Classics Illustrated Junior #509 - Beauty and the Beast

(June 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 Blum

Inks

Alex Blum

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

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

Beauty and the Beast (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 29 pages (report information)

Script

Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (original author); ? (adapter)

Pencils

Dik Browne

Inks

Dik Browne

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

children

Characters

Beauty; Beast; Beauty's Father (merchant); Beauty's Two Sisters

Synopsis

Beauty's father picks a rose in the Beast's garden and the price is his daughter, Beauty. She is carried to the Beast's palace, and enjoys every luxury. Eventually, she overcomes her fear of the Beast and looks forward to his company. One day, she returns home to tend her ailing father, and returns to the palace to find the Beast dying. She is heartbroken but confesses her love by accepting his offer of marriage. The Beast is transformed into a Prince.

Reprints

• in Bildermärchen (BSV - Williams, 1957 series) #2 - Herzelieb und das Untier
• in Clasicos Infantiles (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1955 series) #6 - La Bella y la Bestia
• in Eventyrserien (I.K. [Illustrerede klassikere], 1957 series) #2 - Fagerlil og uhyret (1957)
• in Sagoserien (Illustrerade klassiker, 1957 series) #2 - Lena och lejonet (1957)
• in Junior Eventyrbladet [Eventyrbladet] (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1957 series) #2 - Vesle-vakker og dyret ([april 1957])

The Dog and the Shadow (Table of Contents: 4)

Aesop's Fables [Classics Illustrated] / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Αἴσωπος (credited as Aesop) (original author); ? (adapter)

Pencils

Bill Walsh

Inks

Bill Walsh

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

children

Characters

Dog

Synopsis

A greedy dog drops his piece of meat into a stream when he thinks the reflection he sees in its depths is carrying a bigger piece. He realizes he should have been content with what he had.

Reprints

• in Bildermärchen (BSV - Williams, 1957 series) #2 - Herzelieb und das Untier

Indexer Notes

First of the Aesop's Fables adaptations in the series.

Ride a Cock-Horse (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

? (traditional author)

Pencils

Alex Blum

Inks

Alex Blum

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

children

Characters

Old Lady; Tommy

Synopsis

Nursery rhyme about a lady at Banubury Cross with rings on her fingers and bells on her toes.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Walsh

Inks

Bill Walsh

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The hippopotamus is one of the largest...

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

Illustrated article about the hippopotamus.

Reprints

• in Bildermärchen (BSV - Williams, 1957 series) #1 - Das hässliche Entlein
• 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 Offer] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

[Beauty and the Beast Pinup] (Table of Contents: 8)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Dik Browne

Inks

Dik Browne

Colors

?

Genre

children

Characters

Beauty; Beast

Synopsis

Full-page, back cover illustration depicts Beauty and the Prince in a garden.