Classics Illustrated Junior #504 - The Pied Piper

(January 1954)

[Forthcoming Title] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Coming Next Month / 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 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

• in Bildermärchen (BSV - Williams, 1957 series) #3 - Der Rattenfänger von Hameln
• in Classics Illustrated Junior (Thorpe & Porter, 1953 series) #504 - The Pied Piper
• in Eventyrserien (I.K. [Illustrerede klassikere], 1957 series) #3 - Rottefængeren fra Hammelen (1957)
• in Sagoserien (Illustrerade klassiker, 1957 series) #3 - Råttfångaren (1957)
• in Junior Eventyrbladet [Eventyrbladet] (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1957 series) #3 - Rottefangeren ([mai 1957])

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

• in Bildermärchen (BSV - Williams, 1957 series) #1 - Das hässliche Entlein
• in Illustrierte Klassiker [Classics Illustrated] (BSV - Williams, 1956 series) #7 - Auf Tierfang im Dschungel (1956)
which is reprinted
• in Illustrierte Klassiker [Classics Illustrated] (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1991 series) #42 - Auf Tierfang im Dschungel
• in Illustrierte Klassiker [Classics Illustrated] (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1992 series) #42 - Auf Tierfang im Dschungel
• in Eventyrbladet (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #16 - Jakob og bønnestengelen ([1971])
• in Eventyrboken (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1971 series) #[1] - Askepott ([1971])

[Subscription Order] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

[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.