Issue Details

Issue	#103
Published	April 1946
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	?
Notes	Indicia title is "EASTER WITH MOTHER GOOSE, No. 103." Code number is MGOS 103-464. Copyright 1946 by Oskar Lebeck.

Cover Details - "Easter With Mother Goose"

Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Letters	typeset
Notes	Says "by Walt Kelly" in typeset letters.

1 page filler "Hot Cross Buns"

Synopsis	The nursery rhyme "Hot Cross Buns."
Script	[Traditional]
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Text and illustrations.

4 page story "Easter With Mother Goose"

Characters	Tom Tucker; Bo Peep; Little Boy Blue; Simple Simon; Old King Cole; Humpty Dumpty
Synopsis	The characters in Mother Goose Land have an Easter party at Little Boy Blue's home.
Script	Walt Kelly
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustrations.

8 page story "Buddy Bunny's Problem"

Characters	Easter Bunny; Buddy Bunny; Little Red Hen; Dame Duck
Synopsis	The Easter Bunny has his son, Buddy Bunny, deliver some Easter baskets, but Buddy has all sorts of problems.
Script	Walt Kelly
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly

3 page story "Ten Little Easter Eggs"

Synopsis	Ten Easter eggs meet their demise one by one.
Script	Walt Kelly
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustrations.

1 page filler "Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater"

Characters	Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater
Synopsis	The nursery rhyme "Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater."
Script	[Traditional]
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustrations.

7 page The Three Blind Mice story "The Three Blind Mice and their Easter Gift"

Characters	The Three Blind Mice [Minie; Meenie; Moe]; Tommy Tucker; The Cat and the Fiddle
Synopsis	The Three Blind Mice (who aren't blind) get a dozen eggs for Tommy Tucker, who's sick in bed.
Genre	funny animals
Script	Walt Kelly
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly

2 page activity "Hidden are bunnies numbering ten"

Synopsis	A large drawing in which are hidden drawings of ten bunnies, five chicks, and three eggs.
Script	Walt Kelly
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	One large illustration across the centerfold, with text.

3 page story "Inside an Easter Egg"

Synopsis	A story combining characters and lines from various nursery rhymes.
Script	Walt Kelly
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustrations.

5 page story "Through the Town"

Characters	Sulky Sue; Tommy Stout; Jack Spratt; Little Miss Muffet; Three Little Kittens; Old Mother Hubbard; Goosey Goosey Gander
Synopsis	A boy wanders through a town, asking nursery rhyme characters if they've seen the Easter Bunny.
Script	Walt Kelly
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustrations.

2 page Wee Willie Winkie story "Wee Willie Helps the Easter Bunny"

Characters	Wee Willie Winkie; Easter Bunny
Synopsis	The "Wee Willie Winkie" nursery rhyme with an Easter-related ending.
Script	Walt Kelly
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustrations.

1 page filler "Fair Easter Day"

Synopsis	Poem about Easter eggs.
Script	Walt Kelly
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustrations.

12 page Humpty Dumpty story "Humpty Dumpty and the Giant"

Characters	Humpty Dumpty; Reynard the Fox; the Giant; Easter Bunny
Synopsis	The Giant takes Humpty Dumpty up the beanstalk to his castle to have him for supper. Reynard the Fox and the Easter Bunny rescue him.
Script	Walt Kelly
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly

1 page filler "I Caught a Hare Alive"

Synopsis	A boy catches a rabbit.
Script	Walt Kelly
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Inside back cover; Black, red, and white. Text and illustrations.

1 page filler "Hickety, pickety, my black hen"

Synopsis	A poem about a hen laying eggs for Easter.
Script	Walt Kelly
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Back cover. Text and illustrations.