Easter With Mother Goose Collection

All Four Issues 1946 - 1949 This Easter comic from Dell's Four Color series, is intended for small children. Its creator, Walt Kelly, proved once again that he could draw for the very young, as well as the older, hipper audience he later gained with Pogo. "The gift in Easter With Mother Goose is the delight of looking at Walt Kelly's artwork." Publication April 1946 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 52 Notes Indicia title is "EASTER WITH MOTHER GOOSE, No. 103." Code number is MGOS 103-464. Copyright 1946 by Oskar Lebeck. Cover Easter With Mother Goose Credits Pencils: Walt Kelly | Inks: Walt Kelly | Letters: typeset Notes Says "by Walt Kelly" in typeset letters. Filler Hot Cross Buns (1 page) Synopsis The nursery rhyme "Hot Cross Buns." Credits Script: [Traditional] | Pencils: Walt Kelly | Inks: Walt Kelly Notes Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Text and illustrations. Comic Story Easter With Mother Goose (4 pages) Synopsis The characters in Mother Goose Land have an Easter party at Little Boy Blue's home. Credits Script: Walt Kelly | Pencils: Walt Kelly | Inks: Walt Kelly Content Characters: Tom Tucker; Bo Peep; Little Boy Blue; Simple Simon; Old King Cole; Humpty Dumpty Notes Text and illustrations. Comic Story Buddy Bunny's Problem (8 pages) Synopsis The Easter Bunny has his son, Buddy Bunny, deliver some Easter baskets, but Buddy has all sorts of problems. Credits Script: Walt Kelly | Pencils: Walt Kelly | Inks: Walt Kelly Content Characters: Easter Bunny; Buddy Bunny; Little Red Hen; Dame Duck Comic Story Ten Little Easter Eggs (3 pages) Synopsis Ten Easter eggs meet their demise one by one. Credits Script: Walt Kelly | Pencils: Walt Kelly | Inks: Walt Kelly Notes Text and illustrations. Filler Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater (1 page) Synopsis The nursery rhyme "Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater." Credits Script: [Traditional] | Pencils: Walt Kelly | Inks: Walt Kelly Content Characters: Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater Notes Text and illustrations. Comic Story The Three Blind Mice and their Easter Gift (7 pages) Synopsis The Three Blind Mice (who aren't blind) get a dozen eggs for Tommy Tucker, who's sick in bed. Featuring The Three Blind Mice Credits Script: Walt Kelly | Pencils: Walt Kelly | Inks: Walt Kelly Content Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: The Three Blind Mice [Minie; Meenie; Moe]; Tommy Tucker; The Cat and the Fiddle Activity "Hidden are bunnies numbering ten" (2 pages) Synopsis A large drawing in which are hidden drawings of ten bunnies, five chicks, and three eggs. Credits Script: Walt Kelly | Pencils: Walt Kelly | Inks: Walt Kelly Notes One large illustration across the centerfold, with text. Comic Story Inside an Easter Egg (3 pages) Synopsis A story combining characters and lines from various nursery rhymes. Credits Script: Walt Kelly | Pencils: Walt Kelly | Inks: Walt Kelly Notes Text and illustrations. Comic Story Through the Town (5 pages) Synopsis A boy wanders through a town, asking nursery rhyme characters if they've seen the Easter Bunny. Credits Script: Walt Kelly | Pencils: Walt Kelly | Inks: Walt Kelly Content Characters: Sulky Sue; Tommy Stout; Jack Spratt; Little Miss Muffet; Three Little Kittens; Old Mother Hubbard; Goosey Goosey Gander Notes Text and illustrations. Comic Story Wee Willie Helps the Easter Bunny (2 pages) Synopsis The "Wee Willie Winkie" nursery rhyme with an Easter-related ending. Featuring Wee Willie Winkie Credits Script: Walt Kelly | Pencils: Walt Kelly | Inks: Walt Kelly Content Characters: Wee Willie Winkie; Easter Bunny Notes Text and illustrations. Filler Fair Easter Day (1 page) Synopsis Poem about Easter eggs. Credits Script: Walt Kelly | Pencils: Walt Kelly | Inks: Walt Kelly Notes Text and illustrations. Comic Story Humpty Dumpty and the Giant (12 pages) Synopsis The Giant takes Humpty Dumpty up the beanstalk to his castle to have him for supper. Reynard the Fox and the Easter Bunny rescue him. Featuring Humpty Dumpty Credits Script: Walt Kelly | Pencils: Walt Kelly | Inks: Walt Kelly Content Characters: Humpty Dumpty; Reynard the Fox; the Giant; Easter Bunny Filler I Caught a Hare Alive (1 page) Synopsis A boy catches a rabbit. Credits Script: Walt Kelly | Pencils: Walt Kelly | Inks: Walt Kelly Notes Inside back cover; Black, red, and white. Text and illustrations. Filler "Hickety, pickety, my black hen" (1 page) Synopsis A poem about a hen laying eggs for Easter. Credits Script: Walt Kelly | Pencils: Walt Kelly | Inks: Walt Kelly Notes Back cover. Text and illustrations.