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Issue Details

Issue #302
Published November 1950
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "SANTA CLAUS FUNNIES, No. 302." Code number is S.C.F.O.S. #302-5011. Copyright 1950 by Western Printing & Lithographing Co.

Cover Details

Characters Santa Claus
Genre fantasy
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)

1 page filler "Bells of Christmas"

Characters Joseph; Mary; Christ child
Script Eugene Field
Pencils Arthur E. Jameson
Inks Arthur E. Jameson
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black, white, and red. Uncredited Christmas poem by Eugene Field, originally entitled "Song" in "The Poems of Eugene Field" (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1924). Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

9 page story "No Presents for Christmas"

Characters Santa Claus
Synopsis Santa loses his toys when they fall out of his bag while traveling in his airborne sleigh.
Genre fantasy

10 page story "Santa's Surprise"

Characters Santa Claus
Synopsis A 19th century circus stops near a small village in the mountains on Christmas Eve. They are the last ones on Santa's list and when he stops to deliver the presents, he is mistaken for a prowler. Amused, Santa decides to deliver the presents as part of the circus show.
Genre fantasy
Pencils Arthur E. Jameson
Inks Arthur E. Jameson
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page activity "Color Jolly Santa Claus"

Characters Santa Claus
Pencils Arthur E. Jameson
Inks Arthur E. Jameson
Letters typeset
Notes A drawing of Santa Claus to color. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

8 page story "Teddy Bear in Toyland"

Characters Teddy Bear; Tiger Cat
Synopsis Teddy Bear wants to be chosen as one of Santa's gifts to children, but isn't. Tiger Cat is chosen, but he doesn't want to go with Santa and plots with others to hijack the train and escape from Toyland.
Genre fantasy; funny animal
Pencils Mel Crawford ?
Notes Pencils credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

12 page story "Santa's First Visit"

Characters Santa Claus
Synopsis Ole Young sends his young son off to the North Pole to tell Santa Claus that there are settlers in America. With help from some friendly Indians and a magic arrow, Peter and Little White Owl, an Indian girl, go to meet Santa, right before as he is readying to leave on his Christmas trip.
Genre fantasy
Script Frank Jupo
Pencils Frank Jupo
Inks Frank Jupo
Notes Panels with text underneath. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

8 page story "Santa's Christmas Presents"

Characters Santa Claus
Synopsis Santa decides to deliver his presents with an airplane, but it crashes. He then tries using a helicopter, but that doesn't work either. Santa's reindeer find Santa and he finishes his trip in traditional fashion.
Genre fantasy
Pencils Mel Crawford
Inks Mel Crawford
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page filler "O Come, Little Children"

Script [traditional song]
Pencils Arthur E. Jameson
Inks Arthur E. Jameson
Notes Inside back cover; black, white, and red. Lyrics to a Christmas carol with five illustrations. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page story "Kitten and Christmas Stocking"

Synopsis A kitten gets more than it bargained for when it snags a loose thread on a Christmas stocking.
Genre humor
Pencils Mel Crawford
Inks Mel Crawford
Notes Back cover. Pantomime story. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)