Issue Details

Issue	#90
Published	December 1945
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	?
Notes	Indicia title is "CHRISTMAS WITH MOTHER GOOSE, No. 90." Code number is MGOS 90-4512. Copyright 1945 by Oskar Lebeck.

Cover Details - "Christmas with Mother Goose"

Characters	Santa Claus; Mother Goose
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Letters	typeset
Notes	Cover has "Illustrated by Walt Kelly" in typeset letters.

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "An Invitation"

Synopsis	Introduction to the comic, told in rhyme.
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Text and illustrations.

3 page story "A Christmas Party"

Characters	Little Boy Blue; Jack Horner; Georgie Porgie; Old King Cole; Queen of Hearts; Jack and Jill
Synopsis	Mother Goose throws a Christmas party.
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustrations.

1 page activity "People at the Party"

Characters	Wee Willie Winkie; Little Bo Peep; Simple Simon; Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater
Synopsis	Descriptions of nursery rhyme characters with a blank for their names.
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustrations.

8 page story "Santa's Elves Meet Father and Mother Hubbard"

Characters	Father Hubbard; Mother Hubbard; Polly Flinders; Georgie Porgie; Curlylocks; Santa Claus; Crinklewig
Synopsis	In Mother Goose Land, Santa's elves help a poor shoemaker and his wife. In appreciation, the pair go with the elves to help in Santa's workshop.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly

1 page filler "Christmas Songs"

Characters	Jack Horner
Synopsis	Illustrated versions of "Christmas is Coming" and "Little Jack Horner."
Script	[Traditional songs]
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustrations.

1 page filler "Christmas Shopping"

Synopsis	A mouse borrows a cat's hat to go Christmas shopping.
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustrations.

1 page activity "Christmas Shopping List"

Characters	Polly Flinders; Simple Simon; Betty Blue; Lucy Locket; Mother Hubbard; Tommy Tucker; Baby Bunting; Jack Spratt
Synopsis	Characters from nursery rhymes with the question "What do our Mother Goose friends need?"
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustrations.

2 page filler "Nursery Rhymes"

Characters	Little Miss Muffet; Georgie Porgie; Jack and Jill
Synopsis	Six nursery rhymes: Little Miss Muffet; Deedle, Deedle Dumpling; Jack Be Nimble; Jack and Jill; Georgie Porgie; and To Bed, To Bed.
Script	[Traditional]
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	A two-page spread across the centerfold. Text and illustrations.

5 page story "The Christmas Problem of The Woman in the Shoe"

Characters	Santa Claus
Synopsis	Santa brings presents for the "17 girls and 25 boys" who lived with "the Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe."
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustrations.

5 page story "A Search for Santa"

Characters	Miss Muffet; Peter, Pumpkin Eater; The Three Bears; Santa Claus
Synopsis	Little Miss Muffet and Peter, Pumpkin Eater go searching for Santa Claus.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly

5 page story "The Animals' Christmas"

Characters	Little Boy Blue; Three Blind Mice
Synopsis	Animals from nursery rhymes celebrate Christmas.
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustrations.

1 page activity "A Christmas Rebus"

Synopsis	A letter from Santa in rebus form.
Letters	?; typeset
Notes	Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Answers to the questions in Sequences 3 and 7 are printed at the bottom of the page.

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Have you ever wondered..."

Synopsis	Promo for the issue set against a background of a Christmas tree decorated with tiny Mother Goose characters.
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Back cover.