Issue | #516 |
Published | May 1955 |
Frequency | Bi-monthly |
Cover Price | 0.15 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Meyer A. Kaplan (Managing Editor) |
Characters | Aladdin; Genie |
Synopsis | Full-page, front cover illustration depicts the Genie emerging from Aladdin's lamp. |
Genre | Children |
Pencils | Dik Browne ? (painting) |
Inks | Dik Browne ? (painting) |
Colors | Dik Browne ? (painting) |
Letters | Typeset |
Synopsis | Half-page, vertically-oriented, inside front cover promo on the left side of the page for the next issue in the series, "The Emperor's New Clothes". Spot illustration depicts the next issue's front cover. |
Script | ? (ad copy) |
Pencils | Alex A. Blum |
Inks | Alex A. Blum |
Letters | Typeset |
Synopsis | Half-page, vertically-oriented, inside front cover dot-to-dot puzzle on the right side of the page. |
Script | ? (puzzle directions) |
Pencils | Alex A. Blum |
Inks | Alex A. Blum |
Letters | Typeset |
Characters | Aladdin; Mother; Sorceror; Genie; Princess |
Synopsis | When Aladdin acquires a magic lamp, its Genie brings him wealth and the hand of a princess in marriage, but a sorceror steals the lamp by peddling new lamps for old and transports Aladdin's wife and palace to a remote land. Aladdin's magic ring allows him to restore the palace to its original site. He is re-united with his wife and the sorceror is left wandering in the desert. |
Genre | Children |
Script | ? (adapter); ? (original authors) |
Letters | Typeset |
Characters | Shepherd Boy; Wolf; Townspeople |
Synopsis | A mischievous shepherd boy cries "Wolf!" and the townspeople run to the meadow to save the sheep. They are furious when they discover it is a trick. The next day, the boy plays the same trick and, once again, the townspeople run to the meadow. On the third day, a wolf devastates the flock but the boy's cries of "Wolf!" are ignored by the townspeople. |
Genre | Children |
Script | ? (adapter); Aesop (original author) |
Letters | Typeset |
Characters | Fat Man; Snipe |
Synopsis | Nursery rhyme on the upper half of the page telling of a man whose pipe is stolen by a bird. |
Genre | Children |
Script | ? (traditional author) |
Pencils | Alex A. Blum |
Inks | Alex A. Blum |
Letters | Typeset |
Characters | Wee Willie Winkie |
Synopsis | Nursery rhyme on the lower half of the page telling of a boy who runs through town at bedtime. |
Genre | Children |
Script | ? (traditional author) |
Pencils | Alex A. Blum |
Inks | Alex A. Blum |
Letters | Typeset |
Synopsis | Illustrated article about the sperm whale. |
Genre | Fact |
Pencils | William A. Walsh |
Inks | William A. Walsh |
Letters | Typeset |
Synopsis | Full-page, inside back cover promo offering Classics Illustrated and Classics Illustrated Junior subscriptions. Spot illustrations depict front covers of both series. |
Script | ? (ad copy) |
Letters | Typeset |
Characters | Aladdin; Genie |
Synopsis | Full-page, back cover illustration depicts Aladdin and the Genie flying over the desert. |
Genre | Children |