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Issue: Classics Illustrated Junior #520
Publication Date: November 1955
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Issues: #520 of 81 Issues (113 Printings)
Title: Thumbelina
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: 9 (4 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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Thumbelina

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
Genres: childrens
Character(s): Thumbelina; Swallow
Synopsis: Full-page, front cover illustration depicts Thumbelina flying over a castle on the swallow's back.
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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 Month
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, "The King of the Golden River". 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 directions)
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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Thumbelina

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (adapter); Hans Christian Andersen (original author)
Penciller(s): Lin Streeter; William A. Walsh (backgrounds)
Inker(s): Lin Streeter; William A. Walsh (backgrounds)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Character(s): Thumbelina; Mole; Mouse; Butterfly; Swallow; Mother; Toads
Synopsis: Thumbelina is a tiny girl who has many adventures with sex and marriage-minded insects, reptiles, and small mammals before finding a fairy prince just her size.
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Pages: 28
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The Crow and the Pitcher

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): Crow; Dog
Synopsis: A crow drops pebbles into a half-filled pitcher of water until the water level is high enough for him to drink. "You can solve any problem once you set your mind to it," he remarks.
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Bed in Summer

Text Story  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 child going to bed before the sun sets.
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Cock Robin and Jenny Wren

Text Story  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
Character(s): Cock Robin; Jenny Wren
Synopsis: Nursery rhyme about the courtship and marriage of two birds.
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Pages: 1
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Subscription Offer

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

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): William A. Walsh
Inker(s): William A. Walsh
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Character(s): Thumbelina
Synopsis: Full-page, back cover illustration depicts Thumbelina sitting on a throne inside a flower.
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