Santa Claus

"Superman's Christmas Adventure," a free Earth- Prime giveaway. Story by Jerry Siegel and Jack Burnley, 1940.

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 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)

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").

Santa Claus has appeared in the following Superman Chronicles

(Act No. 105, Feb 1947: "The Man who Hated Christmas!")

(SF No. 216, Mar 1982: "Santa's Super-Assistant!")

(DCCP No. 67, Mar 1984: "Twas the Fright Before Christmas!")

External Links

• "Christmas with Superman!"–a Super Collection of Christmas Themed Superman Stories
• Santa Claus entry at the Wikipedia