Classics Illustrated Junior #501 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
(October 1953)

Gilberton, 1953 Series
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[Introduction] (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (editors)
Letters
Typeset

Synopsis
Full-page, inside front cover introduction to the Classics Illustrated Junior series.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 30 pages (report information)

Script
Mayer A. Kaplan (adapter); Brothers Grimm (original authors)
Pencils
Alex A. Blum
Inks
Alex A. Blum
Colors
?
Letters
Typeset

Genre
children
Characters
Snow White; Queen; Prince; Seven Dwarfs; Huntsman; Magic Mirror
Synopsis
Snow White flees a wicked Queen to live in the forest with the Seven Dwarfs. When the Queen poisons Snow White, she falls into a death-like sleep until a Prince awakens her with love's first kiss.
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The Farmer in the Dell (Table of Contents: 3)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
children
Characters
Farmer; Wife; Child; Nurse; Dog; Cat; Rat; Cheese
Synopsis
Nursery rhyme about a farmer and the people and animals in his life.
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[Lion] (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
Illustrated article about the lion.
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[Subscription Offer] (Table of Contents: 5)

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 back cover promo positioned on the left side of the page offering a Classics Illustrated Junior subscription. Spot illustration depicts three covers from the series.

[Dot-to-Dot Puzzle] (Table of Contents: 6)

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 back cover dot-to-dot puzzle positioned on the right side of the page.

[Snow White Pinup] (Table of Contents: 7)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Alex A. Blum
Inks
Alex A. Blum
Colors
?

Genre
children
Characters
Snow White; Prince; Seven Dwarfs
Synopsis
Full-page, back cover illustration depicts the Seven Dwarfs dancing around Snow White and the Prince.
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Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
  2. 1. [Introduction]
  3. 2. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
  4. 3. The Farmer in the Dell
  5. 4. [Lion]
  6. 5. [Subscription Offer]
  7. 6. [Dot-to-Dot Puzzle]
    What Is This?
  8. 7. [Snow White Pinup]
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  • Bob Hughes
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Kathryn Wright