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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]]  
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[[Image:Santa1940.jpg|thumb|"Superman's Christmas Adventure," a free 1940 giveaway of the Superman chronicles. Story by Jerry Siegel and Jack Burnley|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]]  
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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.
 
  
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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'''
  
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In an adventure related in April 1959, having been transformed into an old man through an experimental vitamin serum at the [[Metropolis]] Research Center, Superman takes a job as Santa Claus in the toy department of Stacy's Department Store.  While employed by Stacy's and considerably enfeebled by the serum, Superman uses his wits to foil a robbery (Act No. 251/1: "The Oldest Man in Metropolis").  
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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.  
  
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In March 1984, Superman witnesses an attempted robbery of an old man dressed as Santa Claus, by a boy whose toy gun is emitting low-level radiations and hypnotizing him. As Superman takes the boy to his [[Fortress of Solitude]] at the North Pole for analysis, "Santa Claus" exclaims: "That does it! Next year I join the SALVATION ARMY!"  
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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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Using a [[psyche-psiphon]], Superman frees young [[Timmy Dickens]] from his hypnotic trance and uncovers a plot by the [[Toyman]], but not before he is rendered unconscious by an energy beam in the icy Arctic snow. Superman and Timmy are rescued by those other residents of the North Pole... [[Santa Claus]] and his elves!
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Years later, Santa helps Superman defeat the nefarious [[Toyman (Winslow Schott)|Toyman]] (DCCP No. 67, Mar 1984: "'Twas the Fright Before Christmas!").
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Superman subsequently confronts the Toyman, becoming engaged in the "fight of his life" against an army of toys armed with green [[kryptonite]]. The deadly toys are no match for a second army of toys made by the supreme toymaker himself though, as Santa aids Superman from his hiding place in the Toyman's chimney. (DCCP No. 67, Mar 1984: "Twas the Fright Before Christmas!")
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== Santa Claus has appeared in the following Superman Chronicles ==
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(Act No. 105, Feb 1947: "The Man who Hated Christmas!")
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(Act No. 251/1, Apr 1959: "The Oldest Man in Metropolis")
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(SF No. 216, Mar 1982: "Santa's Super-Assistant!")
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(DCCP No. 67, Mar 1984: "Twas the Fright Before Christmas!")
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== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
  
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*[http://superman.ws/x-mas/ "Christmas with Superman!"]–a Super Collection of Christmas Themed Superman Stories
 
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus Santa Claus entry at the Wikipedia]
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus Santa Claus entry at the Wikipedia]
 
*[http://www.saint-nick.com/santa/ Santa Claus Through the Ages]  
 
*[http://www.saint-nick.com/santa/ Santa Claus Through the Ages]  
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Latest revision as of 13:21, 21 December 2014

"Superman's Christmas Adventure," a free 1940 giveaway of the Superman chronicles. Story by Jerry Siegel and Jack Burnley
Act No. 105 cover art by Wayne Boring & Stan Kaye

Santa Claus

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)

Years later, Santa helps Superman defeat the nefarious Toyman (DCCP No. 67, Mar 1984: "'Twas the Fright Before Christmas!").

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