Issue Details

Issue	#516
Published	May 1955
Frequency	Bi-monthly
Cover Price	0.15 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Meyer A. Kaplan (Managing Editor)

Cover Details - "Aladdin and His Lamp"

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

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

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

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

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

27 page story "Aladdin and His Lamp"

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

3 page Aesop's Fables story "The Boy and the Wolf"

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

Half page text article "The Fat Man of Bombay"

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

Half page text article "Wee Willie Winkie"

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

1 page text article "The biggest member of the whale family..."

Synopsis	Illustrated article about the sperm whale.
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)
Letters	Typeset

1 page illustration "Aladdin and His Lamp Pinup"

Characters	Aladdin; Genie
Synopsis	Full-page, back cover illustration depicts Aladdin and the Genie flying over the desert.
Genre	Children