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Four Color #253 (Nov. 1949):
“Christmas with Mother Goose”
by Walt Kelly

Four Color #253

Title: “Christmas with Mother Goose”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Nov. 1949

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


15 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
Goldilocks Goldilocks lead character
   [1st app: The Doctor (vol. 4) (1837)] Longmans, Green & co. 38
Little Boy Blue Little Boy Blue lead character
   [nursery rhyme: fell asleep, lost track of his sheep] Mary Cooper 30
Wee Willie Winkie Wee Willie Winkie lead character
   [from nursery rhyme; has become a personification of sleep] David Robertson 14
Simple Simon Simple Simon (Simon) lead character
   [from nursery rhyme; met a pieman, going to fair] MGM 20
The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe lead character
   [had so many children...] R. Christopher 26
Three Blind Mice Three Blind Mice supporting character group
CBR Scale: D anthropomorphic animals
 mouse Thomas Adams 48
The Cat and the Fiddle The Cat and the Fiddle supporting character
CBR Scale: D N.A.
 cat John Newbery 2
The Little Dog The Little Dog supporting character
CBR Scale: D anthropomorphic animal
 dog
[laughed to see such a sight]		 John Newbery 1
Little Jack Horner Little Jack Horner lead character
   [ate a Christmas pie] MGM 28
Papa Bear Papa Bear supporting character
CBR Scale: D anthropomorphic animal
 bear; Three Bears Longmans, Green & co. 35
Mama Bear Mama Bear supporting character
CBR Scale: D anthropomorphic animal
 bear; Three Bears Longmans, Green & co. 19
Baby Bear Baby Bear supporting character
CBR Scale: D anthropomorphic animal
 bear; Three Bears Longmans, Green & co. 41
children who lived in a shoe children who lived in a shoe supporting character group
   [1st app: Gammer Gurton's Garland (1794)] R. Christopher 6
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 #253.

This issue contains:
1. Advice
2. The Three Blind Mice Play Santa
3. Little Boy Blue and Little Girl Green
4. Jenny Wren
5. Simple Simon and the Wiseman
6. 3 Christmas Bears
7. All Around the Christmas Tree
8. See Saw - Sacar a Down
9. Miss Cross Patch on Christmas Eve
10. Jeminy's Christmas
11. Who's In What?
12. Christmas Grace

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 #253 (Nov. 1949) created 27 May 2013. Last modified 27 December 2013.

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