Issue Details

Issue	#59
Published	December 1944
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	?
Notes	Indicia title is "MOTHER GOOSE AND NURSERY RHYME COMICS, No. 59." Code number is M.G. 59-4412. Copyright 1944 by Oskar Lebeck.

Cover Details - "Mother Goose and Nursery Rhyme Comics"

Characters	Humpty Dumpty; Little Bo Peep; Jack be Nimble
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly

1 page filler "Old Mother Goose"

Characters	Mother Goose; Old King Cole
Synopsis	King Cole has to give Mother Goose's gander a ride.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Text and illustrations.

4 page story "Simple Simon"

Characters	Simple Simon; Little Bo Peep; Mother Hubbard
Synopsis	Simple Simon tries to find work to earn money to buy a pie.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustrations.

2 page story "There Was a Crooked Man..."

Characters	The Crooked Man
Synopsis	The nursery rhyme "There Was a Crooked Man."
Script	[Traditional]
Notes	Text and illustrations.

1 page filler "The Puzzled Centipede"

Synopsis	A centipede gets confused when asked "which leg comes after which?"
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustrations.

9 page story "Tom Twist"

Characters	Tom Twist
Synopsis	Acrobatic Tom Twist goes to sea and has adventures on a tropical island and in China before returning home.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly

1 page filler "Old Woman Tossed Up in a Basket"

Synopsis	An old woman is tossed high in a basket to sweep the cobwebs from the sky.
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustrations.

3 page story "Little Miss Muffet"

Characters	Little Miss Muffet; Little Boy Blue
Synopsis	Miss Muffet asks for help to protect her from the spider.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustrations.

1 page filler "Diddle diddle dumpling, my son John"

Synopsis	The nursery rhyme "Diddle Diddle Dumpling."
Script	[Traditional]
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustrations.

2 page story "There was a little Guinea pig."

Synopsis	The life of a Guinea pig.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustrations.

5 page story "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.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustrations.

1 page filler "Four and twenty tailors went to kill a snail."

Synopsis	Four and twenty tailors try to kill a snail, but are frightened away.
Script	[Traditional] ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustrations.

2 page story "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe"

Synopsis	Version of the nursery rhyme "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe" extended to include up to "nineteen, twenty."
Script	[Traditional]
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustrations.

8 page story "The Owl and the Pussycat"

Characters	The Owl and the Pussycat
Synopsis	The Owl and the Pussycat go to sea, find a ring, and are married.
Script	Edward Lear (original poem); Walt Kelly (modifications)
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Mostly Edward Lear's original poem from 1871, with some minor line changes to make the story read smoother. The Owl bears a resemblance to Howland Owl from Walt Kelly's Pogo stories.

2 page story "The Secret"

Synopsis	A little girl has a secret.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustrations.

3 page story "Where, oh where has my little dog gone?"

Synopsis	A little boy's dog spends the day at the fair.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustrations.

1 page activity "The farmer in the dell"

Synopsis	The words to the song "The Farmer in the Dell" along with a game to play while singing the song.
Script	[Traditional song]; ? (activity directions)
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustrations.

2 page activity "The Singing Game of London Bridge"

Synopsis	Directions for choosing sides for a tug-of-war using the song "London Bridge is Falling Down."
Script	[Traditional song]; ? (activity directions)
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustrations.

1 page activity "Handkerchief Game"

Synopsis	Directions for playing a game that includes singing the nursery rhyme "A Tisket, A Tasket."
Script	[Traditional poem]; ? (activity directions)
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustrations.

1 page filler "Doctor Foster went to Gloucester"

Characters	Doctor Foster
Synopsis	The nursery rhyme "Doctor Foster Went to Gloucester."
Script	[Traditional]
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Inside back cover; black, red, and white.

1 page illustration "Nursery Rhyme Scenes"

Synopsis	Scenes from 14 nursery rhymes against a black background.
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Back cover.