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Issue Details

Issue	#502
Published	November 1953
Frequency	Monthly
Cover Price	0.15 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Meyer A. Kaplan (Managing Editor)

Cover Details - "The Ugly Duckling"

Characters	Ugly Duckling; Mother Duck
Synopsis	Full-page, front cover illustration depicts the Ugly Duckling and the Mother Duck with her ducklings.
Genre	Children
Pencils	Dik Browne ? (painting)
Inks	Dik Browne ? (painting)
Colors	Dik Browne ? (painting)
Letters	Typeset

Half page Coming Next Month promo (ad from the publisher) "Forthcoming Title"

Synopsis	Half-page, vertically-oriented, inside front cover promo positioned on the left side of the page for the next title in the Classics Illustrated Junior series, "Cinderella". Spot illustration depicts the next issue's cover.
Script	? (ad copy)
Pencils	Alex A. Blum
Inks	Alex A. Blum
Letters	Typeset

Half page What Is This? activity "Dot-to-Dot Puzzle"

Synopsis	Half-page, vertically-oriented, inside front cover dot-to-dot puzzle positioned on the right side of the page.
Genre	Children
Script	? (puzzle directions)
Pencils	Alex A. Blum
Inks	Alex A. Blum
Letters	Typeset

30 page story "The Ugly Duckling"

Characters	Ugly Duckling; Mother Duck; Hen; Cat; Old Woman; Barnyard Fowl; Farmer; Two Children; Wild Ducks; Swans
Synopsis	The Ugly Duckling is unwanted in the barnyard for no other reason than that of his homeliness. He is teased, harassed, and abused, and leaves home to make his way in the world. He suffers great hardships but the day comes when he matures into a swan, the most beautiful bird of all.
Genre	Children
Script	? (adapter); Hans Christian Andersen (original author)
Letters	Typeset

1 page text article "The Cat and the Fiddle"

Characters	Cat; Cow; Dog; Dish; Spoon
Synopsis	Nursery rhyme about a fiddle-playing cat, a cow jumping over the moon, a laughing dog, and a runaway dish and spoon.
Genre	Children
Script	? (traditional author)
Pencils	Alex A. Blum
Inks	Alex A Blum
Letters	Typeset

1 page text article "In the winter, the female bear..."

Synopsis	Illustrated article about the polar bear.
Genre	Fact
Pencils	William A. Walsh
Inks	William A. Walsh
Letters	Typeset

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Subscription Offer"

Synopsis	Full-page, inside back cover promo offering a Classics Illustrated Junior subscription. Spot illustration depicts the cover of "The Pied Piper".
Script	? (ad copy)
Pencils	Alex A. Blum
Inks	Alex A. Blum
Letters	Typeset

1 page illustration "The Ugly Duckling Pinup"

Characters	Ugly Duckling
Synopsis	Full-page, back cover illustration depicts the Ugly Duckling gliding over the water as a swan.
Genre	Children