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(August 1954)

Gilberton, 1953 Series
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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.

Puss in Boots (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Dik Browne (painting)
Inks:
Dik Browne (painting)
Colors:
Dik Browne (painting)

Content Information

Genre:
fantasy
Characters:
Puss in Boots; Princess; Miller's Son
Synopsis:
Full-page, front cover illustration depicts Puss in Boots waving farewell to the princess and the miller's son.
Reprints:
Cover Thumbnail for Classics Illustrated Junior (Gilberton, 1953 series) #511 - Puss In Boots Cover Thumbnail for Classics Illustrated Junior (1953 series) #511 [reprint HRN 576]
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[Forthcoming Title] (Table of Contents)

Coming Next Month / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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, "Rumpelstiltskin". Spot illustration depicts the next's issue's cover.

[Dot-to-Dot Puzzle] (Table of Contents)

What Is This? / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

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.

Puss in Boots (Table of Contents)

comic story / 28 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
? (adapter); Charles Perrault (original author)
Pencils:
William A. Walsh
Inks:
William A. Walsh
Colors:
?
Letters:
Typeset

Content Information

Genre:
fantasy
Characters:
Puss in Boots; King; Princess; Miller's Son; Wicked Magician
Synopsis:
A cat helps a poor miller's son attain wealth and the hand of a princess in marriage after defeating a wicked magician.
Reprints:

The Fox and the Stork (Table of Contents)

Aesop's Fables / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
? (adapter); Aesop (original author)
Pencils:
William A. Walsh
Inks:
William A. Walsh
Colors:
?
Letters:
Typeset

Content Information

Genre:
children
Characters:
Fox; Stork
Synopsis:
A fox thinks it a great joke to serve a stork dinner in a flat dish but the stork turns the tables by serving the fox dinner in a tall, narrow vase. "If you can't take a joke, don't make one," the stork remarks.
Reprints:

There Was a Crooked Man (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
? (traditional author)
Pencils:
Alex A. Blum
Inks:
Alex A. Blum
Colors:
?
Letters:
Typeset

Content Information

Characters:
Crooked Man
Synopsis:
Nursery rhyme about a crooked man finding a crooked sixpence.

Peter Piper (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
? (traditional author)
Pencils:
Alex A. Blum
Inks:
Alex A. Blum
Colors:
?
Letters:
Typeset

Content Information

Characters:
Peter Piper
Synopsis:
Nursery rhyme about Peter Piper picking peppers.

["From eastern Australia comes the strangest animal..."] (Table of Contents)

Animal World / text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
William A. Walsh
Inks:
William A. Walsh
Colors:
?
Letters:
Typeset

Content Information

Genre:
non-fiction
Synopsis:
Illustrated article about the platypus.
Reprints:

[Puss in Boots Pinup] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
William A. Walsh
Inks:
William A. Walsh
Colors:
?

Content Information

Genre:
fantasy
Characters:
Puss in Boots; Wicked Magician
Synopsis:
Full-page, back cover illustration depicts the wicked magician raging at Puss in Boots.
Reprints:
Editing
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Change History

Table of Contents

  1. 0. Puss in Boots
  2. 1. [Forthcoming Title]
    Coming Next Month
  3. 2. [Dot-to-Dot Puzzle]
    What Is This?
  4. 3. Puss in Boots
  5. 4. The Fox and the Stork
    Aesop's Fables
  6. 5. There Was a Crooked Man
  7. 6. Peter Piper
  8. 7. ["From eastern Australia comes the strangest animal..."]
    Animal World
  9. 8. [Puss in Boots Pinup]
This issue was most recently modified by:
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  • Kathryn Wright
  • Bob Hughes
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Peter Croome
  • James Ludwig
  • Max Capp
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