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Issue: Classics Illustrated Junior #555
Publication Date: October 1958
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Issues: #555 of 82 Issues (118 Printings)
Title: The 3 Golden Apples
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagGilberton
Brand: Classics IllustratedView 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 (Executive Editor); Roberta Strauss (Editor)
Disclose Notes: Information mostly from William B. Jones Jr- Classics Illustrated- A Cultural History.
1964 reprints on published by the Gilberton Company.
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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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The 3 Golden Apples

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens, fantasy, mythological
Character(s): Hercules; Atlas; Hundred-Headed Dragon
Synopsis: Hercules approaches the Hundred-Headed Dragon guarding the Golden Apples of the Hesperides as Atlas supports the Heavens.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Front cover.
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Coming Next Month

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, fantasy
Synopsis: Half-page, black-and-white, vertically-oriented promo positioned on the left side of the page for the next issue in the Classics Illustrated Junior series, #556 The Elf Mound. Brief synopsis and cover are included.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Boot

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: activity, childrens, humorous
Feature(s): What Is This?
Synopsis: Half-page, black-and-white, vertically-oriented dot-to-dot puzzle positioned on the right side of the page depicting a boy reeling-in an old boot from the waters of a fishing hole. Directions for competing and coloring the puzzle are included.
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The 3 Golden Apples

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (adaptor)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens, fantasy, mythological
Character(s): Hercules; Three Maidens; Old Man of the Sea; Atlas
Synopsis: Hercules has been given the task of securing three Golden Apples from the Garden of the Hesperides and learns from three maidens he must discover its location from the shape-shifting Old Man of the Sea. Hercules finds the Old Man asleep but holds him fast as he changes into a number of creatures. Defeated, the Old Man finally tells Hercules the location of the garden. On the way there, the hero encounters Atlas, a god who supports the Heavens on his shoulders. Only Atlas can enter the garden so Hercules agrees to temporarily support the Heavens. Atlas strides off and, when he returns with the Golden Apples, refuses to take the Heavens on his shoulders again. Hercules tricks him into doing so, then sets off for home with the three Golden Apples in his possession.
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Pages: 28
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The Boy and the Filberts

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (adaptor); Aesop (original author)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, fantasy, mythological
Feature(s): Aesop's Fables
Character(s): Boy; Old Man
Synopsis: A boy's hand becomes stuck in a jar when he grabs a handful of filberts. An old man advises him to drop half the filberts to release his hand. He consoles the boy by telling him, "Half is better than none at all."
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There was an Old Man with a Nose

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous, poetry
Character(s): Old Man
Synopsis: An old man with a long nose defends its length.
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The Swan

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, nature, non-fiction
Feature(s): The Animal World
Synopsis: Four panel factual account of the swan's habits, home, and diet.
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The 3 Golden Apples

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: activity, childrens, fantasy
Feature(s): Color This Picture With Crayons
Character(s): Hercules; Atlas
Synopsis: Atlas supports the Heavens as Hercules greets him. Black-and-white, line-drawn illustration to be colored with crayons.
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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The Wonderful World of Fairy Tales

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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, fantasy
Synopsis: Promo for ordering back titles in the Classics Illustrated Junior series. Includes depictions of four covers from the series, a list of current titles, and a cut-out order form.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover; list of Classics Illustrated Junior titles (HRN 556).

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