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Issue Details

Issue #[8 1957-1958]
Published [December] 1957
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Lawrence Nadle?
Notes Credits are from Jerry Bails' WhosWho site. Indicia: "RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER 1957-'58 ISSUE. Published by NATIONAL COMICS PUBLICATIONS, INC., 480 Lexington Ave., New York 17, N. Y., by arrangement with MAXTON PUBLISHERS, INC. ©1957 by Robert L. May. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Except for those who have authorized use of their names, the stories, characters and incidents mentioned in this periodical are entirely imaginary and fictitious, and no identification with actual persons, living or dead, is intended or should be inferred. Printed in U.S.A."

Cover Details

Characters Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; Santa Claus
Genre Children; Funny Animals
Pencils Rube Grossman?
Inks Rube Grossman?
Notes No number on the cover, but does have an indicator of "1957-58 ISSUE".
Reprinted in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-24 [with a different starfield]

1 page Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer activity

Genre Children; Funny Animals
Script Martin Naydel
Pencils Martin Naydel
Inks Martin Naydel
Notes The scan I indexed this issue from was missing the inside front cover. It was likely an activity. But details are needed for this sequence.

28 page Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer story "Rudolph Helps a Carnival"

Characters Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; Winky; Blinky; Grover Groundhog; Santa Claus; Mr. Chutney; Alonzo the Strong Man; Drudy Deer
Genre Children; Funny Animals
Script Sy Reit?
Pencils Rube Grossman?
Inks Rube Grossman?
Notes The title is made up by the indexer. First line in the story: "What Happened, Grover?"

1 page Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer activity "Santa's Message to You"

Characters Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; Santa Claus
Genre Children; Funny Animals
Script Martin Naydel
Pencils Martin Naydel
Inks Martin Naydel
Notes A picture letter.

1 page Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer activity "Skywriting"

Characters Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; Santa Claus; Winky; Blinky
Genre Children; Funny Animals
Script Martin Naydel
Pencils Martin Naydel
Inks Martin Naydel
Notes Three brainteasers.

1 page Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer activity "Bullseye!"

Characters Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; Santa Claus; Winky; Grover Groundhog
Genre Children; Funny Animals
Script Martin Naydel
Pencils Martin Naydel
Inks Martin Naydel
Notes A game played with a penny.

1 page activity "Brass Ring"

Genre Children
Script Martin Naydel
Pencils Martin Naydel
Inks Martin Naydel
Notes A game played with buttons and coins.

1 page Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer activity "X Marks the Spot"

Characters Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Genre Children; Funny Animals
Script Martin Naydel
Pencils Martin Naydel
Inks Martin Naydel
Notes A dot picture.

1 page Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer illustration "Rudolph's Holiday Calendar for 1958"

Characters Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Genre Children; Funny Animals
Pencils Rube Grossman?
Inks Rube Grossman?
Notes 1958 calendar on the back cover. It also lists the 1958 holidays.