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Issue: Classics Illustrated Junior #551
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Title: The Queen Bee
Variant: 15¢ Cover Price
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Publisher: FlagGilberton
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 (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 Age U.S. standard Silver Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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Cover, Front
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The Queen Bee

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
William A. Walsh (painting)
William A. Walsh (painting)
William A. Walsh (painting)
Subject Matter
childrens
The Queen Bee
Simpleton; Simpleton's Pet Rabbit; Queen of the Bees
Full-page color illustration depicts Simpleton holding his pet rabbit while greeting the Queen Bee.
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Miscellaneous
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front cover
Forthcoming Title

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (ad copy)
Alex A. Blum (spot illustration)
Alex A. Blum (spot illustration)
typeset
Subject Matter
Coming Next Month
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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inside front cover
Dot-to-Dot Puzzle

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (puzzle directions)
Alex A. Blum ?
Alex A. Blum ?
typeset
Subject Matter
childrens
What Is This?
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
? (adapter); Brothers Grimm ? (original authors)
William A. Walsh
William A. Walsh
?
typeset
Subject Matter
childrens
The Queen Bee
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
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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Miscellaneous
28
The Plane Tree

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (adapter); Aesop (original author)
William A. Walsh
William A. Walsh
?
typeset
Subject Matter
childrens
Aesop's Fables
Three Young Men; Plane Tree
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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Miscellaneous
2
There Was an Old Man of Kilkenny

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Edward Lear
William A. Walsh
William A. Walsh
?
typeset
Subject Matter
childrens
Old Man
Limerick about an old man who spends his only penny on onions and honey.
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1
The Puma

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
William A. Walsh
William A. Walsh
?
typeset
Subject Matter
informational
The Animal World
Full-page illustrated article about the puma.
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Picture to Color

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

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (ad copy)
? (spot illustration)
? (spot illustration)
? (spot illustration)
typeset
Subject Matter
List of Classics Illustrated Junior mail order back titles. Spot illustration depicts front covers from the series.
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Miscellaneous
1

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