Issue: #1062
Published: December 1959, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S.; Standard Silver Age U.S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: Indicia title is "Walt Scott's CHRISTMAS STORIES, No. 1062." Code number is W.S.C.S.O.S. #1062-5912. Copyright 1951, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959 by NEA Service, Inc.
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| Cover (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Walt Scott's Christmas Stories |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Walt Scott (painting) (signed) | Inks: Walt Scott (painting) (signed) | Colours: Walt Scott (painting) (signed) |
| Genre: |
Fantasy |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
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| Synopsis: |
The story of the writing of the Christmas hymn "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem" in 1868. Phillip Brooks wrote the lyrics and Lewis H. Redner set it to music. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Walt Scott (signed) | Inks: Walt Scott (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
History |
| Characters: |
Phillip Brooks Lewis H. Redner |
| Comic Story (11 pages) |
Jeremy Christmas |
| Featuring: |
Walt Scott's Christmas Stories |
| Synopsis: |
The Spirit of Christmas assigns Jeremy Christmas, an elf, to rehabilitate four lazy men--Flash, Rush, Instant, and Sudden--who live on Slipshod Creek. Jeremy is given a magic star that makes him invisible and gives him magic power. |
| Credits: |
Script: Walt Scott | Pencils: Walt Scott | Inks: Walt Scott | Letters: Walt Scott |
| Genre: |
Fantasy |
| Characters: |
Spirit Of Christmas Jeremy Christmas Flash Rush Instant Sudden |
| Comic Story (10 pages) |
The Music Box Trio |
| Featuring: |
Walt Scott's Christmas Stories |
| Synopsis: |
Melvin Mouse takes Holly, Jingle, and Tinsel, the figures on a music box who have come to life, to the Valley of the Small ones to reform a miser, Packard Ratte, who runs the trading post there. |
| Credits: |
Script: Walt Scott | Pencils: Walt Scott | Inks: Walt Scott | Letters: Walt Scott |
| Genre: |
Fantasy |
| Characters: |
Spirit Of Christmas (offstage) Melvin Mouse Holly Tinsel Jingle Packard Ratte |
| Comic Story (10 pages) |
The Three Wishes |
| Featuring: |
Walt Scott's Christmas Stories |
| Synopsis: |
Three neighbors, who are musicians and play together, rescue an elf whose beard is frozen in a creek. In return he grants each of them a wish. The first two wishes are for a house and clothing, which are granted, but the result isn't as satisfying as they hoped. |
| Credits: |
Script: Walt Scott | Pencils: Walt Scott | Inks: Walt Scott | Letters: Walt Scott |
| Genre: |
Fantasy |
| Characters: |
Desmond "Dizzy" Drake Whitaker "Ticker" Weasel Shrew Mister Boggles |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
Handel's Messiah |
| Featuring: |
The Songs of Christmas |
| Synopsis: |
Short recap of the life of George Frederick Handel and his writing of "The Messiah" oratorio. |
| Credits: |
Script: Walt Scott | Pencils: Walt Scott | Inks: Walt Scott | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction History |
| Characters: |
George Frederick Handel |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
History of Christmas Songs |
| Featuring: |
The Songs of Christmas |
| Synopsis: |
Short history of Christmas songs. |
| Credits: |
Script: Walt Scott (signed) | Pencils: Walt Scott (signed) | Inks: Walt Scott (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction History |
| Characters: |
Joseph Mary St. Francis Of Assisi |
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