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Newspaper stripYC 7001

Santa's Christmas Crisis

First published
30 November 1970
Length
22 pages
Printed
57 times, in 5 countries
Also coded
11-30-12-24;1970, yc70-11-30, yc70-11-30, yc70-12-01, yc70-12-01, yc70-12-02, yc70-12-02, yc70-12-03, yc70-12-03, yc70-12-04, yc70-12-04, yc70-12-05, yc70-12-05, yc70-12-07, yc70-12-07, yc70-12-08, yc70-12-08, yc70-12-09, yc70-12-09, yc70-12-10, yc70-12-10, yc70-12-11, yc70-12-11, yc70-12-12, yc70-12-12, yc70-12-14, yc70-12-14, yc70-12-15, yc70-12-15, yc70-12-16, yc70-12-16, yc70-12-17, yc70-12-17, yc70-12-18, yc70-12-18, yc70-12-19, yc70-12-19, yc70-12-21, yc70-12-21, yc70-12-22, yc70-12-22, yc70-12-23, yc70-12-23, yc70-12-24, yc70-12-24, yc7001

Credits

Plot
Frank Reilly
Script
Frank Reilly
Pencils
John Ushler
Ink
John Ushler

Characters

In bold: the story's lead.

Where it was printed

DateCountryIssueTitle
30 November 1970FinlandSuomen Sosialidemokraatti / Demari 19701130Joulutarina
25 December 1970YugoslaviaПолитикин Забавник 991Новогодишња прича
1970United StatesNewspapers 1970Santa's Christmas Crisis (part 1)
1970United StatesNewspapers 1970Santa's Christmas Crisis (part 2)
1970United StatesNewspapers 1970Santa's Christmas Crisis (part 3)
1970United StatesNewspapers 1970Santa's Christmas Crisis (part 4)
1970United StatesNewspapers 1970Santa's Christmas Crisis (part 5)
1970United StatesNewspapers 1970Santa's Christmas Crisis (part 6)
1970United StatesNewspapers 1970Santa's Christmas Crisis (part 7)
1970United StatesNewspapers 1970Santa's Christmas Crisis (part 8)
1970United StatesNewspapers 1970Santa's Christmas Crisis (part 9)
1970United StatesNewspapers 1970Santa's Christmas Crisis (part 10)
1970United StatesNewspapers 1970Santa's Christmas Crisis (part 11)
1970United StatesNewspapers 1970Santa's Christmas Crisis (part 12)
1970United StatesNewspapers 1970Santa's Christmas Crisis (part 13)
1970United StatesNewspapers 1970Santa's Christmas Crisis (part 14)
1970United StatesNewspapers 1970Santa's Christmas Crisis (part 15)
1970United StatesNewspapers 1970Santa's Christmas Crisis (part 16)
1970United StatesNewspapers 1970Santa's Christmas Crisis (part 17)
1970United StatesNewspapers 1970Santa's Christmas Crisis (part 18)
1970United StatesNewspapers 1970Santa's Christmas Crisis (part 19)
1970United StatesNewspapers 1970Santa's Christmas Crisis (part 20)
1970United StatesNewspapers 1970Santa's Christmas Crisis (part 21)
1970United StatesNewspapers 1970Santa's Christmas Crisis (part 22)
January 1973ItalyAlmanacco Topolino 193La "crisi" di Babbo Natale
28 December 1981YugoslaviaМикијев Забавник 377Новогодишња бајка
28 December 1981YugoslaviaMikijev Zabavnik v slovenščini 377Novoletna pravljica
December 1981ItalyWOW 38Babbo Natale nei guai
30 November 1983SwedenGöteborgs-Posten 1983-11-30G-P:s julserie: "Pysslingen" (part 1)
