Classics Illustrated Junior #563 - The Wishing Well
(December 1959)

Gilberton, 1953 Series
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Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
?
On-sale Date
1959
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Famous Authors, Ltd.
Brand
Classics Illustrated Junior
Editing
Meyer A. Kaplan (executive editor); Roberta Strauss (editor); Diane Alexander (associate editor)

Issue Notes

Indexed from copy with Highest Reorder Number of 563 (assumed first printing).

The Wishing Well (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
L. B. Cole (painting)
Inks
L. B. Cole (painting)
Colors
L. B. Cole (painting)
Letters
?
Genre
children; fantasy-supernatural
Reprints
Keywords
Fairy Tale
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[Coming Next] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

The Wishing Well (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 28 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
William A. Walsh
Inks
William A. Walsh
Colors
?
Letters
Typeset
Genre
children; fantasy-supernatural
Synopsis
A young man discovers a magic ax, a magic walnut and a magic spade and wins the hand of a princess.
Reprints
Keywords
Fairy Tale

Aesop's Fables: The Boy Bathing (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Aesop (adapted from)
Pencils
William A. Walsh
Inks
William A. Walsh
Colors
?
Letters
Typeset
Genre
children; fantasy-supernatural
Synopsis
A boy is drowning but the man on the shore stops to lecture him.
Keywords
Parable

There Was a Young Lady Whose Nose (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Edward Lear
Pencils
William A. Walsh
Inks
William A. Walsh
Colors
?
Letters
Typeset
Genre
children; fantasy-supernatural
Synopsis
Limerick by Edward Lear illustrated.
Keywords
Nursery Rhyme

The Alpaca (Table of Contents: 5)

The Animal World / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
L. B. Cole
Inks
L. B. Cole
Colors
?
Letters
Typeset
Genre
non-fiction; animal
Synopsis
Facts about the alpaca.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Pencils
L. B. Cole
Inks
L. B. Cole
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Pen and ink version of cover illustration.

The Wonderful World of Fairy Tales (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Wishing Well
  2. 1. [Coming Next]
  3. 2. The Wishing Well
  4. 3. Aesop's Fables: The Boy Bathing
    Aesop's Fables
  5. 4. There Was a Young Lady Whose Nose
  6. 5. The Alpaca
    The Animal World
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Color This Picture with Crayons
  8. 7. The Wonderful World of Fairy Tales
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Bob Hughes
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Matt Tauber
  • Jim Van Dore
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