characters
Santa Claus
Pencils
Don Gunn
Inks
Don Gunn
Notes
Art identification by Michael Barrier (March 2011).
Comic Story
Cottontail Christmas (1 page)
Synopsis
A rabbit family has to figure out a way to make a sign large enough for Santa to see from the sky.
Genre
Anthropomorphic-funny Animals
Characters
Santa Claus
Pencils
Don Gunn ?
Inks
Don Gunn ?
Comic Story
The Right-Size Santa (1 page)
Synopsis
Sammy measures street-corner Santas to find one that will fit in his chimney.
Feature
Sammy Smart
Genre
Children
Characters
Sammy Smart
Pencils
Dan Gormley
Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Continuing feature?
Comic Story
The End of the Christmas Ghost (11 pages)
Synopsis
Humphrey the mouse takes refuge from a snowstorm in an old house that is inhabited by a teddy bear and Sir George the ghost. Sir George is fated to stay in the house forever because he can't find the key that locked the chimney and Santa can't come to visit. But Humphrey finds the key, the chimney unlocked and Santa comes down it, and gives Sir George a special Christmas gift!
Genre
Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Fantasy
Characters
Santa Claus; Humphrey (a mouse); Christopher Muffin (a teddy bear); Sir George (a ghost)
Pencils
Dan Noonan
Notes
Art identification by Michael Barrier (March 2011).
Comic Story
The Right-Size Santa (1 page)
Synopsis
Sammy measures street-corner Santas to find one that will fit in his chimney.
Feature
Sammy Smart
Genre
Children
Characters
Sammy Smart
Inks
Dan Gormley
Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Continuing feature?
Comic Story
The End of the Christmas Ghost (11 pages)
Synopsis
Humphrey the mouse takes refuge from a snowstorm in an old house that is inhabited by a teddy bear and Sir George the ghost. Sir George is fated to stay in the house forever because he can't find the key that locked the chimney and Santa can't come to visit. But Humphrey finds the key, the chimney unlocked and Santa comes down it, and gives Sir George a special Christmas gift!
Genre
Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Fantasy
Characters
Santa Claus; Humphrey (a mouse); Christopher Muffin (a teddy bear); Sir George (a ghost)
Inks
Dan Noonan
Notes
Art identification by Michael Barrier (March 2011).
Comic Story
Taking Santa's Photo (1 page)
Synopsis
Kathy stays up to take a photo of Santa. She falls asleep and Santa takes a photo of her instead.
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