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Issue Details

Issue #868
Published December 1957
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "THE LITTLE PEOPLE, No. 868." Code number is L.P.O.S. #868-5712. Copyright 1957 by NEA Service, Inc. Based on "The Little People" newspaper strip by Walt Scott. Seventh of ten Little People Four Color issues.

Cover Details - "Topsy-Turvy Christmas"

Characters The Little People [Old One; Chub; Cork; Loop; Jinx]
Genre fantasy
Pencils Mel Crawford ? (painting)
Inks Mel Crawford ? (painting)
Colors Mel Crawford ? (painting)
Letters typeset
Notes Pencils, inks, and colors credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page The Little People story "Welcome Mat for Santa"

Characters The Little People [Old One; Chub; Cork; Loop; Jinx]
Synopsis The Little People prepare for Santa's visit.
Genre fantasy
Pencils Dan Gormley
Inks Dan Gormley
Letters Dan Gormley
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

32 page The Little People story "A Topsy-Turvy Christmas"

Characters The Little People [Old One; Chub; Cork; Loop; Jinx]; The Groons; Santa Claus (cameo)
Synopsis The Little People fall down a hole and end up in Topsy-Turvy Land, where everything is backwards. In that place Christmas is a sad time because the Snoorg (Groons) take presents, not give them.
Genre fantasy
Pencils Dan Gormley
Inks Dan Gormley
Letters Dan Gormley
Notes Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page The Little People story "New Skates"

Characters The Little People [Loop; Cork]
Synopsis Loop gets a pair of ice skates for Christmas.
Genre fantasy
Pencils Dan Gormley
Inks Dan Gormley
Letters Dan Gormley
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page The Little People story "Wrapping a Gift"

Characters The Little People [Chub]
Synopsis Chub gift-wraps a package without putting the gift inside.
Genre fantasy
Pencils Dan Gormley
Inks Dan Gormley
Notes Back cover; pantomime story. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents." Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).