Four Color
#103 - Easter with Mother Goose
(April 1946)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- On-sale Date
- 1946-03-01
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
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A Dell Magazine [circle]
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "EASTER WITH MOTHER GOOSE, No. 103." Code number is MGOS 103-464. Copyright 1946 by Oskar Lebeck. On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1946 Pamphlets, page 482.
Easter With Mother Goose
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Walt Kelly
- Inks
- Walt Kelly
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
- Keywords
- ducklings; Easter baskets; Easter eggs
in Indexer Notes
Says "by Walt Kelly" in typeset letters.
Hot Cross Buns
comic story / 1 page
- Synopsis
- The nursery rhyme "Hot Cross Buns."
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Text and illustrations. Traditional lyrics by an unknown poet.
Easter With Mother Goose
comic story / 4 pages
- Characters
- Tom Tucker; Bo Peep; Little Boy Blue; Simple Simon; Old King Cole; Humpty Dumpty
- Synopsis
- The characters in Mother Goose Land have an Easter party at Little Boy Blue's home.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Text and illustrations.
Buddy Bunny's Problem
comic story / 8 pages
- Characters
- Easter Bunny; Buddy Bunny; Little Red Hen; Dame Duck
- Synopsis
- The Easter Bunny has his son, Buddy Bunny, deliver some Easter baskets, but Buddy has all sorts of problems.
- Reprints
Ten Little Easter Eggs
comic story / 3 pages
- Synopsis
- Ten Easter eggs meet their demise one by one.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Text and illustrations.
Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater
comic story / 1 page
- Characters
- Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater
- Synopsis
- The nursery rhyme "Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater."
Indexer Notes
Text and illustrations. Traditional lyrics by an unknown poet.
The Three Blind Mice and their Easter Gift
The Three Blind Mice / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- The Three Blind Mice [Minie; Meenie; Moe]; Tommy Tucker; The Cat and the Fiddle
- Synopsis
- The Three Blind Mice (who aren't blind) get a dozen eggs for Tommy Tucker, who's sick in bed.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
activity / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hidden are bunnies numbering ten
- Synopsis
- A large drawing in which are hidden drawings of ten bunnies, five chicks, and three eggs.
Indexer Notes
One large illustration across the centerfold, with text.
Inside an Easter Egg
comic story / 3 pages
- Synopsis
- A story combining characters and lines from various nursery rhymes.
Indexer Notes
Text and illustrations.
Through the Town
comic story / 5 pages
- Characters
- Sulky Sue; Tommy Stout; Jack Spratt; Little Miss Muffet; Three Little Kittens; Old Mother Hubbard; Goosey Goosey Gander
- Synopsis
- A boy wanders through a town, asking nursery rhyme characters if they've seen the Easter Bunny.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Text and illustrations.
Wee Willie Helps the Easter Bunny
Wee Willie Winkie / comic story / 2 pages
- Characters
- Wee Willie Winkie; Easter Bunny
- Synopsis
- The "Wee Willie Winkie" nursery rhyme with an Easter-related ending.
Indexer Notes
Text and illustrations.
Fair Easter Day
text story / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Poem about Easter eggs.
Indexer Notes
Text and illustrations.
Humpty Dumpty and the Giant
Humpty Dumpty / comic story / 12 pages
- Characters
- Humpty Dumpty; Reynard the Fox; the Giant; Easter Bunny
- Synopsis
- The Giant takes Humpty Dumpty up the beanstalk to his castle to have him for supper. Reynard the Fox and the Easter Bunny rescue him.
- Reprints
I Caught a Hare Alive
comic story / 1 page
- Synopsis
- A boy catches a rabbit.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; Black, red, and white. Text and illustrations.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Easter With Mother Goose
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1.
Hot Cross Buns
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2.
Easter With Mother Goose
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3.
Buddy Bunny's Problem
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4.
Ten Little Easter Eggs
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5.
Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater
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6.
The Three Blind Mice and their Easter Gift
The Three Blind Mice -
7.
["Hidden are bunnies numbering ten"]
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8.
Inside an Easter Egg
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9.
Through the Town
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10.
Wee Willie Helps the Easter Bunny
Wee Willie Winkie -
11.
Fair Easter Day
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12.
Humpty Dumpty and the Giant
Humpty Dumpty -
13.
I Caught a Hare Alive
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14.
["Hickety, pickety, my black hen"]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Pat Conolly
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Michael Hoskin
- Bob Hughes
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Tony R. Rose
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