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| Date | | Number: 1 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| File size | 74.27mb consisting of 68 pages | Format: EBook | |||
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| Notes | Published near the end of 1942, this issue features some of Walt Kelly's earliest work for Dell Comics. He illustrates a tale by Hans Christian Andersen, The Fir Tree (also published with some changes as a W T Grant Co giveaway comic the same year), and a poem by Stella Mead, Lord Octopus Went to the Christmas Fair. Other artists contributing to this issue include L Bing (Santa Claus in Trouble), Arthur E Jameson (The First Christmas Tree), and Robert A Graefa (Santa Claus and the Mouse). Thanks to Alan Hutchinson for supplying substitute scans of several damaged and missing pages. There is more information about this book at the bottom of the page | |||
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| Name | Santa Claus Funnies 1 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 |
| Notes | On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1942 Pamphlets, page 809. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Notes | Wraparound cover. |
| Text Story | Santa's Workshop / Santa Claus (1 page) |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Notes | On inside front cover. |
| Comic Story | Santa Claus in Trouble / Santa Claus (12 pages) |
| Synopsis | Santa upsets Belinda the ice queen when he points out the flaws of an ice train toy. |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Characters | Queen Belinda; Santa Claus's reindeer [Dasher; Dancer; Prancer; Vixen; Comet; Cupid] |
| Pencils | George Kerr |
| Inks | George Kerr |
| Notes | Not the work of L. Bing. Note the child's hand in panel 2 of page 6. Anatomical details of great precision (wrinkles at finger joints, carefully drawn nails) are characteristic of Kerr. Bing, in contrast is careless with hands, using stiff poses. (Art identification by Scott Pell.) |
| Text Story | Jingle Bells (1 page) |
| Genre | Domestic |
| Script | James Pierpont (poem) |
| Pencils | Bill Brady |
| Inks | Bill Brady |
| Comic Story | The Night Before Christmas / Santa Claus (8 pages) |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Characters | Santa Claus's reindeer [Dasher; Dancer; Prancer; Vixen; Comet; Cupid; Donner; Blitzen] |
| Script | Clement C. Moore |
| Text Story | O Christmas Tree (2 pages) |
| Genre | Domestic |
| Pencils | Bill Brady |
| Inks | Bill Brady |
| Comic Story | The Fir Tree (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | A little tree is happy to become a Christmas tree. |
| Genre | Anthropomorphic-funny Animals; Domestic |
| Characters | John |
| Script | Hans Christian Andersen |
| Pencils | Walt Kelly |
| Inks | Walt Kelly |
| Notes | Art identification from R. M. Davidson. |
| Text Story | Silent Night! Holy Night! (2 pages) |
| Genre | Religious |
| Pencils | Bill Brady |
| Inks | Bill Brady |
| Comic Story | A Christmas Carol (15 pages) |
| Synopsis | Scrooge is visited by three spirits on Christmas. |
| Script | ? (adaptation) |
| Genre | Drama; Fantasy |
| Characters | Bob Cratchit; Ebenezer Scrooge; Fan Scrooge (flashback); Fred; Jacob Marley (a ghost); Joe; Martha Cratchit; Mrs. Cratchit; Mrs. Dilber; Spirit of Christmas Future; Spirit of Christmas Past; Spirit of Christmas Present; Tiny Tim Cratchit |
| Script | Charles Dickens (original story) |
| Pencils | George Kerr |
| Inks | George Kerr |
| Notes | Adapted from the story by Charles Dickens. |
| Text Story | Lord Octopus Went to the Christmas Fair (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Lord Octopus goes shopping for Christmas gifts. |
| Genre | Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Characters | Lord Octopus; Granny; Aunt Fanny; Dolly; Molly |
| Script | Stella Mead |
| Pencils | Walt Kelly |
| Inks | Walt Kelly |
| Notes | Art identification from R. M. Davidson. |
| Comic Story | The First Christmas Tree (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Two little children alone on Christmas Eve take in a wandering child. |
| Characters | Mary; Valentine |
| Pencils | Arthur Jameson |
| Inks | Arthur Jameson |
| Notes | Art identification from R. M. Davidson. |
| Text Story | The First Noel (2 pages) |
| Genre | Religious |
| Pencils | Bill Brady |
| Inks | Bill Brady |
| Text Story | Santa and the Mouse / Santa Claus (4 pages) |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Script | Emilie Poulsson |
| Pencils | Robert Graefa (signed) |
| Inks | Robert Graefa (signed) |
| Activity | Santa's Pencil Fun / Santa Claus (1 page) |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Notes | On inside back cover. |
| The data in the additional content section is courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution License. More details about this comic may be available in their page here | |
