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Issue Details

Issue #1062
Published December 1959
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "Walt Scott's CHRISTMAS STORIES, No. 1062." Code number is W.S.C.S.O.S. #1062-5912. Copyright 1951, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959 by NEA Service, Inc.

Cover Details

Genre fantasy
Pencils Walt Scott (painting) (signed)
Inks Walt Scott (painting) (signed)
Colors Walt Scott (painting) (signed)

2 page filler "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem"

Characters Phillip Brooks; Lewis H. Redner
Synopsis The story of the writing of the Christmas hymn "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem" in 1868. Phillip Brooks wrote the lyrics and Lewis H. Redner set it to music.
Pencils Walt Scott (signed)
Inks Walt Scott (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front and back covers; black and white.

11 page Walt Scott's Christmas Stories story "Jeremy Christmas"

Characters Spirit of Christmas; Jeremy Christmas; Flash; Rush; Instant; Sudden
Synopsis The Spirit of Christmas assigns Jeremy Christmas, an elf, to rehabilitate four lazy men--Flash, Rush, Instant, and Sudden--who live on Slipshod Creek. Jeremy is given a magic star that makes him invisible and gives him magic power.
Genre fantasy
Script Walt Scott
Pencils Walt Scott
Inks Walt Scott
Letters Walt Scott
Notes Credits and reprint information for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
Reprinted from the NEA 1951 Christmas newspaper strip "Jeremy Christmas."

10 page Walt Scott's Christmas Stories story "The Music Box Trio"

Characters Spirit of Christmas (offstage); Melvin Mouse; Holly; Tinsel; Jingle; Packard Ratte
Synopsis Melvin Mouse takes Holly, Jingle, and Tinsel, the figures on a music box who have come to life, to the Valley of the Small ones to reform a miser, Packard Ratte, who runs the trading post there.
Genre fantasy
Script Walt Scott
Pencils Walt Scott
Inks Walt Scott
Letters Walt Scott
Notes Feature is credited as "by Walt Scott." Reprint information for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
Reprinted from NEA 1957 Christmas newspaper strip "The Music Box Trio."

10 page Walt Scott's Christmas Stories story "The Three Wishes"

Characters Desmond "Dizzy" Drake; Whitaker "Ticker" Weasel; Shrew; Mister Boggles
Synopsis Three neighbors, who are musicians and play together, rescue an elf whose beard is frozen in a creek. In return he grants each of them a wish. The first two wishes are for a house and clothing, which are granted, but the result isn't as satisfying as they hoped.
Genre fantasy
Script Walt Scott
Pencils Walt Scott
Inks Walt Scott
Letters Walt Scott
Notes Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents". Feature is credited as "by Walt Scott." Reprint information for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
Reprinted from NEA 1955 newspaper Christmas strip "The Three Wishes."

1 page The Songs of Christmas filler "Handel's Messiah"

Characters George Frederick Handel
Synopsis Short recap of the life of George Frederick Handel and his writing of "The Messiah" oratorio.
Genre fact
Script Walt Scott
Pencils Walt Scott
Inks Walt Scott
Letters typeset

1 page The Songs of Christmas filler "History of Christmas Songs"

Characters Joseph; Mary; St. Francis of Assisi
Synopsis Short history of Christmas songs.
Genre fact
Script Walt Scott (signed)
Pencils Walt Scott (signed)
Inks Walt Scott (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover.