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Issue Details

Issue #[9 1958-1959]
Published [December] 1958
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Lawrence Nadle?
Notes Credits are from Jerry Bails' WhosWho site. Indicia: "RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER 1958-'59 ISSUE. Published by NATIONAL COMICS PUBLICATIONS, INC., 575 Lexington Ave., New York 22, N. Y., by arrangement with MAXTON PUBLISHERS, INC. ©1958 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 "1958-59 ISSUE".

1 page Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer activity "To Funland"

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

28 page Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer story "Cousin Dodie Gets Lost"

Characters Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; Rudolph's Mom; Santa Claus; Dodie Deer [Rudolph's cousin]; Winky; Blinky; Simple Simon; Old Lady Who Lives in a Shoe; Hickory Dickory Doc; Old King Cole; Fiddlers Three; Princess Cinderella; Fairy Godmother; Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater; Mother Goose Land
Genre Children; Funny Animals
Script Sy Reit?
Pencils Rube Grossman?
Inks Rube Grossman?
Notes The title is from the reprint. First line in the story: "Now remember, Rudolph, your little cousin Dodie is coming to visit us for the holidays!"
Reprinted in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-33

1 page Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer activity "Play Miss Santa"

Characters Santa Claus
Genre Children; Funny Animals
Script Martin Naydel
Pencils Martin Naydel
Inks Martin Naydel
Notes A game played with a coin.

1 page Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer activity "Color By Letters Christmas Picture"

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

1 page activity "Play Planets"

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 "Play Dodie"

Characters Dodie Deer
Genre Children; Funny Animals
Script Martin Naydel
Pencils Martin Naydel
Inks Martin Naydel
Notes A game played with a button.

1 page Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer activity "Santa's Word Game"

Characters Santa Claus
Genre Children; Funny Animals
Script Martin Naydel
Pencils Martin Naydel
Inks Martin Naydel
Notes Name items from a category that start with a specified letter.

1 page Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer illustration "Poster"

Characters Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; Santa Claus
Genre Children; Funny Animals
Pencils Rube Grossman?
Inks Rube Grossman?
Notes Poster on the back cover.
Reprinted in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #[nn] [C-20] [as the cover, but with the rocket positioned lower (to make room for the logo) and more snow added]