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Issue: Four Color #59
Publication Date: December 1944
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Issues: #59 of 1333 Issues (1484 Printings)
Title: Mother Goose and Nursery Rhyme Comics
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: A Dell BookView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/31/1944
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 21 (16 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "MOTHER GOOSE AND NURSERY RHYME COMICS, No. 59." Code number is M.G. 59-4412. Copyright 1944 by Oskar Lebeck. On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1944 Pamphlets, page 607.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Mother Goose and Nursery Rhyme Comics

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Character(s): Humpty Dumpty; Little Bo Peep; Jack be Nimble
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Old Mother Goose

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Character(s): Mother Goose; Old King Cole
Synopsis: King Cole has to give Mother Goose's gander a ride.
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Simple Simon

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Character(s): Simple Simon; Little Bo Peep; Mother Hubbard
Synopsis: Simple Simon tries to find work to earn money to buy a pie.
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[untitled]

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Character(s): The Crooked Man
First Line: There Was a Crooked Man...
Synopsis: The nursery rhyme "There Was a Crooked Man." Traditional lyrics from an unknown poet.
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The Puzzled Centipede

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Synopsis: A centipede gets confused when asked "which leg comes after which?"
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Tom Twist

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Character(s): Tom Twist
Synopsis: Acrobatic Tom Twist goes to sea and has adventures on a tropical island and in China before returning home.
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Pages: 9
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Old Woman Tossed Up in a Basket

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Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: An old woman is tossed high in a basket to sweep the cobwebs from the sky.
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Little Miss Muffet

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Character(s): Little Miss Muffet; Little Boy Blue
Synopsis: Miss Muffet asks for help to protect her from the spider.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Diddle diddle dumpling, my son John
Synopsis: The nursery rhyme "Diddle Diddle Dumpling."
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[untitled]

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First Line: There was a little Guinea pig.
Synopsis: The life of a Guinea pig.
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Sugar and Spice

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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.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Four and twenty tailors went to kill a snail.
Synopsis: Four and twenty tailors try to kill a snail, but are frightened away.
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One, Two, Buckle My Shoe

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Synopsis: Version of the nursery rhyme "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe" extended to include up to "nineteen, twenty."
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The Owl and the Pussycat

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Character(s): The Owl; The Pussycat
Synopsis: The Owl and the Pussycat go to sea, find a ring, and are married.
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Disclose 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.
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The Secret

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Synopsis: A little girl has a secret.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Where, oh where has my little dog gone?
Synopsis: A little boy's dog spends the day at the fair.
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[untitled]

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First Line: The farmer in the dell
Synopsis: The words to the song "The Farmer in the Dell" along with a game to play while singing the song.
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The Singing Game of London Bridge

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

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Synopsis: Directions for playing a game that includes singing the nursery rhyme "A Tisket, A Tasket."
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[untitled]

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Character(s): Doctor Foster
First Line: Doctor Foster went to Gloucester
Synopsis: The nursery rhyme "Doctor Foster Went to Gloucester."
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Traditional lyrics from an unknown poet.
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Nursery Rhyme Scenes

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Synopsis: Scenes from 14 nursery rhymes against a black background.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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