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Issue Details

Issue #[13 1962-1963]
Published [December] 1962
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 84
Editing Lawrence Nadle
Notes Credits are from Jerry Bails' WhosWho site. Indicia: "RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER ANNUAL, 1962-'63 Issue. Published by NATIONAL PERIODICAL PUBLICATIONS, INC., 575 Lexington Ave., New York 22, N. Y., by arrangement with MAXTON PUBLISHING CORPORATION. © 1962 by Robert L. May. Editor, Lawrence Nadle. 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 - "In Exciting Fun-Filled Adventures!"

Characters Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; Grover Groundhog
Genre Children; Funny Animals
Pencils Rube Grossman ?
Inks Rube Grossman ?
Notes This cover contains panels from the stories inside the book. No number on the cover, but does have a date on the cover of "1962 1963".

1 page Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer activity "A Letter from Rudolph"

Characters Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; Grover Groundhog
Genre Children; Funny Animals
Pencils Rube Grossman ?
Inks Rube Grossman ?
Reprinted from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (DC, 1950 series) #[4 1953]

25 page Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer story "The King that Outlawed Christmas"

Characters Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; Santa Claus; Winky; Blinky; Grover Groundhog; Blitzen; King of Gorgonzola
Genre Children; Funny Animals
Script Sy Reit ?
Pencils Rube Grossman ?
Inks Rube Grossman ?
Notes The title is made up by the indexer. First line in the story: "Christmas is coming, boys and girls-- and letters are pouring into Santa's Workshop from every corner of the Earth!"
Reprinted from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (DC, 1950 series) #[4 1953] [minus the final page]

26 page Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer story "Rudolph and Grover Join the Circus"

Characters Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; Santa Claus; Winky; Blinky; Grover Groundhog; J. D. Bumble; Fred
Genre Children; Funny Animals
Script Sy Reit ?
Pencils Rube Grossman
Inks Rube Grossman
Notes This story was not originally titled. The title here was given when this story was reprinted in Limited Collectors' Edition #C-24. First line in the story: "By golly! There's the first star of evening just coming over the hill!"
Reprinted from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (DC, 1950 series) #[5 1954] [minus the last page but with a new page replacing it]

22 page Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer story "Uncle Bloogle Visits Rudolph"

Characters Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; Grover Groundhog; Santa Claus; Winky; Blinky; Bloogle the Blue-Nosed Reindeer (Rudolph's uncle, introduction); Eskimo Boy
Genre Children; Funny Animals
Script Sy Reit ?
Pencils Rube Grossman ?
Inks Rube Grossman ?
Notes This story was not originally titled. The title here was given when this story was reprinted in Limited Collectors' Edition #C-24. The polar bear in this story is miscolored brown (it is correctly white on the cover).
Reprinted in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-24

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

Characters Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; Santa Claus; Winky; Blinky; Grover Groundhog; Caspar the Postman
Genre Children; Funny Animals
Pencils Rube Grossman ?
Inks Rube Grossman ?
Notes A maze to Funland.
Reprinted from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (DC, 1950 series) #[4 1953]

1 page Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer activity "The Santa Claus Reindeer Game"

Characters Santa Claus
Genre Children; Funny Animals
Pencils Rube Grossman ?
Inks Rube Grossman ?
Notes A game played using a button.
Reprinted from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (DC, 1950 series) #[4 1953]

1 page Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer activity "Mystery Cartoons"

Characters Grover Groundhog
Genre Children; Funny Animals
Pencils Rube Grossman ?
Inks Rube Grossman ?
Notes A dot picture.
Reprinted from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (DC, 1950 series) #[4 1953]

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

Characters Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; Winky; Blinky
Genre Children; Funny Animals
Pencils Rube Grossman ?
Inks Rube Grossman ?
Notes A game played using buttons.
Reprinted from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (DC, 1950 series) #[5 1954]

1 page Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer activity "Magic!"

Characters Winky; Blinky
Genre Children; Funny Animals
Pencils Rube Grossman ?
Inks Rube Grossman ?
Notes Optical illusions and a brain teaser.
Reprinted from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (DC, 1950 series) #[4 1953]

1 page Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer activity "More Magic!"

Characters Grover Groundhog
Genre Children; Funny Animals
Pencils Rube Grossman ?
Inks Rube Grossman ?
Notes Brainteaser.
Reprinted from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (DC, 1950 series) #[4 1953]

1 page Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer activity "The Back and Forth Game"

Characters Santa Claus; Winky; Blinky
Genre Children; Funny Animals
Pencils Rube Grossman ?
Inks Rube Grossman ?
Notes A game played with a button.
Reprinted from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (DC, 1950 series) #[5 1954]

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "House Advertisements"

Notes House advertisements for: Superman Annual #6 and Batman Annual #4 (1/2 page each).

1 page Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer illustration "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 1963 Calendar"

Characters Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Genre Children; Funny Animals
Pencils Rube Grossman ?
Inks Rube Grossman ?
Letters ?; typeset
Notes A 1963 calendar on the back cover.