Four Color
#185 - Easter with Mother Goose
(1948)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co.
- Brand
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A Dell Comic
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "EASTER with MOTHER GOOSE, No. 185." Code number is E.M.G.-OS #187. (no code date). Copyright 1948 by Oskar Lebeck.
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Easter With Mother Goose / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Humpty Dumpty
- Keywords
- bluebirds; cats; concertinas; dogs; ducklings; nursery rhymes; piglets; rabbits; violins
Indexer Notes
Cover has "by Walt Kelly" tag on it.
The Moon
comic story / 1 page
- Synopsis
- A poem about the moon.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Text and illustrations.
The Lost Chick
comic story / 6 pages
- Characters
- Easter Bunny
- Synopsis
- A chick goes into the forest to find the Easter Bunny.
The Candy Egg
comic story / 3 pages
- Synopsis
- A mouse imagines a candy egg as big as the world.
Indexer Notes
Text (poem) with illustrations.
The Three Pigs Help the Bunny
The Three Pigs / comic story / 8 pages
- Characters
- The Three Pigs; Easter Bunny; Little Red Hen; the Wolf
- Synopsis
- Two pigs take eggs home to boil them for the Easter Bunny. The Wolf thinks this would be a good time to have ham and eggs.
Little Miss Muffet on Easter Day
Little Miss Muffet / text story / 0.5 page
- Characters
- Little Miss Muffet
- Synopsis
- Short poem about Easter.
Indexer Notes
Text and illustration.
The Baby Chick
text story / 0.5 page
- Synopsis
- Short poem about a baby chick.
Indexer Notes
Text and illustrations.
I Had a Little Nut Tree
comic story / 1 page
- Synopsis
- A poem about a rabbit and a nut tree.
Indexer Notes
Text and illustrations.
Into the Egg with the Pied Piper
The Pied Piper / comic story / 11 pages
- Characters
- The Pied Piper
- Synopsis
- The Pied Piper rids the town of rats. Instead of the purse of 1,000 pounds of gold, the Mayor gives him one gold coin. Infuriated, the Piper leads the town's children to the top of a mountain where a large egg has appeared. The Piper leads the children into the egg and a land of sunshine and flowers.
Indexer Notes
Story is told in rhyme. Text and illustrations.
The Little Bunny
comic story / 3 pages
- Characters
- Tom, the Piper's Son; the Pieman
- Synopsis
- Tom, the Piper's son chases a bunny, but upsets the Pieman and breaks a basket of eggs.
Indexer Notes
Story is told in rhyme. Text and illustrations.
The Two Jacks
text story / 1 page
- Characters
- Little Jack Horner
- Synopsis
- A poem about a parrot and Jack Horner.
Indexer Notes
Story is told in rhyme. Text and illustration.
Humpty Dumpty
comic story / 4 pages
- Characters
- Humpty Dumpty; Little Bo Peep; Easter Bunny
- Synopsis
- Humpty Dumpty goes to the Easter Bunny's party, but ends up falling off a wall.
Peter, Peter, Pumkin Eater
comic story / 2 pages
- Characters
- Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater; Jack; Jill; Easter Bunny
- Synopsis
- Peter, Peter, Pumpkin eater meets up with Jack and Jill and the Easter Bunny.
Indexer Notes
Story is told in rhyme. Text and illustrations.
Wee Willie Winkie
text story / 1 page
- Script
- Walt Kelly ?
- Pencils
- Walt Kelly (illustrations)
- Inks
- Walt Kelly (illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Characters
- Wee Willie Winkie
- Synopsis
- An Easter twist on the "Wee Willie Winkie" nursey rhyme.
Indexer Notes
Text and illustrations.
The Quangle-Wangle's Hat
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Edward Lear (credited)
- Pencils
- Walt Kelly
- Inks
- Walt Kelly
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Characters
- Easter Bunny; Easter Chick; Quangle-Wangle
- Synopsis
- The Quangle-Wangle lives in a tree. He wears a very large hat and the animals all want to build homes on the hat.
Indexer Notes
Story is told in rhyme. Text and illustrations.
Easter Outfit
text story / 1 page
- Synopsis
- A little girl puts on her Easter outfit.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Text and illustrations.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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Easter With Mother Goose -
1.
The Moon
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2.
The Lost Chick
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3.
The Candy Egg
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4.
The Three Pigs Help the Bunny
The Three Pigs -
5.
Little Miss Muffet on Easter Day
Little Miss Muffet -
6.
The Baby Chick
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7.
I Had a Little Nut Tree
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8.
Into the Egg with the Pied Piper
The Pied Piper -
9.
The Little Bunny
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10.
The Two Jacks
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11.
Humpty Dumpty
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12.
Peter, Peter, Pumkin Eater
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13.
See a Hen
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14.
Wee Willie Winkie
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15.
The Quangle-Wangle's Hat
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16.
Easter Outfit
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17.
Hiding Places
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