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Issue: Four Color #254
Publication Date: November 1949
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Issues: #254 of 1331 Issues (1412 Printings)
Title: Santa Claus Funnies
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: A Dell ComicView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 11 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "SANTA CLAUS FUNNIES, No. 254." Code number is S.C.F.O.S. #256-4911. (Note that code number does not match issue number.) Copyright 1949 by Western Printing & Lithographing Co.
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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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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
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Santa Claus Funnies
Character(s): Santa Claus
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Christmas in the Heart

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): [Traditional Christmas carol]
Penciller(s): Arthur E. Jameson
Inker(s): Arthur E. Jameson
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; black and white. Text and illustrations. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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Santa's First Helper

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walt Kelly
Penciller(s): Walt Kelly
Inker(s): Walt Kelly
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Santa Claus; Mrs. Claus; Puggy Pink (dwarf); Reddy Fox; Hubert (dog); Mary Contrary
Synopsis: Puggy Pink, a dwarf, volunteers to be Santa's first helper in making toys. Santa leaves him at a little girl's house to be a temporary fill-in for the doll that isn't ready at Christmas.
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In Content Item: FlagWalt Kelly's Santa Claus Adventures #1 published December 1990
as Santa's First Helper [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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A Visit from Saint Nicholas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Clement Moore (credited)
Penciller(s): Arthur E. Jameson
Inker(s): Arthur E. Jameson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Saint Nicholas [Santa Claus]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Illustrated version of the 1823 poem by Clement Clarke Moore, sometimes titled "The Night Before Christmas." Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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The Land Without Christmas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Jupo
Penciller(s): Frank Jupo
Inker(s): Frank Jupo
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Santa Claus; Brainy; Dasher; Dancer; King Pepy
Synopsis: Santa uses a rocket to take a test trip to a distant star and a land ruled by the bad-humored King Pepy. The inhabitants knew of Santa but the land had been too far away for Santa to visit previously. When Santa doesn't have any presents for them, they become angry and Santa is forced to hitch a ride home on a shooting star.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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Visit Santa Game

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Gondor (signed)
Inker(s): Gondor (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gondor ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: A game to advance on a trip to see Santa.
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Pages: 2
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Santa Claus and Timothy's Horse

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Santa Claus; Timothy Tucker; Sparkie (elf); Flash (elf); Dash (elf)
Synopsis: Selfish Timothy Tucker redeems himself in Santa's eyes by giving away his prized (but broken) rocking horse to firemen who are repairing toys to give as Christmas gifts.
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Pages: 10
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Baby Reindeeer Cut-Out

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Gondor (signed)
Inker(s): Gondor (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gondor ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A drawing of a reindeer to cut-out and fold into a standing figure.
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Albert and Pogo's Christmas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walt Kelly (signed)
Penciller(s): Walt Kelly (signed)
Inker(s): Walt Kelly (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Albert and Pogo
Character(s): Pogo; Albert; Mrs. Rackety Coon; Dee-licious; Churchy La Femme (cameo); Howland Owl (cameo)
Synopsis: Albert dresses up to play Santa Claus for the swamp's children.
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Pages: 12
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Long, Long Ago

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): [Traditional Christmas Carol]
Penciller(s): Arthur E. Jameson
Inker(s): Arthur E. Jameson
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Joseph; Mary; the Christ child
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover; black and white. Text and illustrations.
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Christmas Carol [As Joseph Was A-Walking]

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): [Traditional English Christmas Carol]
Penciller(s): Arthur E. Jameson
Inker(s): Arthur E. Jameson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Joseph; Mary; the Christ child
Synopsis: The story of Christ's birth in a stable.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover; text and illustrations. An abridged version of the traditional English Christmas carol "As Joseph Was A-Waukin' " as printed in The Home Book of Verse, Volume 1 (New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1912.) One stanza is omitted and the spelling is slightly modified.

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