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Issue Details

Issue #607
Published December 1954
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "SANTA CLAUS FUNNIES, No. 607." Code number is S.C.F.O.S. #607-5412. Copyright 1954 by Western Printing & Lithographing Co.

Cover Details

Characters Santa Claus
Genre fantasy
Pencils Mel Crawford ? (painting)
Inks Mel Crawford ? (painting)
Colors Mel Crawford ? (painting)
Notes Pencils, inks, and colors credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page Santa Claus story "Presents for Skunks"

Characters Santa Claus
Synopsis Santa has trouble finding the right presents for a family of skunks.
Genre fantasy
Pencils Mel Crawford
Inks Mel Crawford
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

9 page Santa Claus story "Christmas In November"

Characters Santa Claus; Rufus the Elf
Synopsis Rufus the Elf's bad eyesight makes him misread the calendar and think that Santa is not going out on Christmas Eve.
Genre fantasy
Pencils Mel Crawford
Inks Mel Crawford
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

5 page Stringbean the Worrisome Elf story "The Too-Fat Santa"

Characters Santa Claus; Stringbean the Elf
Synopsis Stringbean worries that Santa is getting too fat to fit in the chimneys, so he puts him on a weight reduction program.
Genre fantasy
Pencils Dan Gormley
Inks Dan Gormley
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

6 page Santa Claus story "Santa's Surprise"

Characters Santa Claus; Mrs. Claus
Synopsis Santa can't fit into his old suit, so he has Thimble the Tailor make him a new suit. Two mice advise Thimble that he should make Santa a modern, space-age suit. Mrs. Claus disapproves of the new suit and sends Santa out in his old suit, which she had altered to fit him.
Genre fantasy
Pencils Dan Gormley
Inks Dan Gormley
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

11 page Santa Claus Funnies story "Santa and the Chimney Sweep"

Characters Santa Claus; Alan the Chimney Sweep
Synopsis For some reason, Alan the Chimney Sweep isn't on Santa's list and never receives any presents. He leaves a note on a chimney, which Santa finds and begins an investigation on who Alan is and how he (Santa) had missed him.
Genre fantasy; period
Pencils Mel Crawford
Inks Mel Crawford
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Don't Miss the Dell Christmas Treasury"

Letters typeset
Notes Promo for Dell's giant comic "A Christmas Treasury," with line-drawn depiction of the painted cover of the comic.

1 page story "Christmas Dreams"

Synopsis Each member of the household has a different Christmas dream.
Notes Inside back cover; black and white; pantomime story.

1 page story "Hot Coffee for Santa"

Synopsis A sidewalk Santa sets up a stove to fix food and coffee for himself while soliciting.
Genre humor
Notes Back cover; pantomime story.