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Issue Details

Issue #867
Published December 1957
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "SANTA CLAUS FUNNIES, No. 867". Code number is SANTA.C.F.O.S. #867-5712. Thirteenth of seventeen Santa Claus Funnies Four Color issues.

Cover Details - "Santa Claus Funnies"

Characters Santa Claus
Genre fantasy
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)
Notes Cover painting is alleged to be a swipe of a photograph of Fidel Castro (needs confirmation)

2 page filler "Christmas Eve"

Characters Santa Claus
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover, continued on inside back cover; black and white. Poem with one large illustration on each page.

8 page story "Santa's Suit"

Characters Santa Claus; Mrs. Claus
Synopsis Santa's red suit blows off the clothesline where Mrs. Claus put it to air out before Santa's big Christmas trip. The suit blows to the door of Pete Polar Bear who assumes it's a Christmas present for him.
Pencils Mel Crawford
Inks Mel Crawford
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page activity "Stocking word scramble"

Characters Santa Claus
Synopsis Santa crawls out of a chimney to find eight stockings with scrambled letters on them. The object is to rearrange the letters on each stocking to form a sentence.
Notes Large illustration with typeset text.

6 page story "Santa's Helper"

Characters Santa Claus
Synopsis Santa enlists Kenny to help him when his address book gets wet in a blizzard and the ink runs.
Pencils Dan Gormley ?
Notes Pencils credit for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

2 page text article "Christmas in Many Lands"

Synopsis Facts about Christmas celebrations in many countries.
Letters typeset
Notes Text with six illustrations on the outside margins.

8 page story "Sooky's First Christmas"

Characters Santa Claus
Synopsis Sooky the pup slips out the front door of his house and gets caught in a snowstorm on Christmas eve.
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 activity "Christmas Tree Connect-the-Dots"

Letters typeset
Notes Black and white. Connect-the-dots puzzle of a Christmas tree.

6 page story "A Christmas Present for Betsy Mouse"

Characters Santa Claus
Synopsis Betsy Mouse's father scavenges a Christmas tree (and eludes a cat) to find material to make his daughter a golden cradle for a present.
Pencils Don Gunn
Inks Don Gunn
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page The Bright Twins story "Charge It"

Characters The Bright Twins; Mr. Bright
Synopsis The twins buy their father a coat and charge it to his account.
Genre children
Notes Back cover. Continuing feature?