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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]]  
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)
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'''Santa Claus'''
  
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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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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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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== 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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(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 ==
  
*[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]
 
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*[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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