Classics Illustrated Junior #504 - The Pied Piper [HRN 576]
(Summer 1969)

Gilberton, 1953 Series
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Price
0.25 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
?
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Famous Authors, Ltd.
Brand
Classics Illustrated Junior
Editing
Meyer A. Kaplan (Managing Editor)

[Forthcoming Title] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
Alex A. Blum
Inks
Alex A. Blum
Letters
Typeset

Synopsis
Half-page, vertically-oriented, inside front cover promo positioned on the left side of the page for the next issue of Classics Illustrated Junior, "The Sleeping Beauty". Spot illustration depicts the next issue's front cover.

[Dot-to-Dot Puzzle] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
? (puzzle directions)
Pencils
Alex A. Blum
Inks
Alex A. Blum
Letters
Typeset

Genre
children
Synopsis
Half-page, vertically-oriented, inside front cover dot-to-dot puzzle positioned on the right side of the page.

The Pied Piper (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 30 pages (report information)

Script
? (adapter); Robert Browning (original author)
Pencils
Dik Browne (signed)
Inks
Dik Browne ?
Colors
?
Letters
Typeset

Genre
children
Synopsis
The Pied Piper rids the town of Hamelin of rats, but is cheated of his fee by the mayor and his councilmen. In revenge, he leads the children of Hamelin to a mountain that closes around them.
Reprints

Sing a Song of Sixpence (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
children
Characters
King; Queen; Maid; Blackbirds
Synopsis
Nursery rhyme about a pie filled with twenty-four singing blackbirds.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We can tell the African elephant...
Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
Illustrated article about elephants.
Reprints

[Subscription Order] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
Alex A. Blum
Inks
Alex A. Blum
Letters
Typeset

Synopsis
Full-page, inside back cover promo offering a Classics Illustrated Junior subscription. Spot illustration depicts the front cover of "The Pied Piper".

[The Pied Piper Pinup] (Table of Contents: 7)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dik Browne ?
Inks
Dik Browne ?
Colors
Dik Browne ?

Genre
children
Synopsis
Full-page, back cover illustration depicts the Pied Piper and a dancing rat.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 1. [Forthcoming Title]
    Coming Next Month
  2. 2. [Dot-to-Dot Puzzle]
    What Is This?
  3. 3. The Pied Piper
  4. 4. Sing a Song of Sixpence
  5. 5. ["We can tell the African elephant..."]
  6. 6. [Subscription Order]
  7. 7. [The Pied Piper Pinup]
This issue was modified by
  • Bob Hughes
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Karsten S.
  • Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)