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Issue: Four Color #126
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Title: Christmas With Mother Goose
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 17 (14 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "CHRISTMAS WITH MOTHER GOOSE, No. 126." Code number is M.G.O.S. #126-4611. Copyright 1946 by Oskar LeBeck.
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
?
Subject Matter
fantasy
Christmas With Mother Goose
Santa Claus
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Miscellaneous
1
Tag on cover says "Illustrated by Walt Kelly."
How Many Miles to Babylon?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
?
?
Subject Matter
Santa Claus
Santa asks some children how far it is to Babylon.
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover; black, red, and white.
On the Way to the Christmas Fair

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Walt Kelly ?
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
?
?
Subject Matter
Characters from Mother Goose rhymes on their way to the fair.
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Miscellaneous
2
The Christmas Fair

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Walt Kelly ?
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
?
?
Subject Matter
Jack Spratt; Old King Cole; Tommy Tucker; Queen of Hearts; Majorie Daw; the Pied Piper
Mother Goose characters at the fair.
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Miscellaneous
4
Riddles

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Walt Kelly ?
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
?
?
Subject Matter
Old Mother Hubbard; Peter Piper; Betty Blue; Tommy Stout
Mother Hubbard lets the children read riddles from a book.
Reprinting
FlagThe Golden Christmas Annual #95076-512 published January 1975
as Riddles [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Answers to the riddles are on the inside back cover (Sequence 15).
The Night Before Christmas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Clement C. Moore (original story); Walt Kelly ? (framing sequence)
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
?
?
Subject Matter
Santa Claus
An old man recites "A Visit from St. Nicholas" to some children.
Reprinting
FlagWalt Kelly's Santa Claus Adventures #1 published December 1990
as The Night Before Christmas [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
Adapted from the poem "A Visit from St. Nicolas" by Clement C. Moore.
Mistress Mary

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Walt Kelly ?
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
?
?
Subject Matter
A sequel of sorts to the "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" nursery rhyme.
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Miscellaneous
2
Pie for a King

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Walt Kelly ?
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
?
?
Subject Matter
Simple Simon
Simple Simon brings pie to the elves that work for Santa Claus.
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Miscellaneous
1
Hey Diddle Diddle and Little Jack Horner

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Walt Kelly ?
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
?
?
Subject Matter
Little Jack Horner
A short story combining the "Hey Diddle Diddle" and "Little Jack Horner" nursery rhymes.
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Miscellaneous
2
Old King Cole and the Limerick Game

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Walt Kelly ? (framing sequence); Edward Lear (limericks)
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
?
?
Subject Matter
Old King Cole; Tom Tucker; Betty Blue; Georgie Porgie; Marjorie Daw; Tom Tom, the piper's son; Tommy Snooks; Betsy Brooks; Humpty Dumpty
Characters from nursery rhymes recite limericks for King Cole.
Reprinting
FlagThe Golden Christmas Annual #95076-512 published January 1975
as Old King Cole and the Limerick Game [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
Limericks are credited as being from "Edward Lear's Works."
To Market

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
[Traditional poem]
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
?
?
Subject Matter
Illustrating the nursery rhyme "To Market, To Market."
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Miscellaneous
1
Thimble Thatch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
[Traditional poem ?]
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
?
?
Subject Matter
Thimble Thatch
Illustrating the nursery rhyme "Thimble Thatch."
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Miscellaneous
1
Hickory Dickory

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
[Traditional poem]
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
?
?
Subject Matter
Illustrating the nursery rhyme "Hickory Dickory Dock."
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Miscellaneous
1
The Last Arrival at the Fair

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Walt Kelly ?
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
?
?
Subject Matter
Santa Claus; Old King Cole; the Crooked Man
Prologue to the next sequence.
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Miscellaneous
2
Santa's Story

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Walt Kelly ?
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
?
?
Subject Matter
Santa Claus; Winky; Pinky; Tinkle; Hoots
Reprinting
FlagWalt Kelly's Santa Claus Adventures #1 published December 1990
as Santa's Story [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
10
Answers to Riddles

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Walt Kelly ?
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
?
?
Subject Matter
Peter Piper; Betty Blue; Tommy Stout; Mother Hubbard
Answers to the riddles from Sequence 4.
Reprinting
FlagThe Golden Christmas Annual #95076-512 published January 1975
as Answers to Riddles [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover; black, red, and white.
Rub a Dub, Dub

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Walt Kelly ?
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
?
?
Subject Matter
The nursery rhyme "Rub a Dub, Dub" given a Christmas twist.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Back cover.

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