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Issue: Four Color #172
Publication Date: November 1947
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Issues: #172 of 1331 Issues (1412 Printings)
Title: Christmas With Mother Goose
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: A Dell Magazine [circle]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 1947
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 17 (16 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Cover titles is "Christmas with Mother Goose by Walt Kelly". Indicia title is "CHRISTMAS WITH MOTHER GOOSE, No. 172". Code number is C.M.G. #172-4711. Copyright 1947 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
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, childrens
Feature(s): Christmas With Mother Goose
Character(s): The Three Blind Mice [Miney; Meeney; Moe]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover says "by Walt Kelly."
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Remembering

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Synopsis: Remembering to do chores becomes easier right before Christmas.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; black, white, and red. Poem with several illustrations.
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Mother Goose Helps Santa

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Santa Claus; Mother Goose; the Black Giant
Synopsis: With Christmas coming up, the Black Giant kidnaps Santa's helpers and is holding them for ransom. Mother Goose comes by and comes up with a plan where she will dress up as Santa to fool the Black Giant. She takes the Giant on a tour of the Candy Mine and tricks him into falling into the taffy springs.
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Pages: 10
Job Number: C.M.G. 172-4711
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My Little Pony

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Synopsis: A father's attempt to stand on a rocking horse to trim the Christmas tree ends badly.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Poem with two illustrations.
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Old Granny Hipple Hopple

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Old Granny Hipple Hopple; Santa Claus; Easter Bunny
Synopsis: A nonsense verse about what would happen if Christmas came at Easter-time.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Poem with three illustrations.
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Goosey Gander's Gift

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Goosey Gander; Pansy Pig; Mr. Fox
Synopsis: The farmer intends to have Goosey Gander for Christmas dinner. The Fox invites Goosey to stay at his house, but intends to have the gander for HIS dinner.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Golden Christmas Annual #95076-512 published January 1975
as Goosey Gander's Gift [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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A Crooked Party

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Santa Claus
Synopsis: A Christmas-themed take-off on the nursery rhyme "There Was a Crooked Man."
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Panel format with illustrations corresponding to one line of the poem.
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Tommy Tucker's Song

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Synopsis: A poem called "If Every Day was Christmas".
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Poem with illustrations.
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A Bear For Bed

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: childrens
Synopsis: A little girl takes a stuffed bear to bed with her.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Poem with five illustrations.
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The Three Blind Mice and a Christmas Deed

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): The Three Blind Mice
Character(s): The Three Blind Mice [Miney; Meeney; Moe]; Mother Hubbard; Dan (her dog); Morris
Synopsis: The Three Blind Mice, who aren't really blind, visit Mother Hubbard, only to find that she has no food. During the night they take some of her needlework to the butcher shop to trade for some meat, but are interrupted when they make too much noise.
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Pages: 8
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Rub-a-Dub-Dub

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A Christmas-themed version of the nursery rhyme "Rub-a-Dub-Dub".
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Poem with three illustrations.
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My Favorite Tree

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Synopsis: A little girl's favorite tree is a Christmas tree.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Poem with four illustrations.
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Little Jack Horner's Christmas Pie

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Little Jack Horner; The Pieman; Simple Simon; Humpty Dumpty; Jack; Jill
Synopsis: Little Jack Horner puts in an order for a pie at the Pieman's shop, where he meets Simple Simon. The two boys talk to Humpty Dumpty, but the egg falls off a window sill and cracks his head. Jack and Simon run off to get Jack and Jill to do repair work on Humpty, but find they are out of brown paper and vinegar--the materials they used to heal Jack when he fell down the hill. The Pieman comes to the rescue with a sticky pie that holds Humpty's head together.
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Pages: 6
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What's the Day?

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Synopsis: A boy and girl know it's Christmas, but their puppy doesn't.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Poem with four illustrations.
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Contrary Mary and the Angel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, fantasy
Character(s): Contrary Mary
Synopsis: Mary is sent to her room for being contrary. There an angel takes her to "Contraria", a nightmarish land where every object can talk and always contradicts what Mary says. Mary learns her lesson and the angel brings her back to her room.
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Pages: 5
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Christmas Eve

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Synopsis: A young boy tries to stay awake until Santa comes.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover; black and white, with light red accents. Poem with four small illustrations.
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The Merry Pigs

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Synopsis: A Christmas-themed version of the nursery rhyme "This Little Pig Went to Market."
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Illustrations with text.

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