I really don't think it's Castro.
Maybe Hemingway.
Additional Information
Name
0867 - Santa Claus Funnies | Published
Publication
Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 36
Notes
Indicia title is "SANTA CLAUS FUNNIES, No. 867". Code number is SANTA.C.F.O.S. #867-5712. Thirteenth of seventeen Santa Claus Funnies Four Color issues.
Cover
Santa Claus Funnies / 1 page
Feature
Santa Claus
Pencils
? (painting)
Inks
? (painting)
Colors
? (painting)
Genre
Fantasy
Characters
Santa Claus
Notes
Cover painting is alleged to be a swipe of a photograph of Fidel Castro (needs confirmation).
Text Story
Christmas Eve (2 pages)
Letters
typeset
Characters
Santa Claus
Pencils
Mel Crawford
Inks
Mel Crawford
Notes
Inside front cover, continued on inside back cover; black and white. Poem with one large illustration on each page.
Comic Story
Santa's Suit (8 pages)
Synopsis
Santa's red suit blows off the clothesline where Mrs. Claus put it to air out before Santa's big Christmas trip. The suit blows to the door of Pete Polar Bear who assumes it's a Christmas present for him.
Job #
SANTA C..F.O.S. #867-5712
Characters
Santa Claus; Mrs. Claus
Pencils
Mel Crawford
Inks
Mel Crawford
Letters
Ben Oda ?
Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Activity
Stocking word scramble (1 page)
Synopsis
Santa crawls out of a chimney to find eight stockings with scrambled letters on them. The object is to rearrange the letters on each stocking to form a sentence.
Characters
Santa Claus
Notes
Large illustration with typeset text.
Comic Story
Santa's Helper (6 pages)
Synopsis
Santa enlists Kenny to help him when his address book gets wet in a blizzard and the ink runs.
Characters
Santa Claus
Pencils
Dan Gormley
Inks
Dan Gormley
Letters
Dan Gormley
Notes
Pencils credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Text Article
Christmas in Many Lands (2 pages)
Synopsis
Facts about Christmas celebrations in many countries.
Letters
typeset
Notes
Text with six illustrations on the outside margins.
Comic Story
Sooky's First Christmas (8 pages)
Synopsis
Sooky the pup slips out the front door of his house and gets caught in a snowstorm on Christmas eve.
Characters
Santa Claus
Pencils
Dan Gormley
Inks
Dan Gormley
Letters
Dan Gormley
Notes
Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Activity
Christmas Tree Connect-the-Dots (1 page)
Letters
typeset
Notes
Black and white. Connect-the-dots puzzle of a Christmas tree.
Comic Story
A Christmas Present for Betsy Mouse (6 pages)
Synopsis
Betsy Mouse's father scavenges a Christmas tree (and eludes a cat) to find material to make his daughter a golden cradle for a present.
Characters
Santa Claus
Pencils
Don Gunn
Inks
Don Gunn
Letters
Ben Oda
Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
Charge It (1 page)
Synopsis
The twins buy their father a coat and charge it to his account.
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