Classics Illustrated Junior #521 [O] - The King of the Golden River

(December 1955)

[Forthcoming Title] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

? (ad copy)

Pencils:

Alex Blum

Inks:

Alex Blum

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Half-page, horizontally-oriented, inside front cover promo positioned on the upper portion of the page for the next issue in the Classics Illustrated Junior series, "The Nightingale". Spot illustration depicts the next issue's front cover.

[Statement of Ownership] (Table of Contents)

statement of ownership / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Half-page, horizontally-oriented, inside front cover statement of ownership positioned on the lower portion of the page: Albert L. Kanter (Publisher); William E. Kanter (Editor); Meyer A. Kaplan (Managing Editor); and Maurice R. Kanter (Business Manager). Owner is listed as Famous Authors, Ltd., Albert L., William E., and Maurice R. Kanter at 101 Fifth Avenue, New York, 3, New York.

The King of the Golden River (Table of Contents)

comic story / 27 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? (adapter); John Ruskin (original author)

Pencils:

Bill Walsh

Inks:

Bill Walsh

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Children

Characters:

King of the Golden River; Gluck; Hans; Schwartz

Synopsis:

The King of the Golden River lays waste beautiful Treasure Valley when its owners, brothers Hans and Schwartz, prove to be mean and selfish men. Their brother Gluck however meets the King's expectations regarding kindness and generosity, and the valley is restored to fruitfulness.

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Saltarella.

The Unhappy Crow (Table of Contents)

Aesop's Fables / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? (adapter); Aesop (original author)

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Children

Characters:

Crow; Peacock

Synopsis:

A crow wants to be a peacock and dons a few peacock feathers he finds on the path, but the peacocks think him a pretender and drive him away. He returns to his fellows who now resent him for wanting to be something other than a crow. The crow realizes he should have been happy just being himself.

The Land of Nod (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Louis Stevenson

Pencils:

Alex Blum

Inks:

Alex Blum

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Children

Synopsis:

Poem from "A Child's Garden of Verses" about the strange lands, foods, and music a child encounters in his dreams.

This Is The Way (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

? (traditional author)

Pencils:

Alex Blum

Inks:

Alex Blum

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Children

Synopsis:

Nursery rhyme describing the horsemanship skills of ladies, gentlemen, and farmers.

[Picture to Color] (Table of Contents)

Color This Picture With Crayons / activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Bill Walsh

Inks:

Bill Walsh

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Children

Characters:

Gluck

Synopsis:

Full-page, inside back cover illustration depicting Gluck walking along a path.

Indexer Notes

first Color This Picture With Crayons feature in the series

Art identification by Saltarella.

[Subscription Offer] (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

? (ad copy)

Pencils:

? (spot illustrations)

Inks:

? (spot illustrations)

Colors:

? (spot illustrations)

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Full-page, back cover subscription offer for Classics Illustrated Junior. Spot illustrations depict covers from the series.