Four Color
#126 - Christmas With Mother Goose
(November 1946)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- On-sale Date
- 1946-10-15
- 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 "CHRISTMAS WITH MOTHER GOOSE, No. 126." Code number is M.G.O.S. #126-4611. Copyright 1946 by Oskar LeBeck. On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1946 Pamphlets, page 507.
[no title indexed]
Christmas With Mother Goose / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Santa Claus
- Keywords
- Christmas
Indexer Notes
Tag on cover says "Illustrated by Walt Kelly."
How Many Miles to Babylon?
comic story / 1 page
- Characters
- Santa Claus
- Synopsis
- Santa asks some children how far it is to Babylon.
- Keywords
- Christmas
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black, red, and white.
On the Way to the Christmas Fair
comic story / 2 pages
- Synopsis
- Characters from Mother Goose rhymes on their way to the fair.
The Christmas Fair
comic story / 4 pages
- Characters
- Jack Spratt; Old King Cole; Tommy Tucker; Queen of Hearts; Majorie Daw; the Pied Piper
- Synopsis
- Mother Goose characters at the fair.
Riddles
comic story / 6 pages
- Characters
- Old Mother Hubbard; Peter Piper; Betty Blue; Tommy Stout
- Synopsis
- Mother Hubbard lets the children read riddles from a book.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Answers to the riddles are on the inside back cover (Sequence 15).
The Night Before Christmas
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Walt Kelly ? (framing sequence); Clement C. Moore (original story)
- Pencils
- Walt Kelly
- Inks
- Walt Kelly
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Characters
- Santa Claus
- Synopsis
- An old man recites "A Visit from St. Nicholas" to some children.
- Reprints
-
in Walt Kelly's Santa Claus Adventures (Innovation, 1990 series) #1 (December 1990)
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Indexer Notes
Adapted from the poem "A Visit from St. Nicolas" by Clement C. Moore.
Mistress Mary
comic story / 2 pages
- Synopsis
- A sequel of sorts to the "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" nursery rhyme.
Pie for a King
comic story / 1 page
- Characters
- Simple Simon
- Synopsis
- Simple Simon brings pie to the elves that work for Santa Claus.
Hey Diddle Diddle and Little Jack Horner
comic story / 2 pages
- Characters
- Little Jack Horner
- Synopsis
- A short story combining the "Hey Diddle Diddle" and "Little Jack Horner" nursery rhymes.
Old King Cole and the Limerick Game
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Edward Lear (limericks); Walt Kelly ? (framing sequence)
- Pencils
- Walt Kelly
- Inks
- Walt Kelly
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Characters
- Old King Cole; Tom Tucker; Betty Blue; Georgie Porgie; Marjorie Daw; Tom Tom, the piper's son; Tommy Snooks; Betsy Brooks; Humpty Dumpty
- Synopsis
- Characters from nursery rhymes recite limericks for King Cole.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Limericks are credited as being from "Edward Lear's Works."
To Market
text story / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Illustrating the nursery rhyme "To Market, To Market."
Indexer Notes
Traditional lyrics by an unknown poet.
Thimble Thatch
comic story / 1 page
- Characters
- Thimble Thatch
- Synopsis
- Illustrating the nursery rhyme "Thimble Thatch."
Indexer Notes
Traditional lyrics by an unknown poet.
Hickory Dickory
text story / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Illustrating the nursery rhyme "Hickory Dickory Dock."
Indexer Notes
Traditional lyrics by an unknown poet.
The Last Arrival at the Fair
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages
- Characters
- Santa Claus; Old King Cole; the Crooked Man
- Synopsis
- Prologue to the next sequence.
Santa's Story
comic story / 10 pages
- Characters
- Santa Claus; Winky; Pinky; Tinkle; Hoots
- Reprints
- in Walt Kelly's Santa Claus Adventures (Innovation, 1990 series) #1 (December 1990)
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Answers to Riddles
activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Peter Piper; Betty Blue; Tommy Stout; Mother Hubbard
- Synopsis
- Answers to the riddles from Sequence 4.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black, red, and white.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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[no title indexed]
Christmas With Mother Goose -
1.
How Many Miles to Babylon?
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2.
On the Way to the Christmas Fair
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3.
The Christmas Fair
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4.
Riddles
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5.
The Night Before Christmas
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6.
Mistress Mary
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7.
Pie for a King
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8.
Hey Diddle Diddle and Little Jack Horner
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9.
Old King Cole and the Limerick Game
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10.
To Market
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11.
Thimble Thatch
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12.
Hickory Dickory
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13.
The Last Arrival at the Fair
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14.
Santa's Story
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15.
Answers to Riddles
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16.
[Rub a Dub, Dub]
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- Dwayne Best
- Pat Conolly
- Peter Croome
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Michael Hoskin
- Denys Howard
- Bob Hughes
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Tony R. Rose
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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