Issue Details

Issue	#185
Published	1948
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	?
Notes	Indicia title is "EASTER with MOTHER GOOSE, No. 185." Code number is E.M.G.-OS #187. (no code date). Copyright 1948 by Oskar Lebeck.

Cover Details

Characters	Humpty Dumpty
Genre	fantasy
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Cover has "by Walt Kelly" tag on it.

1 page filler "The Moon"

Synopsis	A poem about the moon.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Text and illustrations.

6 page story "The Lost Chick"

Characters	Easter Bunny
Synopsis	A chick goes into the forest to find the Easter Bunny.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly

3 page story "The Candy Egg"

Synopsis	A mouse imagines a candy egg as big as the world.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text (poem) with illustrations.

8 page The Three Pigs story "The Three Pigs Help the Bunny"

Characters	The Three Pigs; Easter Bunny; Little Red Hen; the Wolf
Synopsis	Two pigs take eggs home to boil them for the Easter Bunny. The Wolf thinks this would be a good time to have ham and eggs.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly

Half page Little Miss Muffet filler "Little Miss Muffet on Easter Day"

Characters	Little Miss Muffet
Synopsis	Short poem about Easter
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustration.

Half page filler "The Baby Chick"

Synopsis	Short poem about a baby chick.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustrations.

1 page filler "I Had a Little Nut Tree"

Synopsis	A poem about a rabbit and a nut tree.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustrations.

11 page The Pied Piper story "Into the Egg with the Pied Piper"

Characters	The Pied Piper
Synopsis	The Pied Piper rids the town of rats. Instead of the purse of 1,000 pounds of gold, the Mayor gives him one gold coin. Infuriated, the Piper leads the town's children to the top of a mountain where a large egg has appeared. The Piper leads the children into the egg and a land of sunshine and flowers.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Story is told in rhyme. Text and illustrations.

3 page story "The Little Bunny"

Characters	Tom, the Piper's Son; the Pieman
Synopsis	Tom, the Piper's son chases a bunny, but upsets the Pieman and breaks a basket of eggs.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Story is told in rhyme. Text and illustrations.

1 page filler "The Two Jacks"

Characters	Little Jack Horner
Synopsis	A poem about a parrot and Jack Horner.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Story is told in rhyme. Text and illustration.

4 page story "Humpty Dumpty"

Characters	Humpty Dumpty; Little Bo Peep; Easter Bunny
Synopsis	Humpty Dumpty goes to the Easter Bunny's party, but ends up falling off a wall.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly

2 page story "Peter, Peter, Pumkin Eater"

Characters	Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater; Jack and Jill; Easter Bunny
Synopsis	Peter, Peter, Pumpkin eater meets up with Jack and Jill and the Easter Bunny.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Story is told in rhyme. Text and illustrations.

1 page filler "See a Hen"

Synopsis	A poem about a hen.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustrations.

1 page filler "Wee Willie Winkie"

Characters	Wee Willie Winkie
Synopsis	An Easter twist on the "Wee Willie Winkie" nursey rhyme.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Text and illustations.

6 page story "The Quangle-Wangle's Hat"

Characters	Easter Bunny; Easter Chick; Quangle-Wangle
Synopsis	The Quangle-Wangle lives in a tree. He wears a very large hat and the animals all want to build homes on the hat.
Script	Edward Lear (credited)
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Story is told in rhyme. Text and illustrations.

1 page filler "Easter Outfit"

Synopsis	A little girl puts on her Easter outfit.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Text and illustrations.

1 page filler "Hiding Places"

Synopsis	A little boy wonders where the Easter Bunny will hide the eggs.
Script	Walt Kelly ?
Pencils	Walt Kelly
Inks	Walt Kelly
Notes	Story is told in rhyme. Text and illustrations.