Publishers / Dell / Four Color (1942) / #90
90December 1945
$0.10

Four Color #90

Dell · December 1945 · on sale 1945-10-16

First appearance: Mother GooseFirst appearance: Little Boy Blue
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Identification plate

Series
Four Color (Dell, 1942 series)
Issue
#90
Issue title
Christmas with Mother Goose
Publication date
December 1945
Key date
1945-12-00
On-sale date
1945-10-16
Indicia publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Mother Goose - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Little Boy Blue - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Christmas with Mother Goosecover1pencils: Walt Kelly; inks: Walt Kelly; letters: Walt KellyMother Goose First, Santa Claus
1An Invitationforeword, introduction, preface, afterword1pencils: Walt Kelly; inks: Walt Kelly
2A Christmas Partycomic story3pencils: Walt Kelly; inks: Walt KellyLittle Boy Blue First
3People at the Partyactivity1pencils: Walt Kelly; inks: Walt KellyWee Willie Winkie; Little Bo Peep; Simple Simon; Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater
4Santa's Elves Meet Father and Mother Hubbardcomic story8script: Walt Kelly; pencils: Walt Kelly; inks: Walt KellySanta Claus
5Christmas Songscomic story1pencils: Walt Kelly; inks: Walt KellyJack Horner
6Christmas Shoppingcomic story1pencils: Walt Kelly; inks: Walt Kelly
7Christmas Shopping Listactivity1pencils: Walt Kelly; inks: Walt KellyPolly Flinders; Simple Simon; Betty Blue; Lucy Locket; Mother Hubbard; Tommy Tucker; Baby Bunting; Jack Spratt
8Nursery Rhymestext story2pencils: Walt Kelly; inks: Walt KellyLittle Miss Muffet; Georgie Porgie; Jack; Jill
9The Christmas Problem of the Woman in the Shoecomic story5pencils: Walt Kelly; inks: Walt KellySanta Claus
10A Search for Santacomic story5script: Walt Kelly; pencils: Walt Kelly; inks: Walt KellySanta Claus
11The Animals' Christmascomic story5pencils: Walt Kelly; inks: Walt KellyLittle Boy Blue First
12A Christmas Rebusactivity1letters: ?; typeset
13-foreword, introduction, preface, afterword1pencils: Walt Kelly; inks: Walt Kelly

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Series context

‹ #8990 of 1332#91 ›

Sources

  • Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
  • Wikidata, Q142305 (Mother Goose), first-appearance property (CC0)

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