Classics Illustrated Junior
#502
[price variant]
(Summer 1969)
- Price:
- 0.25 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- 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 is a variant of Classics Illustrated Junior (Gilberton, 1953 series) #502 - The Ugly Duckling.
The Ugly Duckling
cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Dik Browne ? (painting)
- Inks:
- Dik Browne ? (painting)
- Colors:
- Dik Browne ? (painting)
- Letters:
- Typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- Children
- Characters:
- Ugly Duckling; Mother Duck
- Synopsis:
- Full-page, front cover illustration depicts the Ugly Duckling and the Mother Duck with her ducklings.
- Reprints:
in ![Cover Thumbnail for Classics Illustrated Junior (Gilberton, 1953 series) #502 [price variant]](http://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/874/w200/874461.jpg?-6516145300441904895)
[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 title in the Classics Illustrated Junior series, "Cinderella". Spot illustration depicts the next issue's 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
- Genre:
- Children
- Synopsis:
- Half-page, vertically-oriented, inside front cover dot-to-dot puzzle positioned on the right side of the page.
The Ugly Duckling
comic story / 30 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ? (adapter); Hans Christian Andersen (original author)
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- Children
- Characters:
- Ugly Duckling; Mother Duck; Hen; Cat; Old Woman; Barnyard Fowl; Farmer; Two Children; Wild Ducks; Swans
- Synopsis:
- The Ugly Duckling is unwanted in the barnyard for no other reason than that of his homeliness. He is teased, harassed, and abused, and leaves home to make his way in the world. He suffers great hardships but the day comes when he matures into a swan, the most beautiful bird of all.
- Reprints:
The Cat and the Fiddle
text article / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ? (traditional author)
- Pencils:
- Alex A. Blum
- Inks:
- Alex A Blum
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- Children
- Characters:
- Cat; Cow; Dog; Dish; Spoon
- Synopsis:
- Nursery rhyme about a fiddle-playing cat, a cow jumping over the moon, a laughing dog, and a runaway dish and spoon.
["In the winter, the female bear..."]
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 polar bear.
[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 cover of "The Pied Piper".
[The Ugly Duckling Pinup]
illustration / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Children
- Characters:
- Ugly Duckling
- Synopsis:
- Full-page, back cover illustration depicts the Ugly Duckling gliding over the water as a swan.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Ugly Duckling
-
1.
[Forthcoming Title]
Coming Next Month -
2.
[Dot-to-Dot Puzzle]
What Is This? -
3.
The Ugly Duckling
-
4.
The Cat and the Fiddle
-
5.
["In the winter, the female bear..."]
-
6.
[Subscription Offer]
-
7.
[The Ugly Duckling Pinup]
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Gary L. Watson
- Bob Hughes
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Gregory Fischer
- Peter Croome
- James Ludwig
- Max Capp
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