(March 1954)
- Price:
- 0.15 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- Monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Famous Authors, Ltd.
- Brand:
- Classics Illustrated Junior
- Editing:
- Meyer A. Kaplan (Managing Editor)
- Format:
- Standard Gold and Silver Age US Size; Glossy cover; Newsprint interior; Color; Saddle-stitched; Was ongoing
Issue Notes
This issue has variants.
The 3 Little Pigs
cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Dik Browne ? (painting)
- Inks:
- Dik Browne ? (painting)
- Colors:
- Dik Browne ? (painting)
- Letters:
- Typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- children
- Characters:
- Three Pigs; Wolf
- Synopsis:
- Full-page, front cover illustration depicts the wolf watching the pigs.
- Reprints:
in 
![Cover Thumbnail for Classics Illustrated Junior (1953 series) #506 [25c Price Variant]](http://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/874/w100/874537.jpg?7576512682148014756)
[Forthcoming Title]
Coming Next Month / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
Credits
- Script:
- ? (ad copy)
- Pencils:
- Alex A. Blum
- Inks:
- Alex A. Blum
- Letters:
- Typeset
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- Half-page, vertically-oriented, inside front cover promo positioned on the left side of the page for the next issue in the Classics Illustrated Junior series, "Jack and the Beanstalk". Spot illustration depicts the next issue's cover.
[Dot-to-Dot Puzzle]
What Is This? / activity / 0.5 page
Credits
- Script:
- ? (puzzle directions)
- Pencils:
- Alex A. Blum
- Inks:
- Alex A. Blum
- Letters:
- Typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- children
- Synopsis:
- Half-page, vertically-oriented, inside front cover dot-to-dot puzzle positioned on the right side of the page.
The 3 Little Pigs
comic story / 30 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ? (adapter); James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (original author)
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- children
- Characters:
- Three Pigs; Mother Pig; Wolf
- Synopsis:
- A hungry wolf waits for an opportunity to devour three pigs but his several attempts to capture them are thwarted.
- Reprints:
I Saw a Ship A-Sailing
text article / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ? (traditional author)
- Pencils:
- Alex A. Blum
- Inks:
- Alex A. Blum
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- children
- Characters:
- White Mice; Duck
- Synopsis:
- Nursery rhyme about a ship manned by mice and captained by a duck.
"On a hunt, the cheetah..."
text article / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- William A. Walsh
- Inks:
- William A. Walsh
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- non-fiction
- Synopsis:
- Illustrated article about the cheetah.
[Subscription Offer]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ? (ad copy)
- Pencils:
- Alex A. Blum
- Inks:
- Alex A. Blum
- Letters:
- Typeset
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- Full-page, inside back cover subscription offer for the Classics Illustrated Junior series. Spot illustration depicts front cover of "The Pied Piper".
[The 3 Little Pigs Pinup]
illustration / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- children
- Characters:
- Three Pigs
- Synopsis:
- Full-page, back cover illustration depicts the three pigs and a wheelbarrow.
Editing
Table of Contents
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0.
The 3 Little Pigs
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1.
[Forthcoming Title]
Coming Next Month -
2.
[Dot-to-Dot Puzzle]
What Is This? -
3.
The 3 Little Pigs
-
4.
I Saw a Ship A-Sailing
-
5.
"On a hunt, the cheetah..."
-
6.
[Subscription Offer]
-
7.
[The 3 Little Pigs Pinup]
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Kathryn Wright
- Bob Hughes
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Gregory Fischer
- Peter Croome
- James Ludwig
- Max Capp
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