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Issue Details

Issue #666
Published December 1955
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "SANTA CLAUS FUNNIES, No. 666." Code number is S.C.F.O.S. #666-5512. Copyright 1955 by Western Printing & Lithographing Co. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

Cover Details

Characters Santa Claus
Genre fantasy
Pencils Mel Crawford (painting)
Inks Mel Crawford (painting)
Colors Mel Crawford (painting)
Notes Indicia title is "SANTA CLAUS FUNNIES, No. 666." Code number is S.C.F.O.S. #666-5512. Copyright 1955 by Western Printing & Lithographing Co. Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page activity "Poor Prancer is Lost!"

Characters Prancer
Synopsis A maze game featuring Santa's reindeer.
Pencils Dan Gormley ?
Inks Dan Gormley ?
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

10 page Santa Claus story "A Message To Santa"

Characters Santa Claus; Prancer
Synopsis Kevin and Judy, the woodcutter's children, go on a journey to deliver a letter to Santa Claus. The forest animals find shelter for them and deliver the letter to Santa.
Genre fantasy
Pencils Dan Gormley
Inks Dan Gormley
Letters Dan Gormley
Notes Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

7 page Santa Claus story "Tiny's Christmas Pack"

Characters Santa Claus
Synopsis Manuel, a Mexican peasant boy, has to take his pet burro and set him free outside of the canyon where he lives with his parents. Santa is unable to negotiate the air currents over the mountains and sends the boy's burro back to the canyon, loaded with gifts and supplies.
Genre fantasy
Pencils Dan Gormley
Inks Dan Gormley
Letters Dan Gormley
Notes Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

10 page Santa Claus story "Santa and the Magician"

Characters Santa Claus
Synopsis A elf, who is a magician, helps Santa finish making the Christmas toys.
Genre fantasy
Pencils Dan Gormley
Inks Dan Gormley
Letters Dan Gormley
Notes Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

5 page Santa Claus story "Christmas Comes To Mars"

Characters Santa Claus
Synopsis Tam and Teena, two Martian children, come to Earth in a flying saucer and observe Christmas celebrations. They meet Santa Claus, who tells them they should appoint their own Santa on Mars, since he has too much work just with Earth.
Genre fantasy
Pencils Dan Gormley
Inks Dan Gormley
Letters Dan Gormley
Notes Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page activity "Crossword Puzzle"

Synopsis A holiday-themed crossword puzzle.
Letters typeset
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Crossword puzzle in shape of Christmas tree, with decorative illustration.

1 page story "The Hobo Mice"

Characters Santa Claus
Synopsis A pair of hobo mice are ready to board a toy train when they are scared away by a toy policeman.
Pencils Dan Gormley
Inks Dan Gormley
Notes Back cover; pantomime story. Dell's "A Pledge to Parents" appears in the lower left corner of the last panel. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)