1 December 1983SwedenGöteborgs-Posten 1983-12-01G-P:s julserie: "Pysslingen" (part 2)
2 December 1983SwedenGöteborgs-Posten 1983-12-02G-P:s julserie: "Pysslingen" (part 3)
3 December 1983SwedenGöteborgs-Posten 1983-12-03G-P:s julserie: "Pysslingen" (part 4)
5 December 1983SwedenGöteborgs-Posten 1983-12-05G-P:s julserie: "Pysslingen" (part 5)
6 December 1983SwedenGöteborgs-Posten 1983-12-06G-P:s julserie: "Pysslingen" (part 6)
7 December 1983SwedenGöteborgs-Posten 1983-12-07G-P:s julserie: "Pysslingen" (part 7)
8 December 1983SwedenGöteborgs-Posten 1983-12-08G-P:s julserie: "Pysslingen" (part 8)
9 December 1983SwedenGöteborgs-Posten 1983-12-09G-P:s julserie: "Pysslingen" (part 9)
10 December 1983SwedenGöteborgs-Posten 1983-12-10G-P:s julserie: "Pysslingen" (part 10)
12 December 1983SwedenGöteborgs-Posten 1983-12-12G-P:s julserie: "Pysslingen" (part 11)
13 December 1983SwedenGöteborgs-Posten 1983-12-13G-P:s julserie: "Pysslingen" (part 12)
14 December 1983SwedenGöteborgs-Posten 1983-12-14G-P:s julserie: "Pysslingen" (part 13)
15 December 1983SwedenGöteborgs-Posten 1983-12-15G-P:s julserie: "Pysslingen" (part 14)
16 December 1983SwedenGöteborgs-Posten 1983-12-16G-P:s julserie: "Pysslingen" (part 15)
17 December 1983SwedenGöteborgs-Posten 1983-12-17G-P:s julserie: "Pysslingen" (part 16)
19 December 1983SwedenGöteborgs-Posten 1983-12-19G-P:s julserie: "Pysslingen" (part 17)
20 December 1983SwedenGöteborgs-Posten 1983-12-20G-P:s julserie: "Pysslingen" (part 18)
21 December 1983SwedenGöteborgs-Posten 1983-12-21G-P:s julserie: "Pysslingen" (part 19)
22 December 1983SwedenGöteborgs-Posten 1983-12-22G-P:s julserie: "Pysslingen" (part 20)
23 December 1983SwedenGöteborgs-Posten 1983-12-23G-P:s julserie: "Pysslingen" (part 21)
24 December 1983SwedenGöteborgs-Posten 1983-12-24G-P:s julserie: "Pysslingen" (part 22)
31 December 1986YugoslaviaМикијев Забавник 637Новогодишња бајка
31 December 1986YugoslaviaMikijev Zabavnik 637Novogodišnja Bajka
31 December 1986YugoslaviaMikijev Zabavnik v slovenščini 637Novoletna pravljica
2 January 1989ItalyNew Comics Now 236Santa's Christmas Crisis (part 1)
December 2001ItalyStorie di Natale 1Santa's Christmas Crisis (La crisi di Babbo Natale) (part 1)
25 October 2017United StatesDisney's Christmas Classics 1Santa's Christmas Crisis
2 October 2025ItalyDisney Classic 20La crisi di Babbo Natale

Other versions

Redrawn, cut, recoloured or relettered for a later printing.

  • fi/SSD19701130a Story, 22 p., 1 tiers
  • it/AT 193g Story, 11 p., 3 tiers
  • it/CNC 236m Story, 5 ½ p., 4 tiers
  • it/DCLA 20p096 Story, 7 ⅓ p., 3 tiers
  • it/SDN 1aw Story, 5 ½ p., 4 tiers
  • it/WOW 38p13 Story, 11 p., 2 tiers
  • se/GPO1983-11-30a Story, 1/16 p., 8 tiers
  • us/ZZ1970l30C Newspaper strip, 1 p.
  • yu/MZR 637p03 Story, 10 p., 3 tiers
  • yu/MZS 377p03 Story, 11 p., 4 tiers

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