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Issue: Classics Illustrated Junior #551
Publication Date: June 1958
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Issues: #551 of 81 Issues (113 Printings)
Title: The Queen Bee
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
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Content Items: 9 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Meyer A. Kaplan (Executive Editor); Roberta Strauss (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 Queen Bee

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): William A. Walsh (painting)
Inker(s): William A. Walsh (painting)
Colorist(s): William A. Walsh (painting)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): The Queen Bee
Character(s): Simpleton; Simpleton's Pet Rabbit; Queen of the Bees
Synopsis: Full-page color illustration depicts Simpleton holding his pet rabbit while greeting the Queen Bee.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: front cover
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Forthcoming Title

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): Alex A. Blum (spot illustration)
Inker(s): Alex A. Blum (spot illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Coming Next Month
Synopsis: Half-page, vertically-oriented promo on the left side of the page for the next issue in the Classics Illustrated Junior series, "The Three Little Dwarfs". Spot illustration depicts the next issue's front cover.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: inside front cover
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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 dot-to-dot puzzle on the right side of the page.
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The Queen Bee

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (adapter); Brothers Grimm ? (original authors)
Penciller(s): William A. Walsh
Inker(s): William A. Walsh
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): The Queen Bee
Character(s): Simpleton; Savvo and Sturdo (Simpleton's brothers); King; Gray Old Man; Three Princesses; King of the Ants; King of the Ducks; Queen of the Bees; Simpleton's Pet Rabbit
Synopsis: Kind-hearted Simpleton accomplishes three difficult tasks with the help of ants, ducks, and bees, and is rewarded with the hand of a princess in marriage.
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Pages: 28
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The Plane Tree

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (adapter); Aesop (original author)
Penciller(s): William A. Walsh
Inker(s): William A. Walsh
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Aesop's Fables
Character(s): Three Young Men; Plane Tree
Synopsis: Three young men rest beneath a plane tree and complain about the tree's uselessness. The tree remarks that his shade gives refreshment to weary travelers and notes that many a gift never hears the words, "Thank you!"
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There Was an Old Man of Kilkenny

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edward Lear
Penciller(s): William A. Walsh
Inker(s): William A. Walsh
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Character(s): Old Man
Synopsis: Limerick about an old man who spends his only penny on onions and honey.
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The Puma

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): William A. Walsh
Inker(s): William A. Walsh
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): The Animal World
Synopsis: Full-page illustrated article about the puma.
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Picture to Color

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): William A. Walsh
Inker(s): William A. Walsh
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Color This Picture With Crayons
Character(s): Simpleton; Deer; Bird
Synopsis: Line-drawn illustration depicts Simpleton in a castle garden with a deer and a bird.
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Disclose Notes: inside back cover
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List of Back Titles

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (spot illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: List of Classics Illustrated Junior mail order back titles. Spot illustration depicts front covers from the series.
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