Indicia title is "SANTA CLAUS FUNNIES, No. 128". No code number. Copyright 1946 by Oskar Lebeck. On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1946 Pamphlets, page 629.
Cover
Santa Claus Funnies / 1 page
Genre
Fantasy
Characters
Santa Claus
Pencils
Morris Gollub
Inks
Morris Gollub
Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
Elf in Jack-in-Box (1 page)
Synopsis
Santa mistakenly puts an elf in a jack-in-the-box.
Feature
Santa Claus
Genre
Fantasy
Characters
Santa Claus
Pencils
Dan Noonan
Inks
Dan Noonan
Notes
Inside front cover; black, white, and red; pantomime story. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
Santa and the Angel / Santa and the Angel (26 pages)
Synopsis
A group of angel babies are busy polishing the stars in preparation for Christmas. The littlest one becomes tired and falls asleep on a cloud that slowly drifts to Earth and lands in the middle of a snow-covered forest. The angel baby, who is naked, is cold and frightened and starts to cry. This attracts the animals of the forest who huddle around him to keep him warm. The animals decide to take him to the cabin of a woodchopper and his wife, who live at the edge of the forest. It is Christmas Eve and just as the animals reach the house, Santa and his reindeer arrive.
The first verse of the Christmas hymn "Silent Night" is part of the last page of the story. Forest animals are realistically drawn. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Panels with text beneath them, no panel borders.
Activity
Christ is Born: A Christmas Play (4 pages)
Synopsis
Short play of the Nativity story.
Pencils
Dan Noonan
Inks
Dan Noonan
Notes
Text and illustrations.
Comic Story
To Santa's Rescue (9 pages)
Synopsis
Tom Felding drives the "Dover Mail" stagecoach from London in a snowstorm on Christmas Eve. Along the way he is flagged down by Santa Claus, whose sled has a broken runner. Tom and six passengers from the stagecoach help Santa fix the sled runner and be on his way.
Genre
Fantasy
Characters
Santa Claus; Tom Felding
Script
Dan Noonan (signed)
Pencils
Dan Noonan (signed)
Inks
Dan Noonan (signed)
Notes
Illustrations with text beneath them. Text is written in rhyme.
Comic Story
Santa's Reindeer (2 pages)
Synopsis
While waiting for Santa to make a delivery, one of his reindeer talks through a window to a child in his bed.
Genre
Fantasy
Characters
Santa Claus; Donner; Dasher; Prancer; Vixen; Comet; Cupid; Dancer; Blitzen
Pencils
Dan Noonan
Inks
Dan Noonan
Notes
Poem with illustrations. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
A Mouse in the House (7 pages)
Synopsis
Returning from his night's work, Santa finds a mouse in his beard while getting ready for bed. He lets the mouse stay for the evening.
Feature
Santa Claus
Genre
Fantasy
Characters
Santa Claus
Script
Walt Kelly
Pencils
Walt Kelly
Inks
Walt Kelly
Activity
Santa's torn sack (1 page)
Synopsis
Santa's bag has torn and the toys have spilled. The reader is to find the toys hidden in the illustration and list them.
Letters
typeset
Characters
Santa Claus
Pencils
Dan Noonan
Inks
Dan Noonan
Notes
Inside back cover; black, white, and red.
Text Story
O Come, Little Children (1 page)
Pencils
Morris Gollub
Inks
Morris Gollub
Notes
Back cover. Poem with illustrations of angel babies.
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