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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)
 
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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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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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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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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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 ==
 
== Santa Claus has appeared in the following Superman Chronicles ==
  
 
(Act No. 105, Feb 1947: "The Man who Hated Christmas!")  
 
(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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Revision as of 15:21, 20 December 2006

"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)

Santa Claus has appeared in the following Superman Chronicles

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

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