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Issue: Fairy Tale Parade #1
Publication Date: June 1942
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Issues: #1 of 9 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/17/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 9 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Copyright 1942, by Oskar Lebeck.

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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was on-going series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Credits
Penciller(s): Walt Kelly (signed)
Inker(s): Walt Kelly (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Wraparound cover.
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Fairy Tale Parade

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Walt Kelly
Inker(s): Walt Kelly
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This is the inside front cover. The border of the page was tentatively ID'ed by OtherEric on the goldenagecomics.co.uk message board as drawn by Walt Kelly. The border is used in several other issues.

The introduction printed here includes this paragraph:

"Often we have longed for more pictures in our favorite fairy tale book. Now Walt Kelly, the artist who drew all the wonderful pictures in this book, makes our wish come true. So let us go with him into the land of trolls and wicked witches."
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Thumbelisa

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Hans Christian Andersen (original story); Walt Kelly (adaptation)
Penciller(s): Walt Kelly
Inker(s): Walt Kelly
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
Disclose Notes: The story is adapted from Hans Christian Andersen's 1835 short story.
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Little Black Sambo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Helen Bannerman (original story); Walt Kelly (adaptation)
Penciller(s): Walt Kelly
Inker(s): Walt Kelly
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Character(s): Little Black Sambo; Black Mumbo; Black Jumbo
Synopsis: Little Black Sambo runs into tigers in the woods.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: The story is adapted from the 1899 children's book by Helen Bannerman.

Text comparison between original book (as found on http://www.sterlingtimes.co.uk/sambo.htm) and this version indicates that Kelly substantially rewrote the story, eg:
- Details in the description of Sambo's clothing added to this version: gold buttons, patch pockets - and an obvious Kellyism: the umbrella being not only remarkable, but also adjustable - while in Bannerman's version the umbrella is just beautiful.
- Sambo's bargains with the first three tigers are varied in this version, while in Bannerman's version the proceedings are repetitive.
- The greatest differences between the two versions occur when Sambo has but his umbrella left and meets the fourth tiger. In this version he evaluates upon the situation, realizing that any of the tigers could have eaten him AND had the clothes anyway. The tiger argues that it's no use for Sambo to give him the umbrella, as the tiger has gotten it already. In Bannerman's version the proceedings with the fourth tiger are almost identical to the first three cases.
- Bannerman has a fairly detailed description of Sambo hiding from the tigers behind a palm tree and his umbrella. These details are omitted in this version.
- The settings are very different: Bannerman's version clearly takes place in India with indian humans as protagonists, while this version features black Americans, though still taking place in a location with wild tigers.
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The Story of Hansel and Gretel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jacob Grimm (original story); Wilhelm Grimm (original story); Walt Kelly (adaptation)
Penciller(s): Walt Kelly
Inker(s): Walt Kelly
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Disclose Notes: The story is based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale first published in 1812.
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Winkie and the Wishing Well

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walt Kelly
Penciller(s): Walt Kelly
Inker(s): Walt Kelly
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: This is an original story, not an adaptation.
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The Flute O'McTootle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walt Kelly
Penciller(s): Walt Kelly
Inker(s): Walt Kelly
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: This is an original story, not an adaptation.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Walt Kelly
Inker(s): Walt Kelly ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: They're coming your way!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Border of page drawn by Walt Kelly (tentative art id by OtherEric on the goldenagecomics.co.uk boards) used in several other issues.
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In This Issue ~

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Walt Kelly (signed)
Inker(s): Walt Kelly (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Walt Kelly ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: List of stories inside issue.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On back cover of comic.

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