Easter With Mother Goose Collection

All Four Issues 1946 - 1949This 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 | 0.10 USD | 52Notes Indicia title is "EASTER WITH MOTHER GOOSE, No. 103." Code number is MGOS 103-464. Copyright 1946 by Oskar Lebeck. Cover Easter With Mother GooseCredits Walt Kelly | Walt Kelly | typesetNotes Says "by Walt Kelly" in typeset letters. Filler Hot Cross Buns (1 page)Synopsis The nursery rhyme "Hot Cross Buns."Credits [Traditional] | Walt Kelly | Walt KellyNotes 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 Walt Kelly | Walt Kelly | Walt KellyContent Tom Tucker; Bo Peep; Little Boy Blue; Simple Simon; Old King Cole; Humpty DumptyNotes 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 Walt Kelly | Walt Kelly | Walt KellyContent 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 Walt Kelly | Walt Kelly | Walt KellyNotes Text and illustrations. Filler Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater (1 page)Synopsis The nursery rhyme "Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater."Credits [Traditional] | Walt Kelly | Walt KellyContent Peter, Peter, Pumpkin EaterNotes 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 MiceCredits Walt Kelly | Walt Kelly | Walt KellyContent Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | 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 Walt Kelly | Walt Kelly | Walt KellyNotes 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 Walt Kelly | Walt Kelly | Walt KellyNotes 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 Walt Kelly | Walt Kelly | Walt KellyContent Sulky Sue; Tommy Stout; Jack Spratt; Little Miss Muffet; Three Little Kittens; Old Mother Hubbard; Goosey Goosey GanderNotes Text and illustrations.