Four Color #59

(December 1944)

Old Mother Goose (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Walt Kelly ?

Pencils:

Walt Kelly

Inks:

Walt Kelly

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Mother Goose; Old King Cole

Synopsis:

King Cole has to give Mother Goose's gander a ride.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Text and illustrations.

[Simple Simon] (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Walt Kelly ?

Pencils:

Walt Kelly

Inks:

Walt Kelly

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Simple Simon; Little Bo Peep; Mother Hubbard

Synopsis:

Simple Simon tries to find work to earn money to buy a pie.

Indexer Notes

Text and illustrations.

["There Was a Crooked Man..."] (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

[Traditional]

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

The Crooked Man

Synopsis:

The nursery rhyme "There Was a Crooked Man."

Indexer Notes

Text and illustrations.

The Puzzled Centipede (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Walt Kelly ?

Pencils:

Walt Kelly

Inks:

Walt Kelly

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

A centipede gets confused when asked "which leg comes after which?"

Indexer Notes

Text and illustrations.

Tom Twist (Table of Contents)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Walt Kelly ?

Pencils:

Walt Kelly

Inks:

Walt Kelly

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Tom Twist

Synopsis:

Acrobatic Tom Twist goes to sea and has adventures on a tropical island and in China before returning home.

Old Woman Tossed Up in a Basket (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Walt Kelly

Inks:

Walt Kelly

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

An old woman is tossed high in a basket to sweep the cobwebs from the sky.

Indexer Notes

Text and illustrations.

Little Miss Muffet (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Walt Kelly ?

Pencils:

Walt Kelly

Inks:

Walt Kelly

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Little Miss Muffet; Little Boy Blue

Synopsis:

Miss Muffet asks for help to protect her from the spider.

Indexer Notes

Text and illustrations.

["Diddle diddle dumpling, my son John"] (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

[Traditional]

Pencils:

Walt Kelly

Inks:

Walt Kelly

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

The nursery rhyme "Diddle Diddle Dumpling."

Indexer Notes

Text and illustrations.

["There was a little Guinea pig."] (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Walt Kelly ?

Pencils:

Walt Kelly

Inks:

Walt Kelly

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

The life of a Guinea pig.

Indexer Notes

Text and illustrations.

Sugar and Spice (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Walt Kelly ?

Pencils:

Walt Kelly

Inks:

Walt Kelly

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

A little girl tries to make a girl from "sugar and spice and all things nice" and a boy from "scissors and snails and puppy dogs' tails," but doesn't have any luck.

Indexer Notes

Text and illustrations.

["Four and twenty tailors went to kill a snail."] (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

[Traditional] ?

Pencils:

Walt Kelly

Inks:

Walt Kelly

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

Four and twenty tailors try to kill a snail, but are frightened away.

Indexer Notes

Text and illustrations.

One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

[Traditional]

Pencils:

Walt Kelly

Inks:

Walt Kelly

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

Version of the nursery rhyme "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe" extended to include up to "nineteen, twenty."

Indexer Notes

Text and illustrations.

The Owl and the Pussycat (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Edward Lear (original poem); Walt Kelly (modifications)

Pencils:

Walt Kelly

Inks:

Walt Kelly

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

The Owl and the Pussycat

Synopsis:

The Owl and the Pussycat go to sea, find a ring, and are married.

Indexer Notes

Mostly Edward Lear's original poem from 1871, with some minor line changes to make the story read smoother. The Owl bears a resemblance to Howland Owl from Walt Kelly's Pogo stories.

The Secret (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Walt Kelly ?

Pencils:

Walt Kelly

Inks:

Walt Kelly

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

A little girl has a secret.

Indexer Notes

Text and illustrations.

["Where, oh where has my little dog gone?"] (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Walt Kelly ?

Pencils:

Walt Kelly

Inks:

Walt Kelly

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

A little boy's dog spends the day at the fair.

Indexer Notes

Text and illustrations.

["The farmer in the dell"] (Table of Contents)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

[Traditional song]; ? (activity directions)

Pencils:

Walt Kelly

Inks:

Walt Kelly

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

The words to the song "The Farmer in the Dell" along with a game to play while singing the song.

Indexer Notes

Text and illustrations.

The Singing Game of London Bridge (Table of Contents)

activity / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

[Traditional song]; ? (activity directions)

Pencils:

Walt Kelly

Inks:

Walt Kelly

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

Directions for choosing sides for a tug-of-war using the song "London Bridge is Falling Down."

Indexer Notes

Text and illustrations.

Handkerchief Game (Table of Contents)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

[Traditional poem]; ? (activity directions)

Pencils:

Walt Kelly

Inks:

Walt Kelly

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

Directions for playing a game that includes singing the nursery rhyme "A Tisket, A Tasket."

Indexer Notes

Text and illustrations.

["Doctor Foster went to Gloucester"] (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

[Traditional]

Pencils:

Walt Kelly

Inks:

Walt Kelly

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Doctor Foster

Synopsis:

The nursery rhyme "Doctor Foster Went to Gloucester."

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black, red, and white.

[Nursery Rhyme Scenes] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Walt Kelly

Inks:

Walt Kelly

Colors:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

Scenes from 14 nursery rhymes against a black background.

Indexer Notes

Back cover.