Issue | #959 |
Published | December 1958 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | ? |
Notes | Indicia title is "Walt Scott's CHRISTMAS STORIES, No. 959." Code number is W.S.C.S. O.S. #959-5812. Copyright 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958 by NEA Service, Inc. |
Characters | The Little People [Old One; Chub; Jink; Cork]; Broon Bear |
Genre | fantasy |
Pencils | Walt Scott (painting) (signed) |
Inks | Walt Scott (painting) (signed) |
Colors | Walt Scott (painting) (signed) |
Synopsis | The history of various Christmas carols |
Genre | fact |
Pencils | Walt Scott |
Inks | Walt Scott |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text. Partial reprint of the 1951 NEA daily Christmas newspaper strip. |
Reprinted | from The Songs of Christmas (NEA Service, Inc) 1951.12.03-1951.12.22 (partial) |
Characters | The Little People [Old One; Wembly; Weesh; Woosh; Loop; Jink; Chub; Cork]; Tar |
Synopsis | The Little People build toys for Santa. To celebrate the completion of the job, they plan a party for all the forest animals. While going out to spread the word, three of the Little People fall in a hole and have to be rescued. |
Genre | fantasy |
Script | Walt Scott |
Pencils | Walt Scott |
Inks | Walt Scott |
Letters | Walt Scott ? |
Notes | Reprinted from the 1952 NEA Christmas daily newspaper strip. Unknown if the strips have been altered or cut. |
Reprinted | from The Little People's Christmas (NEA Service, Inc.) 1952.12.01-1952.12.24 |
Characters | Rupert Raccoon; Freddy Fox; Sniffer Mouse; Wilmot Weasel; Wilma Weasel; Broon Bear |
Synopsis | In the Valley of the Small Ones, the animals were getting ready for Christmas. Young Freddy Fox has just one thing on his list--a pair of ice skates. But cranky old Wilmot Weasel has the only pair of skates in the valley. |
Genre | fantasy |
Script | Walt Scott |
Pencils | Walt Scott |
Inks | Walt Scott |
Letters | Walt Scott ? |
Notes | Reprinted from the 1956 NEA Christmas daily newspaper strip. Unknown if the strips have been altered or cut. |
Reprinted | from The Animals' Christmas (NEA Service, Inc.) 1956.12.03-1956.12.24 |
Characters | The Little People [Old One; Wembly; Weesh; Woosh; Loop; Jink; Chub; Cork]; Spirit of Christmas; Scraggly |
Synopsis | Chub finds a little spruce tree that talks. The tree is a little person who had been turned into a tree by an evil old witch many years ago. |
Genre | fantasy |
Script | Walt Scott (signed) |
Pencils | Walt Scott (signed) |
Inks | Walt Scott (signed) |
Letters | Walt Scott ? |
Notes | Reprinted from NEA daily Christmas strip for 1953. Unknown if the reprint is complete or has been altered or cut. |
Reprinted | from The Little Tree That Talked (NEA Service, Inc.) 1953.11.30-1953.12.24 |
Characters | Franz Gruber; Fr. Joseph Mohr |
Synopsis | The story behind the writing of the Christmas carol "Silent Night" in 1818. |
Genre | fact |
Script | Walt Scott (signed) |
Pencils | Walt Scott (signed) |
Inks | Walt Scott (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Inside back cover; black and white; continued on back cover in color. Panels with typeset text. Partial reprint of the 1951 NEA daily Christmas newspaper strip. |
Reprinted | from The Songs of Christmas (NEA Service, Inc) 1951.12.03-1951.12.22 (partial) |