Issue | #756 |
Published | December 1956 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | ? |
Notes | Indicia title is "SANTA CLAUS FUNNIES, No. 756." Code number is S.C.O.F. #756-5612. (It is O.F., not O.S.) Copyright 1956 by Western Printing & Lithographing Co. Twelfth of 17 Santa Claus Funnies Four Colors. |
Characters | Santa Claus |
Genre | fantasy |
Pencils | ? (painting) |
Inks | ? (painting) |
Colors | ? (painting) |
Characters | Santa Claus |
Synopsis | Santa must find his way through a maze to pick up his bag of toys and then find a way to get them to the Christmas tree. |
Pencils | Dan Gormley |
Inks | Dan Gormley |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Inside front cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
Characters | Santa Claus; Mrs. Claus |
Synopsis | When Santa's beard is accidentally burned off, the animals go to the polar bear to have him donate some of his white fur to make a replacement beard. |
Genre | fantasy |
Pencils | Mel Crawford |
Inks | Mel Crawford |
Notes | Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
Characters | Santa Claus |
Synopsis | A cricket living in Mr. Foote's house leaves because he feels he's not wanted. He takes up residence in a nearby home and meets Santa Claus. Santa tells the cricket he'll take him along to his next stop. That happens to be Mr. Foote's house and the cricket decides to move back in when he finds that Mr. Foote has missed him. |
Genre | fantasy |
Pencils | Mel Crawford |
Inks | Mel Crawford |
Letters | Ben Oda |
Notes | Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
Characters | Santa Claus |
Synopsis | An old man tells his grandson about Santa bringing him the music box he wanted when he was a boy. Later Santa comes to the house and brings the present the young boy wanted most--a portable radio. The man decides that the radio is a "modern music box" and that things really don't change very much. |
Genre | fantasy |
Pencils | Mel Crawford |
Inks | Mel Crawford |
Letters | Ben Oda |
Notes | Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
Characters | Santa Claus |
Synopsis | The animals at the zoo are sad because everyone is too busy with Christmas activities to come visit them. The monkeys get out of the their cage and try to cheer up the rest of the animals. |
Genre | fantasy |
Pencils | Mel Crawford |
Inks | Mel Crawford |
Letters | Ben Oda |
Notes | Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
Characters | Three Little Pigs (not Disney); Big Bad Wolf (not Disney); Santa Claus |
Synopsis | The Big Bad Wolf pretends to be Santa in order to get into the Three Pigs' brick house. |
Genre | fantasy |
Pencils | Mel Crawford |
Inks | Mel Crawford |
Letters | Ben Oda |
Notes | Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |
Characters | The Littlest Snowman |
Genre | fantasy |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Promo for The Littlest Snowman Four Color #755 (December 1956). Line-drawn version of painted cover of the comic is depicted. |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Inside back cover; black and white. Illustration with simple crossword puzzle as part of the drawing. Dell's "A Pledge to Parents" is also part of the page. |
Characters | The Bright Twins |
Synopsis | The twins sneak downstairs on Christmas Eve to cut the toes out of their stockings so they'll get more presents. |
Genre | children |
Pencils | Dan Gormley ? |
Inks | Dan Gormley ? |
Notes | Back cover; pantomime story. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007) |