Indicia title is "SANTA CLAUS FUNNIES, No. 254." Code number is S.C.F.O.S. #256-4911. (Note that code number does not match issue number.) Copyright 1949 by Western Printing & Lithographing Co. On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1949 Pamphlets, page 660.
Cover
1 page
Feature
Santa Claus Funnies
Genre
Fantasy
Pencils
Dan Gormley
Inks
Dan Gormley
Text Story
Christmas in the Heart (1 page)
Synopsis
Christmas at the rich, the poor, and the city and what unites it all.
Genre
Domestic
Pencils
Arthur Jameson
Inks
Arthur Jameson
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Text and illustrations. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). A Christmas poem by an unknown poet (this is not the poem of the same name by Paul Laurence Dunbar.)
Comic Story
Santa's First Helper (12 pages)
Synopsis
Puggy Pink, a dwarf, volunteers to be Santa's first helper in making toys. Santa leaves him at a little girl's house to be a temporary fill-in for the doll that isn't ready at Christmas.
Genre
Fantasy
Characters
Puggy Pink (dwarf); Reddy Fox; Hubert (dog); Mary Contrary
Script
Walt Kelly
Pencils
Walt Kelly
Inks
Walt Kelly
Comic Story
A Visit from Saint Nicholas (5 pages)
Synopsis
A man is awoken by the arrival of Saint Nicholas.
Genre
Fantasy
Characters
Saint Nicholas [Santa Claus]
Script
Clement C. Moore
Pencils
Arthur Jameson
Inks
Arthur Jameson
Notes
Illustrated version of the 1823 poem by Clement Clarke Moore, sometimes titled "The Night Before Christmas." Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
The Land Without Christmas (6 pages)
Synopsis
Santa uses a rocket to take a test trip to a distant star and a land ruled by the bad-humored King Pepy. The inhabitants knew of Santa but the land had been too far away for Santa to visit previously. When Santa doesn't have any presents for them, they become angry and Santa is forced to hitch a ride home on a shooting star.
Genre
Fantasy
Characters
Brainy; Dasher; Dancer; King Pepy; Snoopy
Script
Frank Jupo
Pencils
Frank Jupo
Inks
Frank Jupo
Notes
Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Activity
Visit Santa Game (2 pages)
Synopsis
A game to advance on a trip to see Santa.
Pencils
Gondor (signed)
Inks
Gondor (signed)
Letters
Gondor ?
Comic Story
Santa Claus and Timothy's Horse (10 pages)
Synopsis
Selfish Timothy Tucker redeems himself in Santa's eyes by giving away his prized (but broken) rocking horse to firemen who are repairing toys to give as Christmas gifts.
Inside back cover; black and white. Text and illustrations. A Christmas carol by an unknown writer.
Text Story
Christmas Carol [As Joseph Was A-Walking] (1 page)
Synopsis
The story of Christ's birth in a stable.
Letters
typeset
Characters
Joseph; Mary
Pencils
Arthur Jameson
Inks
Arthur Jameson
Notes
Back cover; text and illustrations. An abridged version of the traditional English Christmas carol "As Joseph Was A-Waukin'" as printed in The Home Book of Verse, Volume 1 (New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1912.) One stanza is omitted and the spelling is slightly modified.
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