Issue: #1062
Published: [December 1959-February 1960], 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.
No month is given on the cover or in the indicia. Based on the copyright dates of this issue and others in the series released around the same time, one can determine that this issue was published with other Four Color issues bearing a "December 1959-February 1960" cover date.
On sale date is Library of Congress copyright record publication date.
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| Cover (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Walt Scott's Christmas Stories |
| 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: |
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. |
| Genre: |
Fantasy |
| Characters: |
Spirit Of Christmas Jeremy Christmas Flash Rush Instant Sudden |
| 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. |
| 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: |
Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction History |
| Characters: |
George Frederick Handel |
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