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Newspaper stripYC 7401

Santa's Crucial Christmas

First published
2 December 1974
Length
20 pages
Printed
30 times, in 6 countries
Also coded
, kfs, kfs2-12/24-12-'74, yc74-12-02, yc74-12-02, yc74-12-02, yc74-12-03, yc74-12-04, yc74-12-05, yc74-12-06, yc74-12-07, yc74-12-09, yc74-12-10, yc74-12-11, yc74-12-12, yc74-12-13, yc74-12-14, yc74-12-16, yc74-12-17, yc74-12-18, yc74-12-19, yc74-12-20, yc74-12-21, yc74-12-23, yc74-12-24, yc7401

Credits

Plot
Frank Reilly
Script
Frank Reilly
Pencils
Tom McKimson
Ink
Tom McKimson

Characters

In bold: the story's lead.

Where it was printed

DateCountryIssueTitle
4 December 1974FinlandSuomen Sosialidemokraatti / Demari 19741204Joulupukki pulassa
1974United StatesNewspapers 1974Santa's Crucial Christmas (part 1)
1974United StatesNewspapers 1974Santa's Crucial Christmas (part 2)
1974United StatesNewspapers 1974Santa's Crucial Christmas (part 3)
1974United StatesNewspapers 1974Santa's Crucial Christmas (part 4)
1974United StatesNewspapers 1974Santa's Crucial Christmas (part 5)
1974United StatesNewspapers 1974Santa's Crucial Christmas (part 6)
1974United StatesNewspapers 1974Santa's Crucial Christmas (part 7)
1974United StatesNewspapers 1974Santa's Crucial Christmas (part 8)
1974United StatesNewspapers 1974Santa's Crucial Christmas (part 9)
1974United StatesNewspapers 1974Santa's Crucial Christmas (part 10)
1974United StatesNewspapers 1974Santa's Crucial Christmas (part 11)
1974United StatesNewspapers 1974Santa's Crucial Christmas (part 12)
1974United StatesNewspapers 1974Santa's Crucial Christmas (part 13)
1974United StatesNewspapers 1974Santa's Crucial Christmas (part 14)
1974United StatesNewspapers 1974Santa's Crucial Christmas (part 15)
1974United StatesNewspapers 1974Santa's Crucial Christmas (part 16)
1974United StatesNewspapers 1974Santa's Crucial Christmas (part 17)
1974United StatesNewspapers 1974Santa's Crucial Christmas (part 18)
1974United StatesNewspapers 1974Santa's Crucial Christmas (part 19)
1974United StatesNewspapers 1974Santa's Crucial Christmas (part 20)
December 1979BrazilAlmanaque Disney (Abril) 103O Mistério das Tintas Desaparecidas
November 1987BrazilNatal (Disney) de Ouro 9O Mistério das Tintas Desaparecidas
9 January 1989ItalyNew Comics Now 237Santa's crucial Christmas (part 1)
28 December 1990NetherlandsDonald Duck 1990-52Een kleurloze kerst...
December 2001ItalyStorie di Natale 1Santa's crucial Christmas (Il difficile Natale di Babbo Natale) (part 1)
22 November 2010NorwayWalt Disney's julehefte 2010Dumbo og julenissens julekrise (part 1)
3 December 2013NetherlandsDonald Duck Kerstspecial 2013Een kleurloze kerst...
25 October 2017United StatesDisney's Christmas Classics 1Santa's Crucial Christmas
2 October 2025ItalyDisney Classic 20Il difficile Natale di Babbo Natale

Other versions

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

  • br/AD 103o Story, 8 p., 4 tiers
  • fi/SSD19741204b Story, 20 p., 1 tiers
  • it/CNC 237c Story, 5 p., 4 tiers
  • it/DCLA 20p123 Story, 6 ⅔ p., 3 tiers
  • nl/DD1990-52e Story, 3 p., 5 tiers
  • nl/EDDK 2013d Story, 3 p., 5 tiers
  • no/WJ2010g Story, 7 p., 3 tiers
  • us/ZZ1974m02C Newspaper strip, 1 p.

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