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Issue: A Christmas Treasury #1
Publication Date: January 1954
 
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Issues: #1 of 1 Issue
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: Giant Dell ComicView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 1954
Volume: none
Pages: 100
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.30 CAD
$0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 16 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: George T. Delacorte Jr, President; Helen Meyer, Vice-President; Albert P. Dalacorte, Vice-President. There are three job codes in this issue, each ending in 5411, perhaps suggesting a November on-sale date.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Squarebound
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Santa Claus; Virgin Mary; Joseph; shepherds; Bob Cratchit; Tiny Tim; Dutch boy; littlest angel; little fir tree; children; carolers
Synopsis: Contents; montage of Christmas scenes
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Pages: 1
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Santa Claus

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Aquino (signed)
Inker(s): Aquino (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Santa Claus
Character(s): Santa Claus; Sinter Klaas; Father Christmas
Synopsis: What Santa is like in various countries.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Indicia this page (inside front cover).
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The Christmas Story

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Mary; Joseph; innkeeper; angels; shepherds; King Herod; Gaspar; Melchior; Balthasar
Synopsis: Retelling of the birth of Jesus, as related in the Gospels of Luke and Matthew.
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Pages: 7
Job Number: C.T.A. #1-5411
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Christmas Around the World

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Aquino ?
Inker(s): Aquino ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Christmas revelers
Synopsis: Christmas customs around the world.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Artwork is very much in the style of the signed art in Seq. 2.
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Santa and the Angel

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Littlest angel; friendly beasts; woodcutter; woodcutter's wife; Santa Claus
Synopsis: As the angels polish stars on Christmas Eve, the littlest angel falls asleep on a cloud and drifts to earth. Friendly wild animals rescue him from snow and determine to deliver him to kindly woodcutters who are setting up their Christmas tree. Santa arrives with the woodcutters' gifts and returns the littlest angel to Heaven in time for the Christmas party.
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Pages: 24
Disclose Notes: "'Santa and the Angel' from SANTA AND THE ANGEL, copyright, 1946, by Oscar Lebeck, copyright, 1949, by Western Printing & Lithographing Co."
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The Night Before Christmas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Mama; Papa; children; Saint Nicholas
Synopsis: The classic Christmas poem, illustrated.
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Pages: 5
Job Number: C.T.A. #1-5411 (33)
Disclose Notes: The poem is not attributed in this issue, and its authorship has been disputed. It is, however, most generally considered to be the work of Clement C. Moore.
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A Delightful Christmas Game

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Santa Claus
Character(s): Santa Claus
Synopsis: A button-snapping game, based on Santa Claus
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Pages: 1
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?; Phillips Brooks; John H. Hopkins; Edmund H. Sears; James Montgomery; Isaac Watts; Cecil Frances Alexander; Martin Luther; Nicolai; Charles Wesley; Joseph Mohr; John M. Neale; Rev. Frederick Oakeley (translator)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: The First Nowell
Synopsis: Twenty well-known Christmas hymns, with words, music, and illustrations.
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Pages: 20
Disclose Notes: "[R]eprinted by permission: Music for 'How Brightly Beams the Morning Star,' 'Good King Wenseclaus, and 'I Saw Three Ships' reprinted from CHRISTMAS CAROLS by Hendrik Willem Van Loon and Grace Castagnetta, by permission of Simon & Schuster, Inc. publishers. Copyright, 1937, by Hendrik Willem Van Loon." All others "from CHRISTMAS CAROLS, copyright MCMXXXVII, MCMXLII by Western Printing & Lithographing Co."
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The Little Fir Tree

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): fir tree; forest animals; woodsman; servants; children; mice; grandfather
Synopsis: A young fir tree sees other trees chosen and cut, and longs for their adventures. At length the fir is selected for a Christmas tree. A dislodged candle sets the tree afire, terrifying the children, but servants soon quench the flames. "The fir tree is happy because he has brought happiness to others and in doing so, has won it for himself."
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Pages: 8
Job Number: C.T.A. #1-5411 (65)
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First Line: Eye Tricks!
Synopsis: Three activities: optical illusions; rebus; mystery picture
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Pages: 4
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A Christmas Carol

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Ebenezer Scrooge; Jacob Marley's ghost; Ghost of Christmas Past; Ghost of Christmas Present; Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come; Bob Cratchit; Tiny Tim; Fred (nephew)
Synopsis: Retelling of the Dickens Christmas classic.
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Pages: 10
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Hansy and the Spirit of Christmas

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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Hansy; Tyl; Spirit of Christmas
Synopsis: The Spirit of Christmas changes Hansy to a snowbird, so he can see if the villagers have the Christmas spirit. Alas, Hansy learns that they are all self-centered and greedy. Changed back to a boy, Hansy and his dog Tyl start home but are soon trapped in a snowstorm. The villagers search for the missing boy, nurse him back to health, and give up what they've gained from Christmas to help and encourage him.
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The Christmas Mouse

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Santa Claus
Character(s): Santa Claus; Cheddar mouse; Cheddar's nephews; juncos
Synopsis: Santa Claus gives Cheddar a tiny sleigh and Santa Suit, so Cheddar can help him by being Santa to the mice. Juncos pull Cheddar's sleigh, but Cheddar's nephews won't take him seriously until Santa Claus confirms that Cheddar is in fact Santa for the mice.
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Pages: 5.75
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Santa Claus; Frosty the Snowman
Character(s): Santa Claus; Frosty the Snowman
First Line: Two of your favorites back again!
Synopsis: Promo for Santa Claus Funnies and Frosty The Snowman from Dell Comics
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Pages: 0.25
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How Children All Over the World Say "Merry Christmas"

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): Aquino ?
Inker(s): Aquino ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: "Merry Christmas" in various languages; border illustration.
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Disclose Notes: Looks like Aquino's signed work from Seq. 2.
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Aquino ?
Inker(s): Aquino ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Santa Claus
First Line: Christmas is for cookies all sugary sweet.
Synopsis: Poem about Christmas.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Border illustration looks like Aquino's signed work from Seq. 2.

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