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[[Image:Santa1940.jpg|thumb|"Superman's Christmas Adventure," a free Earth- Prime giveaway. Story by Jerry Siegel and Jack Burnley, 1940.|left]] | [[Image:Santa1940.jpg|thumb|"Superman's Christmas Adventure," a free Earth- Prime giveaway. Story by Jerry Siegel and Jack Burnley, 1940.|left]] | ||
[[Image:Santa-Claus.jpg|thumb|Act No. 105 cover art by Wayne Boring & Stan Kaye]] | [[Image:Santa-Claus.jpg|thumb|Act No. 105 cover art by Wayne Boring & Stan Kaye]] | ||
| − | The patron saint of children and bearer of gifts at Christmas, a big, fat, jolly old man who | + | The patron saint of children and bearer of gifts at Christmas, a big, fat, jolly old man who lives in the North Pole and, on Christmas Eve, soars through the skies in a sleigh drawn by magic reindeer, climbing down chimneys to fill stockings hung at fireplaces with Christmas gifts. |
| − | When the unscrupulous [[Jasper Rasper]] concocts a heinous scheme to drug Santa Claus and | + | When the unscrupulous [[Jasper Rasper]] concocts a heinous scheme to drug Santa Claus and sabotage Christmas, [[Superman]] intervenes to thwart the plot and rescue Christmas for the children of the world. (Act No. 105, Feb 1947: "The Man who Hated Christmas!") (TGSB) |
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== Santa Claus has appeared in the following Superman Chronicles == | == Santa Claus has appeared in the following Superman Chronicles == | ||
| − | (Act No. 105, Feb 1947: | + | (Act No. 105, Feb 1947: "The Man who Hated Christmas!") |
(DCCP No. 67, Mar 1984: "Twas the Fright Before Christmas!") | (DCCP No. 67, Mar 1984: "Twas the Fright Before Christmas!") | ||
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[[Category:Gods]] | [[Category:Gods]] | ||
[[Category:Golden Age (1938-1955)]] | [[Category:Golden Age (1938-1955)]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Bronze Age (1971-1986)]] | ||
Revision as of 02:38, 22 December 2005
The patron saint of children and bearer of gifts at Christmas, a big, fat, jolly old man who lives in the North Pole and, on Christmas Eve, soars through the skies in a sleigh drawn by magic reindeer, climbing down chimneys to fill stockings hung at fireplaces with Christmas gifts.
When the unscrupulous Jasper Rasper concocts a heinous scheme to drug Santa Claus and sabotage Christmas, Superman intervenes to thwart the plot and rescue Christmas for the children of the world. (Act No. 105, Feb 1947: "The Man who Hated Christmas!") (TGSB)
Santa Claus has appeared in the following Superman Chronicles
(Act No. 105, Feb 1947: "The Man who Hated Christmas!")
(DCCP No. 67, Mar 1984: "Twas the Fright Before Christmas!")
