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Issue: Classics Illustrated Junior #542
Publication Date: September 1957
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Issues: #542 of 81 Issues (113 Printings)
Title: The Donkey's Tale
Variant: unnamed
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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: 6 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Roberta Strauss; Meyer A. Kaplan (Executive Editor)
Disclose Notes: Based on a recent examination of the original art, the bottom left panel of page nine is the art used for the cover. Painting effects were apparently applied by the colorist which may, or may not, have been Stan Campbell.
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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 Donkey's Tale

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Stan Campbell (painting)
Inker(s): Stan Campbell (painting)
Colorist(s): Stan Campbell (painting)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, mythological
Feature(s): Donkey
Character(s): Donkey
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Pages: 1
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The Donkey's Tale

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Stan Campbell (signed)
Inker(s): Stan Campbell (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, mythological
Feature(s): Donkey
Character(s): Donkey; King; Queen; Princess
Synopsis: Once upon a time, there was a prince who was born in the shape of a donkey. He was the most beautiful, delightful, lovable little donkey in the world. But he was the saddest little donkey, too, for his greatest wish was to become a real human prince. Though he did not know it, there was one way he could become a human prince. But would he ever find the way?
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Pages: 28
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Aesop's Fables: The Oak and the Reed

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Stan Campbell
Inker(s): Stan Campbell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, philosophical
Feature(s): Aesop's Fables
Synopsis: The parable says that sometimes it is better to bend than just to stand straight and tall.
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The Owl and the Pussy-Cat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edward Lear
Penciller(s): Stan Campbell
Inker(s): Stan Campbell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, poetry
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The Flying Squirrel

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): William A. Walsh
Inker(s): William A. Walsh
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, nature
Feature(s): The Animal World
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The Donkey's Tale

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Stan Campbell
Inker(s): Stan Campbell
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Color This Picture With Crayons
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