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Issue: Four Color #205
Publication Date: December 1948
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Issues: #205 of 1333 Issues (1484 Printings)
Title: Santa Claus Funnies
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: A Dell ComicView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co.
On Sale Date: 11/16/1948
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 14 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "SANTA CLAUS FUNNIES, No. 205." Code number is S.C.F. #205-4812. Copyright 1948 by Western Printing & Lithographing Co.
On-sale date is publication date in Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1949 Pamphlets, page 275.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Santa Claus Funnies
Character(s): Santa Claus
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In Content Item: FlagFour Color #205 published December 1948
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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Santa as a Present

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Santa Claus
Synopsis: A little boy decides he wants a store Santa Claus as his present.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; black, red, and white; pantomime story.
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Ticky Tack the Littlest Reindeer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Santa Claus; Ticky Tack (reindeer); Shortbread (elf); Mrs. Claus
Synopsis: Ticky Tack, a tiny reindeer, is too small to pull Santa's sleigh. One Christmas Santa forgets a toy sleigh and Ticky Tack and Shortbread the elf deliver it to its destination.
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In Content Item: FlagFour Color #205 published December 1948
as Ticky Tack the Littlest Reindeer [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWalt Kelly's Santa Claus Adventures #1 published December 1990
as Ticky Tack the Littlest Reindeer [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Illustrations with text underneath.
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Jingle Bells

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): James Lord Pierpont (original song)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Illustrated lyrics to the song "Jingle Bells."
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Text and illustrations. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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The Three Kings

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Melchior; Gaspar; Balthasar; Mary of Nazareth; Jesus Christ
Synopsis: How the three kings brought gifts to the newborn Christ child.
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In Content Item: FlagFour Color #205 published December 1948
as The Three Kings [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Panels with text underneath. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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Santa's New Suits

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Santa Claus; Nimble Needle
Synopsis: Nimble Needle, Santa's tailor, convinces Santa that he should wear the national dress of the various countries he visits. Reluctantly, he accepts the suggestion, only to find that people do not recognize him when he is not dressed in his red suit.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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Christmas in Many Lands

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Synopsis: Christmas customs in different cultures.
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In Content Item: FlagFour Color #205 published December 1948
as Christmas in Many Lands [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Text and illustrations. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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Petey Parrot's Christmas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Petey Parrot; Santa Claus
Synopsis: Petey Parrot decides to play Santa for the mice children in his house.
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In Content Item: FlagFour Color #205 published December 1948
as Petey Parrot's Christmas [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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The First Nowell [The First Noel]

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Lyrics to the Christmas carol, "The First Noel."
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: The archaic spelling of "Noel" ("Nowell") is used throughout. Text and illustrations. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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A Sled from Santa

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Santa Claus
Synopsis: Tommy saves a little boy who had fallen through the ice, but in the process loses the new sled he had just received for Christmas.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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Dear Santa

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Santa Claus
Synopsis: Santa has to devise a way to deliver presents undersea to Willie and Billie Octopus.
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In Content Item: FlagFour Color #205 published December 1948
as Dear Santa [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Pantomime story.
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Santa's Sea Trip

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, historical
Character(s): Santa Claus
Synopsis: In the early 1800s, a storm threatens to keep a frigate from reaching port for Christmas. Santa investigates, but is thrown from his sled by the storm and has to be rescued by the crew of the ship.
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In Content Item: FlagFour Color #205 published December 1948
as Santa's Sea Trip [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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Little Angels and Their Reflections

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: A little angel is frightened by its distorted reflection in a Christmas tree ornament.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover; black, red, and white; pantomime story. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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Merry Christmas

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: A poem about angels.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFour Color #205 published December 1948
as Merry Christmas [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Text and illustrations. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

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