Four Color #90

(December 1945)

An Invitation (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Walt Kelly

Inks:

Walt Kelly

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

Introduction to the comic, told in rhyme.

Indexer Notes

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

A Christmas Party (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Walt Kelly

Inks:

Walt Kelly

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Little Boy Blue; Jack Horner; Georgie Porgie; Old King Cole; Queen of Hearts; Jack and Jill

Synopsis:

Mother Goose throws a Christmas party.

Indexer Notes

Text and illustrations.

People at the Party (Table of Contents)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Walt Kelly

Inks:

Walt Kelly

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Wee Willie Winkie; Little Bo Peep; Simple Simon; Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater

Synopsis:

Descriptions of nursery rhyme characters with a blank for their names.

Indexer Notes

Text and illustrations.

Santa's Elves Meet Father and Mother Hubbard (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Walt Kelly ?

Pencils:

Walt Kelly

Inks:

Walt Kelly

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Father Hubbard; Mother Hubbard; Polly Flinders; Georgie Porgie; Curlylocks; Santa Claus; Crinklewig

Synopsis:

In Mother Goose Land, Santa's elves help a poor shoemaker and his wife. In appreciation, the pair go with the elves to help in Santa's workshop.

Christmas Songs (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

[Traditional songs]

Pencils:

Walt Kelly

Inks:

Walt Kelly

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Jack Horner

Synopsis:

Illustrated versions of "Christmas is Coming" and "Little Jack Horner."

Indexer Notes

Text and illustrations.

Christmas Shopping (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Walt Kelly

Inks:

Walt Kelly

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

A mouse borrows a cat's hat to go Christmas shopping.

Indexer Notes

Text and illustrations.

Christmas Shopping List (Table of Contents)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Walt Kelly

Inks:

Walt Kelly

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Polly Flinders; Simple Simon; Betty Blue; Lucy Locket; Mother Hubbard; Tommy Tucker; Baby Bunting; Jack Spratt

Synopsis:

Characters from nursery rhymes with the question "What do our Mother Goose friends need?"

Indexer Notes

Text and illustrations.

[Nursery Rhymes] (Table of Contents)

filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

[Traditional]

Pencils:

Walt Kelly

Inks:

Walt Kelly

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Little Miss Muffet; Georgie Porgie; Jack and Jill

Synopsis:

Six nursery rhymes: Little Miss Muffet; Deedle, Deedle Dumpling; Jack Be Nimble; Jack and Jill; Georgie Porgie; and To Bed, To Bed.

Indexer Notes

A two-page spread across the centerfold. Text and illustrations.

The Christmas Problem of The Woman in the Shoe (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Walt Kelly

Inks:

Walt Kelly

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Santa Claus

Synopsis:

Santa brings presents for the "17 girls and 25 boys" who lived with "the Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe."

Indexer Notes

Text and illustrations.

A Search for Santa (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Walt Kelly ?

Pencils:

Walt Kelly

Inks:

Walt Kelly

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Miss Muffet; Peter, Pumpkin Eater; The Three Bears; Santa Claus

Synopsis:

Little Miss Muffet and Peter, Pumpkin Eater go searching for Santa Claus.

The Animals' Christmas (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Walt Kelly

Inks:

Walt Kelly

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Little Boy Blue; Three Blind Mice

Synopsis:

Animals from nursery rhymes celebrate Christmas.

Indexer Notes

Text and illustrations.

A Christmas Rebus (Table of Contents)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

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Inks:

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Colors:

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Letters:

?; typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

A letter from Santa in rebus form.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Answers to the questions in Sequences 3 and 7 are printed at the bottom of the page.

["Have you ever wondered..."] (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Walt Kelly

Inks:

Walt Kelly

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

Promo for the issue set against a background of a Christmas tree decorated with tiny Mother Goose characters.

Indexer Notes

Back cover.