Issue | #507 |
Published | April 1954 |
Frequency | Monthly |
Cover Price | 0.15 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Meyer A. Kaplan (Managing Editor) |
Characters | Jack; Mother |
Synopsis | Full-page, front cover illustration depicts Jack descending the beanstalk with the talking harp while his mother watches. |
Pencils | Dik Browne (painting) |
Inks | Dik Browne (painting) |
Colors | Dik Browne (painting) |
Letters | Typeset |
Notes | Art and story credits for issue from Jack Lane reprint. |
Reprinted | in Classics Illustrated Junior (Jack Lane Productions Inc., 2004 series) #27 (507) |
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 series, "Goldilocks and the 3 Bears". 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 positioned on the right side of the page. |
Script | ? (puzzle directions) |
Pencils | Alex A. Blum |
Inks | Alex A. Blum |
Letters | Typeset |
Characters | Jack; Mother; Father; Fairy; Giant; Giantess |
Synopsis | Jack exchanges the family cow for a few beans. His mother is furious and tosses the beans out the window. The next morning, Jack finds a beanstalk growing to the clouds and climbs it. In the clouds, he discovers a land dominated by a cruel Giant. On several trips up and down the beanstalk, Jack steals the Giant's bags of gold, his magic hen, and his talking harp. The Giant attempts to pursue Jack down the beanstalk but falls to his death. A good fairy restores Jack's long-lost father, a knight who has been serving for many years in the wars. |
Genre | Children |
Script | ? (adapter); William Godwin (original author) |
Pencils | Alex A. Blum |
Inks | Alex A. Blum |
Letters | Typeset |
Reprinted | in Classics Illustrated Junior (Jack Lane Productions Inc., 2004 series) #27 (507) |
Synopsis | Poem from "A Child's Garden of Verses" about a child's shadow. |
Genre | Children |
Script | Robert Louis Stevenson |
Pencils | Alex A. Blum |
Inks | Alex A. Blum |
Letters | Typeset |
Reprinted | in Classics Illustrated Junior (Jack Lane Productions Inc., 2004 series) #27 (507). Poem was re-typeset. |
Synopsis | Illustrated article about the gorilla. |
Genre | Fact |
Pencils | William A. Walsh |
Inks | William A. Walsh |
Letters | Typeset |
Reprinted | in Classics Illustrated Junior (Jack Lane Productions Inc., 2004 series) #27 (507). |
Synopsis | Full-page, inside back cover promo offering a Classics Illustrated Junior subscription. Spot illustration depicts the front cover of "The Pied Piper". |
Script | ? (ad copy) |
Pencils | Alex A. Blum |
Inks | Alex A. Blum |
Letters | Typeset |
Characters | Jack; Giant |
Synopsis | Full-page, back cover illustration depicts Jack carrying the magic hen and running away from the Giant. |
Genre | Children |
Pencils | Alex A. Blum |
Inks | Alex A. Blum |
Reprinted | in Classics Illustrated Junior (Jack Lane Productions Inc., 2004 series) #27 (507) [as coloring pin-up] |