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Issue: Four Color #59
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Title: Mother Goose and Nursery Rhyme Comics
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: A Dell BookView Brand Images
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: 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.
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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

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
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Subject Matter
Humpty Dumpty; Little Bo Peep; Jack be Nimble
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Old Mother Goose

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Walt Kelly ?
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
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Subject Matter
Mother Goose; Old King Cole
King Cole has to give Mother Goose's gander a ride.
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Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Text and illustrations.
Simple Simon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Walt Kelly ?
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
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Subject Matter
Simple Simon; Little Bo Peep; Mother Hubbard
Simple Simon tries to find work to earn money to buy a pie.
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Text and illustrations.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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[Traditional]
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Subject Matter
The Crooked Man
There Was a Crooked Man...
The nursery rhyme "There Was a Crooked Man."
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2
Text and illustrations.
The Puzzled Centipede

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Walt Kelly ?
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
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Subject Matter
A centipede gets confused when asked "which leg comes after which?"
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Text and illustrations.
Tom Twist

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Walt Kelly ?
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
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Subject Matter
Tom Twist
Acrobatic Tom Twist goes to sea and has adventures on a tropical island and in China before returning home.
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Miscellaneous
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Old Woman Tossed Up in a Basket

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
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Subject Matter
fantasy
An old woman is tossed high in a basket to sweep the cobwebs from the sky.
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1
Text and illustrations.
Little Miss Muffet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Walt Kelly ?
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
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Subject Matter
Little Miss Muffet; Little Boy Blue
Miss Muffet asks for help to protect her from the spider.
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Text and illustrations.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
[Traditional]
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
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Subject Matter
Diddle diddle dumpling, my son John
The nursery rhyme "Diddle Diddle Dumpling."
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Text and illustrations.
[untitled]

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Walt Kelly ?
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
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Subject Matter
There was a little Guinea pig.
The life of a Guinea pig.
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2
Text and illustrations.
Sugar and Spice

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Walt Kelly ?
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
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Subject Matter
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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Text and illustrations.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
[Traditional] ?
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
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?
Subject Matter
Four and twenty tailors went to kill a snail.
Four and twenty tailors try to kill a snail, but are frightened away.
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Text and illustrations.
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
[Traditional]
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
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Subject Matter
Version of the nursery rhyme "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe" extended to include up to "nineteen, twenty."
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Text and illustrations.
The Owl and the Pussycat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Edward Lear (original poem); Walt Kelly (modifications)
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
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Subject Matter
The Owl and the Pussycat
The Owl and the Pussycat go to sea, find a ring, and are married.
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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.
The Secret

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Walt Kelly ?
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
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Subject Matter
A little girl has a secret.
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Text and illustrations.
[untitled]

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Walt Kelly ?
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
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Subject Matter
Where, oh where has my little dog gone?
A little boy's dog spends the day at the fair.
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Text and illustrations.
[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
[Traditional song]; ? (activity directions)
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
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Subject Matter
The farmer in the dell
The words to the song "The Farmer in the Dell" along with a game to play while singing the song.
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Text and illustrations.
The Singing Game of London Bridge

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
[Traditional song]; ? (activity directions)
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
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Subject Matter
Directions for choosing sides for a tug-of-war using the song "London Bridge is Falling Down."
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Text and illustrations.
Handkerchief Game

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
[Traditional poem]; ? (activity directions)
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
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Subject Matter
Directions for playing a game that includes singing the nursery rhyme "A Tisket, A Tasket."
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Text and illustrations.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
[Traditional]
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
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Subject Matter
Doctor Foster
Doctor Foster went to Gloucester
The nursery rhyme "Doctor Foster Went to Gloucester."
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Inside back cover; black, red, and white.
Nursery Rhyme Scenes

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Walt Kelly
Walt Kelly
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Subject Matter
Scenes from 14 nursery rhymes against a black background.
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Back cover.

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