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Issue Details

Issue	#513
Published	November 1954
Frequency	Bi-monthly
Cover Price	0.15 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Meyer A. Kaplan (Managing Editor)

Cover Details - "Pinocchio"

Characters	Pinocchio; Geppetto
Synopsis	Full-page, front cover illustration depicts Pinocchio coming to life before Geppetto.
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 issue in the Classics Illustrated Junior series, "The Steadfast Tin Soldier". Spot illustration depicts the next issue's front 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

28 page story "Pinocchio"

Characters	Pinocchio; Geppetto; Blue Fairy; Puppet Master; Circus Owner; Fox; Cat; Cricket; Fish
Synopsis	A wooden marionette comes to life and has many adventures before becoming a real boy.
Genre	Children
Script	? (adapter); Carlo Collodi (original author)
Letters	Typeset

2 page Aesop's Fables story "The Ant and the Grasshopper"

Characters	Ant; Grasshopper
Synopsis	The grasshopper plays all summer while the ant gathers food for the coming winter.
Genre	Children
Script	? (adapter); Aesop (original author)
Letters	Typeset

1 page text article "Pirate Story"

Synopsis	Poem from "A Child's Garden of Verses" about children playing pirates in a meadow before being frightened away by a herd of cattle.
Genre	Children
Script	Robert Louis Stevenson
Pencils	Alex A. Blm
Inks	Alex A. Blum
Letters	Typeset

1 page text article "There are only about 800..."

Synopsis	Illustrated article about the grizzly 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 Classics Illustrated and Classics Illustrated Junior subscriptions. Spot illustrations depict front covers of both series.
Script	? (ad copy)
Pencils	? (spot illustrations)
Inks	? (spot illustrations)
Letters	Typeset

1 page illustration "Pinocchio Pinup"

Characters	Pinocchio; Geppetto; Blue Fairy
Synopsis	Full-page, back cover illustration depicts Pinocchio dancing before Geppetto and the Blue Fairy.
Genre	Children