(February 1956)
- Price:
- 0.15 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Famous Authors, Ltd.
- Brand:
- Classics Illustrated Junior
- Editing:
- Helene Lecar; Roberta Strauss Feuerlicht (editorial director)
- Format:
- Standard Gold and Silver Age US Size; Glossy cover; Newsprint interior; Color; Saddle-stitched; Was ongoing
Issue Notes
Art Director - Sidney Miller. Art Assistant - Stephen L. Addeo. Production Director - George V. Rickel.
[no title indexed]
What is it? / activity / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Connect the dots puzzle on inside front cover.
The Gallant Tailor
The Gallant Tailor / comic story / 28 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ? (adaptation); Brothers Grimm (original)
- Pencils:
- Mike Sekowsky
- Inks:
- Frank Giacoia
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- fantasy
- Characters:
- Tailor; Princess; King; Giants; Unicorn; Boar
- Synopsis:
- A tailor defeats several giants but is given almost impossible tasks to fulfuill before winning a princess in marriage.
- Keywords:
- Fairy Tale
Indexer Notes
Art identification by William B. Jones Jr in Classics Illustrated a Cultural History
The Fox and the Crow
Aesop's Fables / comic story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Mike Sekowsky
- Inks:
- Mike Sekowsky
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Fantasy
- Characters:
- Fox; Crow
- Synopsis:
- A fox tricks a crow into dropping a piece of cheese by flattering her singing voice, and then suggests she not listen to that which she knows is not true.
- Keywords:
- Parable
Windy Nights
comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- Pencils:
- Alex A. Blum
- Inks:
- Alex A. Blum
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- Poem from "A Child's Garden of Verses" about the personification of the wind as a horse and rider galloping about at night.
Indexer Notes
From A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES, by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Wouldn't it Be Funny?
comic story / 0.5 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Alex A. Blum
- Inks:
- Alex A. Blum
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- Nursery rhyme about ridiculous propositions including a cow barking and a dog mooing.
Indexer Notes
Illustrated nursery rhyme.
Jack, Be Nimble
comic story / 0.5 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Alex A. Blum
- Inks:
- Alex A. Blum
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Characters:
- Jack
- Synopsis:
- Nursery rhyme about a boy jumping over a candlestick.
- Keywords:
- nursery rhyme.; nursery rhymes
Indexer Notes
Illustrated nursery rhyme.
[no title indexed]
Color This Picture With Crayons / activity / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Mike Sekowsky
- Inks:
- Frank Giacoia
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Characters:
- The Gallant Tailor
Indexer Notes
Coloring page on inside back cover.
Classics Illustrated Junior
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Indexer Notes
Checklist for Classics Illustrated Junior titles, on back cover.
Editing
Table of Contents
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0.
The Gallant Tailor
The Gallant Tailor -
1.
[no title indexed]
What is it? -
2.
The Gallant Tailor
The Gallant Tailor -
3.
The Fox and the Crow
Aesop's Fables -
4.
Windy Nights
-
5.
Wouldn't it Be Funny?
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6.
Jack, Be Nimble
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7.
[no title indexed]
Color This Picture With Crayons -
8.
Classics Illustrated Junior
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