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Four Color #172 (Nov. 1947):
“Christmas with Mother Goose”
by Walt Kelly

Four Color #172

Title: “Christmas with Mother Goose”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Nov. 1947

Publisher: Dell
Written by: Walt Kelly
Art by: Walt Kelly


17 characters in this story:

Character
(Click links for info about character
and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)		 Religious
Affiliation		 Team(s)
[Notes]		 Pub. #
app.
Santa Claus Santa Claus hero clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: S Christian
   DC Marvel 1,199
The Easter Bunny The Easter Bunny lead character
CBR Scale: D Christian anthropomorphic animal
 rabbit ABC DreamWorks 35
Mother Goose Mother Goose supporting character
   [imagined author of fairy tales, nursery rhymes] Dell 49
Humpty Dumpty Humpty Dumpty lead character
CBR Scale: I sentient inanimate
 [egg from nursery rhyme; sat on a wall, had a great fall...] Macmillan 40
Jack Jack supporting character
   [w/Jill went up hill in famed nursery rhyme] John Newbery 23
Jill Jill supporting character
   [w/Jack went up hill in famed nursery rhyme] John Newbery 23
Little Tommy Tucker Little Tommy Tucker non-feature lead character
   [from nursery rhyme; sings for his supper] Mary Cooper 9
the pieman the pieman supporting character
   [in nursery rhyme, met Simple Simon, going to the fair] Celebrity Productions 5
Simple Simon Simple Simon (Simon) lead character
   [from nursery rhyme; met a pieman, going to fair] MGM 20
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary (Mary) lead character
   [gardener] Mary Cooper 21
Old Mother Hubbard Old Mother Hubbard (Mrs. Hubbard) lead character
   [dog owner; very poor; her cupboard was bare] J. Harris 17
Three Blind Mice Three Blind Mice supporting character group
CBR Scale: D anthropomorphic animals
 mouse Thomas Adams 48
The Crooked Man The Crooked Man (Barnaby Crookedman) supporting character
   [1st app: Nursery Rhymes of England (1842)] T. Richards 8
Five Little Piggies Five Little Piggies supporting character
CBR Scale: D N.A.
 pig S. Crowder 2
Little Jack Horner Little Jack Horner lead character
   [ate a Christmas pie] MGM 28
the dog the dog supporting character
CBR Scale: D N.A.
 dog J. Harris 2
Goosey Goosey Gander Goosey Goosey Gander non-feature lead character
CBR Scale: D anthropomorphic animal
 goose R. Christopher 4

This publication is also known as: Christmas With Mother Goose #172.

Contains:
1. Remembering
2. Mother Goose Helps Santa
3. My Little Pony
4. Old Granny Hipple Hopple (what if Christmas came at Easter?)
5. Goosey Gander's Gift
6. A Crooked Party
7. Tommy Tucker's Song
8. A Bear For Bed
9. The Three Blind Mice and A Christmas Deed
10. Rub-A-Dub-Dub
11. My Favorite Tree
12. Little Jack Horner's Christmas Pie
13. What's The Day?
14. Contrary Mary And The Angel
15. Christmas Eve
16. The Merry Pigs

The process of listing characters who appeared in this source is not yet complete. This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. Webpage for Four Color #172 (Nov. 1947) created 27 May 2013. Last modified 1 March 2014.

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