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1[November] 1952
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Santa Claus Funnies #1

Dell · [November] 1952

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Identification plate

Series
Santa Claus Funnies (Dell, 1952 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
[November] 1952
Key date
1952-11-00
Indicia publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.25
Pages
100

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: ? (painting); inks: ? (painting); colors: ? (painting)
1Rabbit's Christmas Presenttext story1
2A Letter for Santacomic story12pencils: Don Gunn; inks: Don Gunn
3Li'l Bobby Eagercomic story1pencils: Don Gunn; inks: Don Gunn
4Santa and the Eskimo Boycomic story12pencils: Dan Gormley; inks: Dan Gormley
5-activity2pencils: Don Gunn; inks: Don Gunn
6A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickenscomic story32pencils: Dan Noonan; inks: Dan Noonan
7-comic story1pencils: Don Gunn; inks: Don Gunn
8The Christmas Cruisecomic story11pencils: Dan Noonan; inks: Dan NoonanEgbert Elephant, Benjamin Penguin, Tuffy (Tiger), Scooter (Duck).
9-activity1pencils: Don Gunn; inks: Don Gunn
10Santa's Dilemmacomic story9pencils: Dan Noonan; inks: Dan Noonan
11-activity1pencils: Don Gunn; inks: Don Gunn
12Peter Piper's Christmas Lanterncomic story14pencils: Don Gunn; inks: Don Gunn
13The Problemtext story1
14-text story1

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The Great Treasury of Christmas Comic Book Stories #[nn]
ISBN 978-1600107733		2010On eBay ›
The Great Treasury of Christmas Comic Book Stories #[nn]
ISBN 978-1684050093		2018On eBay ›

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