Classics Illustrated Junior #522 - The Nightingale [25 cent reprint [HRN 576]]
(1968)

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

Issue Notes

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This issue is a variant of Classics Illustrated Junior (Gilberton, 1953 series) #522 [O] - The Nightingale.
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[Forthcoming Title] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

[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 Nightingale (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 27 pages (report information)

Script
? (adapter); Hans Christian Andersen (original author)
Pencils
Dik Browne
Inks
Dik Browne
Colors
?
Letters
Typeset
Genre
children
Characters
Emperor; Nightingale; Mechanical Bird; Kitchen Maid; Courtiers
Synopsis
The Emperor is delighted with the song of a nightingale until he receives the gift of a mechanical bird. Delighted with the unusual toy, the Emperor snubs the nightingale and she returns to the forest. When the mechanical bird breaks down from overuse, the Emperor falls deathly ill, but the nightingale returns to the palace and her song restores his health.

The Hare and the Tortoise (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
? (adapter); Aesop (original author)
Pencils
Dik Browne
Inks
Dik Browne
Colors
?
Letters
Typeset
Genre
children
Characters
Hare; Tortoise; Forest Animals
Synopsis
The hare and the tortoise run a footrace but the cocksure hare stops to take a nap and the tortoise wins the race, proving that one should never be too sure of oneself.

The Moon (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Robert Louis Stevenson
Pencils
Alex A. Blum
Inks
Alex A. Blum
Colors
?
Letters
Typeset
Genre
children
Synopsis
Poem from "A Child's Garden of Verses" about the moon.

Mary Had a Little Lamb (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (traditional author)
Pencils
Alex A. Blum
Inks
Alex A. Blum
Colors
?
Letters
Typeset
Genre
children
Characters
Mary; Lamb; Teacher; Children
Synopsis
Nursery rhyme about Mary and her pet lamb.

[Picture to Color] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Pencils
Alex A. Blum
Inks
Alex A. Blum
Letters
Typeset
Genre
children
Characters
Page Boy; Mechanical Bird
Synopsis
Full-page, inside back cover illustration depicting the page boy carrying the mechanical bird on a cushion.

[Mail Order Titles List/Subscription Offer] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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

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Issue at my.comics.org
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Table of Contents
  1. 1. [Forthcoming Title]
  2. 2. [Dot-to-Dot Puzzle]
    What Is This?
  3. 3. The Nightingale
  4. 4. The Hare and the Tortoise
    Aesop's Fables
  5. 5. The Moon
  6. 6. Mary Had a Little Lamb
  7. 7. [Picture to Color]
    Color This Picture With Crayons
  8. 8. [Mail Order Titles List/Subscription Offer]
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