Issue | #205 |
Published | December 1948 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 52 |
Editing | ? |
Notes | Indicia title is "SANTA CLAUS FUNNIES, No. 205." Code number is S.C.F. #205-4812. Copyright 1948 by Western Printing & Lithographing Co. |
Characters | Santa Claus |
Genre | fantasy |
Pencils | Morris Gollub |
Inks | Morris Gollub |
Notes | Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
Reprinted | in Four Color (Wilson Publishing, 1948 series) #205 |
Characters | Santa Claus |
Synopsis | A little boy decides he wants a store Santa Claus as his present. |
Notes | Inside front cover; black, red, and white; pantomime story. |
Characters | Santa Claus; Ticky Tack (reindeer); Shortbread (elf); Mrs. Claus |
Synopsis | Ticky Tack, a tiny reindeer, is too small to pull Santa's sleigh. One Christmas Santa forgets a toy sleigh and Ticky Tack and Shortbread the elf deliver it to its destination. |
Script | Walt Kelly |
Pencils | Walt Kelly |
Inks | Walt Kelly |
Notes | Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Illustrations with text underneath. |
Reprinted | in Four Color (Wilson Publishing, 1948 series) #205 |
Synopsis | Illustrated lyrics to the song "Jingle Bells." |
Script | [Traditional song] |
Pencils | Arthur E. Jameson |
Inks | Arthur E. Jameson |
Notes | Text and illustrations. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
Characters | Melchior; Gaspar; Balthasar; Mary of Nazareth; the Christ child |
Synopsis | How the three kings brought gifts to the newborn Christ child. |
Script | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (credited) |
Pencils | Arthur E. Jameson |
Inks | Arthur E. Jameson |
Notes | Panels with text underneath. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
Reprinted | in Four Color (Wilson Publishing, 1948 series) #205 |
Characters | Santa Claus; Nimble Needle |
Synopsis | Nimble Needle, Santa's tailor, convinces Santa that he should wear the national dress of the various countries he visits. Relunctantly, he accepts the suggestion, only to find that people do not recognize him when he is not dressed in his red suit. |
Script | Frank Jupo |
Pencils | Frank Jupo |
Inks | Frank Jupo |
Notes | Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
Synopsis | Christmas customs in different cultures. |
Pencils | Arthur E. Jameson |
Inks | Arthur E. Jameson |
Notes | Text and illustrations. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
Reprinted | in Four Color (Wilson Publishing, 1948 series) #205 |
Characters | Petey Parrot; Santa Claus |
Synopsis | Petey Parrot decides to play Santa for the mice children in his house. |
Pencils | Dan Noonan |
Inks | Dan Noonan |
Notes | Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
Reprinted | in Four Color (Wilson Publishing, 1948 series) #205 |
Synopsis | Lyrics to the Christmas carol, "The First Noel." |
Script | [Traditional song] |
Pencils | Arthur E. Jameson |
Inks | Arthur E. Jameson |
Notes | The archaic spelling of "Noel" ("Nowell") is used throughout. Text and illustrations. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
Characters | Santa Claus |
Synopsis | Tommy saves a little boy who had fallen through the ice, but in the process loses the new sled he had just received for Christmas. |
Pencils | Don Gunn |
Inks | Don Gunn |
Notes | Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
Characters | Santa Claus |
Synopsis | Santa has to devise a way to deliver presents undersea to Willie and Billie Octopus. |
Notes | Pantomime story. |
Reprinted | in Four Color (Wilson Publishing, 1948 series) #205 |
Characters | Santa Claus |
Synopsis | In the early 1800s, a storm threatens to keep a frigate from reaching port for Christmas. Santa investigates, but is thrown from his sled by the storm and has to be rescued by the crew of the ship. |
Genre | period; fantasy |
Pencils | Arthur E. Jameson |
Inks | Arthur E. Jameson |
Notes | Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
Reprinted | in Four Color (Wilson Publishing, 1948 series) #205 |
Synopsis | A little angel is frightened by its distorted reflection in a Christmas tree ornament. |
Pencils | Morris Gollub |
Inks | Morris Gollub |
Notes | Inside back cover; black, red, and white; pantomime story. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
Synopsis | A poem about angels. |
Script | ? |
Pencils | Morris Gollub |
Inks | Morris Gollub |
Notes | Back cover. Text and illustrations. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). |
Reprinted | in Four Color (Wilson Publishing, 1948 series) #205 |