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Issue Details

Issue #50
Published 1944
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "FAIRY TALE PARADE, No. 50." No code number. Copyright 1944 by Oskar Lebeck.

Cover Details - "Fairy Tale Parade"

Pencils Walt Kelly
Inks Walt Kelly
Notes Art id for cover by Jim Vadenboncoeur Jr. on the goldenagecomics.co.uk boards.

1 page text story "Gubbins The Pony that Became a Mountain"

Characters Gubbins (pony)
Synopsis Fairies make a pony so big that he is afraid to walk, so he stops and becomes a mountain.
Pencils Walt Kelly
Inks Walt Kelly
Notes Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Art id by Jim Vaderboncoeur Jr. on the goldenagecomics.co.uk boards.

8 page story "The Magic Garden"

Synopsis Wee folk grow food in a garden but a witch tries to steal it all.
Pencils Walt Kelly
Inks Walt Kelly
Notes Art id by Jim Vadenboncoeur Jr. on the goldenagecomics.co.uk boards.

11 page story "The Nightingale"

Synopsis The Emperor of China cages a beautifully singing nightingale.
Script Hans Christian Andersen (original story); ? (adaptation)
Pencils Arthur E. Jameson
Inks Arthur E. Jameson
Notes Art id by Jim Vadenboncoeur Jr. on the goldenagecomics.co.uk boards.

9 page story "The Stolen Princess"

Synopsis A royal wedding amongst the wee folk is interrupted by an evil sorcerer.
Pencils George Kerr
Inks George Kerr
Notes Art id by Jim Vaderboncoeur on the goldenagecomics.co.uk boards.

10 page story "The Fourth Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor"

Characters Sinbad; Jullanar
Synopsis Sinbad is married in the far east and when his wife dies, he is buried alive with her.
Pencils ? ["THE Great Unknown"]
Inks ? ["THE Great Unknown"]
Notes Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Hames Ware refer to this artist as "THE Great Unknown." His (or her) work is unsigned but very distinctive.

11 page story "The Brave Little Tailor"

Characters Master Snip
Synopsis A brave tailor defeats giants and captures a unicorn in order to win half a kingdom.
Script The Brothers Grimm (original story); ? (adaptation)
Pencils Arthur E. Jameson
Inks Arthur E. Jameson
Notes Story concludes on inside back cover in black, red, and white. Art Id by Jim Vaderboncoeur Jr. on the goldenagecomics.co.uk boards.

1 page text story "The little forest men of Long Ago Land had just begun their dance."

Synopsis The little forest men of Long Ago Land have their dance interrupted by a rainstorm.
Pencils Walt Kelly
Inks Walt Kelly
Notes On back cover of comic. Art id by Jim Vaderboncoeur on the goldenagecomics.co.uk boards.