Space Hero Saturdays SANTA CLAUS FUNNIES "Christmas Eve Space Trip"

Is Kris Kringle a Space Hero?

Read this never-reprinted story from Dell's Four Color Comics: Santa Claus Funnies #1274 (1962), and judge for yourself!

Illustrated by Mel Crawford and scripted by an unknown writer, this "was it a dream or not?" tale was typical of the material in the annual Santa Claus Funnies anthology the editors at Dell inserted into the Four Color Comics schedule from 1944 to this final issue in 1962.

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Friday Holiday Fun LITTLEST SNOWMAN RESCUES CHRISTMAS Part 2

 We Have Already Seen...

...actually, the title character is the one person we haven't seen yet!

But. now that sufficient snow has fallen, the Young Boy who previously-created the Littlest Snowman can now "do his thing" (as we said back then)...

To Be Concluded

Next Friday!

But. before that, here's a map showing you where we're leaving you at the end of this post...

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Holiday Reading Room WALT SCOTT'S CHRISTMAS STORIES "Jeremy Christmas"

Here's another one-off Christmas newspaper comic strip by Walt Scott...

...this one from 1951, as it appeared, reformatted by Scott himself, in Dell's Four Color Comics: Walt Scott's Christmas Stories #1062 (1959-1960).

Notes: the Little People in this tale aren't the regulars in Walt Scott's Little People newspaper strip, but one-shot characters in this story which is set in the same fictional universe.

Despite the numbering, this was the second (and last) of the reprint compilations of Scott's short-run Christmas newspaper strips.

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder AGAR-AGAR "Forest of Life and Death"

When Last We Left Our Horny Sprite...

If you were expecting a synopsis of what came before...why?

This story from New England Library's Dracula #10 (1971) was written by Luis Gasca under the pen-name Sadko  and illustrated in a Peter Max-esque style by Alberto Solsona.

In prepping these scans, I discovered the stories had been published out of order!
A week ago, I ran the tale from Dracula #8, so logically, this week should have been #9...except the storyline from #8 leads directly into this story from #10...which leads into #9, and finally #11!
Next week, you'll see #9, which follows up on the conclusion of this tale.

It'll be a groovy trip, baby!

Holiday Reading Room WALT SCOTT'S CHRISTMAS STORIES "Music Box Trio"

Walt Kelly wasn't the only "Walt" (besides Walt Disney) who created holiday-themed comic book stories for Dell Comics!

There was also Walt Scott, a newspaper comic strip writer/artist!

More about him after the story...

Scott was working as an assistant on the newspaper strip Captain Easy when he pitched a short-run Christmas strip (which were very popular from the early 1900s to the 1960s) featuring his own creations, Little People, in 1950.

The audience response to the strip led Walt to create a Sunday-only series based on the characters which debuted in 1952 and ran through 1969, when he died.
In addition, he continued to do an annual short-run Christmas strip, which formed the basis for Dell's annual Walt Scott's Christmas Stories anthology!
This particular feature from Dell's Four Color Comics: Walt Scott's Christmas Stories #1062 (1959-1960) was the 1957 Christmas strip, reformatted by Scott for comic books!
Trivia:
Except for the reprinting of newspaper strip material in Dell's comics in the 1950s, Scott's work has never been reprinted in book form!
Both Walt Scott and Walt Kelly worked for Walt Disney's studio early in their careers!
BTW, you'll be seeing more of Scott's work here during the Yuletide season!

Watch for it!