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Issue: Classics Illustrated Junior #518
Publication Date: September 1955
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Issues: #518 of 81 Issues (113 Printings)
Title: The Golden Goose
Variant: 15¢ Cover Price
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Publisher: FlagGilberton
Brand: Classics Illustrated JuniorView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Famous Authors, Ltd.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Meyer A. Kaplan (Managing Editor)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden and Silver Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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The Golden Goose

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Dik Browne (painting)
Inker(s): Dik Browne (painting)
Colorist(s): Dik Browne (painting)
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Golden Goose; Innkeeper's Three Daughters
Synopsis: Full-page, front cover illustration depicts the innkeeper's three daughters stuck to the Golden Goose.
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In Content Item: FlagPixi Tales #35 published ?
as The Golden Goose [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Forthcoming Title

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): Alex A. Blum
Inker(s): Alex A. Blum
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Coming Next
Synopsis: Half-page, vertically-oriented, inside front cover promo positioned on the left side of the page for the next issue of Classics Illustrated Junior, "Paul Bunyan". Spot illustration depicts the next issue's front cover.
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Pages: 0.5
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Dot-to-Dot Puzzle

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (puzzle instructions)
Penciller(s): Alex A. Blum
Inker(s): Alex A. Blum
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): What Is This?
Synopsis: Half-page, vertically-oriented, inside front cover dot-to-dot puzzle positioned on the right side of the page.
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The Golden Goose

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (adapter); Jacob Grimm (original author); Wilhelm Grimm (original author)
Penciller(s): Mike Sekowsky
Inker(s): Frank Giacoia
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Character(s): Simpleton; Simpleton's Mother; Simpleton's Two Brothers; Princess; King; Golden Goose; Little Man; Innkeeper; Innkeeper's Three Daughters; Townspeople
Synopsis: After helping a little man to food and drink, Simpleton is rewarded with a Golden Goose. Those who attempt to touch Simpleton's goose become stuck to the bird (or each other) and Simpleton thus becomes the leader of a comical procession through the countryside. Eventually, the goose helps Simpleton win the love of a princess, but they are allowed to marry only after Simpleton accomplishes three seemingly impossible tasks.
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Pages: 27
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The Lion and the Mouse

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (adapter); Aesop (original author)
Penciller(s): Mike Sekowsky
Inker(s): Mike Sekowsky
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Aesop's Fables
Character(s): Lion; Mouse
Synopsis: After a lion spares his life, a mouse frees the lion from a hunter's net. The lion notes that an act of kindness is never wasted.
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Pages: 3
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Hark! Hark!

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (traditional author)
Penciller(s): Alex A. Blum
Inker(s): Alex A. Blum
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Synopsis: Nursery rhyme telling of people coming to town in rags and velvet gowns.
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Humpty Dumpty

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (traditional author)
Penciller(s): Alex A. Blum
Inker(s): Alex A. Blum
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Synopsis: Nursery rhyme telling of Humpty Dumpty's fall.
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Rain

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Louis Stevenson
Penciller(s): Alex A. Blum
Inker(s): Alex A. Blum
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Synopsis: Poem from "A Child's Garden of Verses" about rain falling on land and at sea.
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At the Seaside

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Louis Stevenson
Penciller(s): Alex A. Blum
Inker(s): Alex A. Blum
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Synopsis: Poem from "A Child's Garden of Verses" about a youngster playing on the seashore.
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Subscription Offer

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Full-page, inside back cover promo offering Classics Illustrated and Classics Illustrated Junior subscriptions. Spot illustrations depict series front covers.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Mike Sekowsky
Inker(s): Frank Giacoia
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Character(s): Simpleton; Golden Goose
Synopsis: Full-page, back cover illustration depicts Simpleton leading the Golden Goose by a ribbon.
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