(April 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.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
Jack and the Beanstalk
cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Dik Browne (painting)
- Inks:
- Dik Browne (painting)
- Colors:
- Dik Browne (painting)
- Letters:
- Typeset
Content Information
- Characters:
- Jack; Mother
- Synopsis:
- Full-page, front cover illustration depicts Jack descending the beanstalk with the talking harp while his mother watches.
- Reprints:
-
in Eventyrbladet (Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #16 ([1971]) -
in Classics Illustrated Junior (Jack Lake Productions Inc., 2004 series) #507 [27] - Jack And the Beanstalk (2008) - in Classics Illustrated Junior (Jack Lane Productions Inc., 2004 series) #27 (507)
-
Indexer Notes
Art and story credits for issue from Jack Lane reprint.
![Cover Thumbnail for Classics Illustrated Junior (1953 series) #507 [reprint]](http://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/874/w100/874660.jpg?9078275292395479014)
[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 series, "Goldilocks and the 3 Bears". Spot illustration depicts the next issue's front 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
- Synopsis:
- Half-page, vertically-oriented, inside front cover dot-to-dot puzzle positioned on the right side of the page.
Jack and the Beanstalk
comic story / 30 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ? (adapter); William Godwin (original author)
- Pencils:
- Alex A. Blum
- Inks:
- Alex A. Blum
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- children
- Characters:
- Jack; Mother; Father; Fairy; Giant; Giantess
- Synopsis:
- Jack exchanges the family cow for a few beans. His mother is furious and tosses the beans out the window. The next morning, Jack finds a beanstalk growing to the clouds and climbs it. In the clouds, he discovers a land dominated by a cruel Giant. On several trips up and down the beanstalk, Jack steals the Giant's bags of gold, his magic hen, and his talking harp. The Giant attempts to pursue Jack down the beanstalk but falls to his death. A good fairy restores Jack's long-lost father, a knight who has been serving for many years in the wars.
- Reprints:
- in Eventyrbladet (Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #16 ([1971])
- in Classics Illustrated Junior (Jack Lake Productions Inc., 2004 series) #507 [27] - Jack And the Beanstalk (2008)
- in Classics Illustrated Junior (Jack Lane Productions Inc., 2004 series) #27 (507)
-
My Shadow
text article / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- Pencils:
- Alex A. Blum
- Inks:
- Alex A. Blum
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- children
- Synopsis:
- Poem from "A Child's Garden of Verses" about a child's shadow.
- Reprints:
- in Classics Illustrated Junior (Jack Lane Productions Inc., 2004 series) #27 (507). Poem was re-typeset.
["The great apes are the animals..."]
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 gorilla.
- Reprints:
- in Classics Illustrated Junior (Jack Lane Productions Inc., 2004 series) #27 (507).
[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 promo offering a Classics Illustrated Junior subscription. Spot illustration depicts the front cover of "The Pied Piper".
[Jack and the Beanstalk Pinup]
illustration / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Alex A. Blum
- Inks:
- Alex A. Blum
- Colors:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- children
- Characters:
- Jack; Giant
- Synopsis:
- Full-page, back cover illustration depicts Jack carrying the magic hen and running away from the Giant.
- Reprints:
- in Classics Illustrated Junior (Jack Lane Productions Inc., 2004 series) #27 (507) [as coloring pin-up]
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
Jack and the Beanstalk
-
1.
[Forthcoming Title]
Coming Next Month -
2.
[Dot-to-Dot Puzzle]
What Is This? -
3.
Jack and the Beanstalk
-
4.
My Shadow
-
5.
["The great apes are the animals..."]
-
6.
[Subscription Offer]
-
7.
[Jack and the Beanstalk Pinup]
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- Peter Croome
- Bob Hughes
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- Peter Croome
- James Ludwig
- Max Capp
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