Issue: #59
Published: December 1944, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing:
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
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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| Comic Story (1 page) |
Old Mother Goose |
| Synopsis: |
King Cole has to give Mother Goose's gander a ride. |
| Credits: |
Script: Walt Kelly ? | Pencils: Walt Kelly | Inks: Walt Kelly |
| Characters: |
Mother Goose Old King Cole |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
Simple Simon |
| Synopsis: |
Simple Simon tries to find work to earn money to buy a pie. |
| Credits: |
Script: Walt Kelly ? | Pencils: Walt Kelly | Inks: Walt Kelly |
| Characters: |
Simple Simon Little Bo Peep Mother Hubbard |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
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| Synopsis: |
The nursery rhyme "There Was a Crooked Man." |
| Credits: |
Script: [Traditional] |
| Characters: |
The Crooked Man |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
The Puzzled Centipede |
| Synopsis: |
A centipede gets confused when asked "which leg comes after which?" |
| Credits: |
Script: Walt Kelly ? | Pencils: Walt Kelly | Inks: Walt Kelly |
| Comic Story (9 pages) |
Tom Twist |
| Synopsis: |
Acrobatic Tom Twist goes to sea and has adventures on a tropical island and in China before returning home. |
| Credits: |
Script: Walt Kelly ? | Pencils: Walt Kelly | Inks: Walt Kelly |
| Characters: |
Tom Twist |
| Text Story (1 page) |
Old Woman Tossed Up in a Basket |
| Synopsis: |
An old woman is tossed high in a basket to sweep the cobwebs from the sky. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Walt Kelly | Inks: Walt Kelly |
| Genre: |
Fantasy |
| Comic Story (3 pages) |
Little Miss Muffet |
| Synopsis: |
Miss Muffet asks for help to protect her from the spider. |
| Credits: |
Script: Walt Kelly ? | Pencils: Walt Kelly | Inks: Walt Kelly |
| Characters: |
Little Miss Muffet Little Boy Blue |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
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| Synopsis: |
The nursery rhyme "Diddle Diddle Dumpling." |
| Credits: |
Script: [Traditional] | Pencils: Walt Kelly | Inks: Walt Kelly |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
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| Synopsis: |
The life of a Guinea pig. |
| Credits: |
Script: Walt Kelly ? | Pencils: Walt Kelly | Inks: Walt Kelly |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
Sugar and Spice |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
| Credits: |
Script: Walt Kelly ? | Pencils: Walt Kelly | Inks: Walt Kelly |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
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| Synopsis: |
Four and twenty tailors try to kill a snail, but are frightened away. |
| Credits: |
Script: [Traditional] ? | Pencils: Walt Kelly | Inks: Walt Kelly |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe |
| Synopsis: |
Version of the nursery rhyme "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe" extended to include up to "nineteen, twenty." |
| Credits: |
Script: [Traditional] | Pencils: Walt Kelly | Inks: Walt Kelly |
| Comic Story (8 pages) |
The Owl and the Pussycat |
| Synopsis: |
The Owl and the Pussycat go to sea, find a ring, and are married. |
| Credits: |
Script: Edward Lear (original poem); Walt Kelly (modifications) | Pencils: Walt Kelly | Inks: Walt Kelly |
| Characters: |
The Owl And The Pussycat |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
The Secret |
| Synopsis: |
A little girl has a secret. |
| Credits: |
Script: Walt Kelly ? | Pencils: Walt Kelly | Inks: Walt Kelly |
| Comic Story (3 pages) |
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| Synopsis: |
A little boy's dog spends the day at the fair. |
| Credits: |
Script: Walt Kelly ? | Pencils: Walt Kelly | Inks: Walt Kelly |
| Activity (1 page) |
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| Synopsis: |
The words to the song "The Farmer in the Dell" along with a game to play while singing the song. |
| Credits: |
Script: [Traditional song]; ? (activity directions) | Pencils: Walt Kelly | Inks: Walt Kelly |
| Activity (2 pages) |
The Singing Game of London Bridge |
| Synopsis: |
Directions for choosing sides for a tug-of-war using the song "London Bridge is Falling Down." |
| Credits: |
Script: [Traditional song]; ? (activity directions) | Pencils: Walt Kelly | Inks: Walt Kelly |
| Activity (1 page) |
Handkerchief Game |
| Synopsis: |
Directions for playing a game that includes singing the nursery rhyme "A Tisket, A Tasket." |
| Credits: |
Script: [Traditional poem]; ? (activity directions) | Pencils: Walt Kelly | Inks: Walt Kelly |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
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| Synopsis: |
The nursery rhyme "Doctor Foster Went to Gloucester." |
| Credits: |
Script: [Traditional] | Pencils: Walt Kelly | Inks: Walt Kelly |
| Characters: |
Doctor Foster |
| Illustration (1 page) |
Nursery Rhyme Scenes |
| Synopsis: |
Scenes from 14 nursery rhymes against a black background. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Walt Kelly | Inks: Walt Kelly |
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