Classics Illustrated Junior
#522 [O] - The Nightingale
(January 1956)
Gilberton,
1953 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Famous Authors, Ltd.
- Brand
-
Classics Illustrated Junior
- Editing
- Meyer A. Kaplan (Managing Editor)
Issue Notes
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[Forthcoming Title]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Synopsis
- Half-page, vertically-oriented, inside front cover promo positioned on the left side of the page for the next issue in the Classics Illustrated Junior series, "The Gallant Tailor". Spot illustration depicts the next issue's front cover.
[Dot-to-Dot Puzzle]
What Is This? / activity / 0.5 page
- Genre
- children
- Synopsis
- Half-page, vertically-oriented, inside front cover dot-to-dot puzzle positioned on the right side of the page.
The Nightingale
comic story / 27 pages
- 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
Aesop's Fables / comic story / 3 pages
- 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
text article / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Synopsis
- Poem from "A Child's Garden of Verses" about the moon.
Mary Had a Little Lamb
text article / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Mary; Lamb; Teacher; Children
- Synopsis
- Nursery rhyme about Mary and her pet lamb.
[Picture to Color]
Color This Picture With Crayons / activity / 1 page
- 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]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- ? (ad copy)
- Pencils
- ? (spot illustration)
- Inks
- ? (spot illustration)
- Colors
- ? (spot illustration)
- Letters
- Typeset
- Synopsis
- Full-page, back cover promo for mail order back titles from the Classics Illustrated Junior series and a subscription offer to the series. Spot illustrations depict front covers from the series.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Nightingale
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1.
[Forthcoming Title]
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2.
[Dot-to-Dot Puzzle]
What Is This? -
3.
The Nightingale
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4.
The Hare and the Tortoise
Aesop's Fables -
5.
The Moon
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6.
Mary Had a Little Lamb
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7.
[Picture to Color]
Color This Picture With Crayons -
8.
[Mail Order Titles List/Subscription Offer]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Karsten S.
- Kathryn Wright
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