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Issue: Four Color #126
Publication Date: November 1946
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Issues: #126 of 1333 Issues (1484 Printings)
Title: Christmas With Mother Goose
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: A Dell Magazine [circle]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/15/1946
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. On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1946 Pamphlets, page 507.
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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: fantasy
Feature(s): Christmas With Mother Goose
Character(s): Santa Claus
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Tag on cover says "Illustrated by Walt Kelly."
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How Many Miles to Babylon?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Santa Claus
Synopsis: Santa asks some children how far it is to Babylon.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; black, red, and white.
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On the Way to the Christmas Fair

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Characters from Mother Goose rhymes on their way to the fair.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Christmas Fair

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

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

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Santa Claus
Synopsis: An old man recites "A Visit from St. Nicholas" to some children.
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In Content Item: FlagWalt Kelly's Santa Claus Adventures #1 published December 1990
as The Night Before Christmas [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Adapted from the poem "A Visit from St. Nicolas" by Clement C. Moore.
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Mistress Mary

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: A sequel of sorts to the "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" nursery rhyme.
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Pages: 2
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Pie for a King

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Character(s): Simple Simon
Synopsis: Simple Simon brings pie to the elves that work for Santa Claus.
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Pages: 1
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Hey Diddle Diddle and Little Jack Horner

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Little Jack Horner
Synopsis: A short story combining the "Hey Diddle Diddle" and "Little Jack Horner" nursery rhymes.
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Pages: 2
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Old King Cole and the Limerick Game

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

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Illustrating the nursery rhyme "To Market, To Market."
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Traditional lyrics by an unknown poet.
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Thimble Thatch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Thimble Thatch
Synopsis: Illustrating the nursery rhyme "Thimble Thatch."
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Traditional lyrics by an unknown poet.
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Hickory Dickory

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Illustrating the nursery rhyme "Hickory Dickory Dock."
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Traditional lyrics by an unknown poet.
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The Last Arrival at the Fair

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

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Santa Claus; Winky; Pinky; Tinkle; Hoots
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In Content Item: FlagWalt Kelly's Santa Claus Adventures #1 published December 1990
as Santa's Story [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Answers to Riddles

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

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: The nursery rhyme "Rub a Dub, Dub" given a Christmas twist.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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