| Issue | #517 |
| Published | July 1955 |
| Frequency | Bi-monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.15 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Meyer A. Kaplan (Managing Editor) |
| Characters | Emperor; Page Boy; Townspeople |
| Synopsis | Full-page, front cover illustration depicts the Emperor in procession before his subjects. |
| 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 positioned on the left side of the page for the next issue of Classics Illustrated Junior, "The Golden Goose". 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. |
| Genre | Children |
| Script | ? (puzzle directions) |
| Pencils | Alex A. Blum |
| Inks | Alex A. Blum |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Characters | Emperor; Weavers; Queen; Chief Advisors; Courtiers; Court Jester; Child; Townspeople |
| Synopsis | An Emperor who loves clothes hires two swindling weavers who promise him a new suit invisible to the stupid. The Emperor pretends he can see a suit to avoid the charge of being stupid. When the Emperor processes before his subjects wearing his new suit, a child in the crowd cries, "The Emperor has nothing on!" The Emperor is mortified. Later, he contritely discards his wardrobe and forces the swindlers to make new clothes for the poor of the land. |
| Genre | Children |
| Script | ? (adapter); Hans Christian Andersen (original author) |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Characters | City Mouse; Country Mouse |
| Synopsis | A city mouse pays a visit to the country mouse's home but is bored with the simple fare and the quiet life. The country mouse returns the visit but is frightened from the dining table by a dog and the master of the house. He leaves for home, telling his friend he would rather eat in peace and safety. |
| Genre | Children |
| Script | ? (adapter); Aesop (original author) |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Characters | Peter; Peter's Wife |
| Synopsis | Nursery rhyme about a man and his wife living in a pumpkin shell. |
| Genre | Children |
| Script | ? (traditional author) |
| Pencils | Alex A. Blum |
| Inks | Alex A. Blum |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Characters | Interrogator; Black Sheep |
| Synopsis | Nursery rhyme about a black sheep and his wool. |
| Genre | Children |
| Script | ? (traditional author) |
| Pencils | Alex A. Blum |
| Inks | Alec A. Blum |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Synopsis | Poem from "A Child's Garden of Verses" describing the delights of playing in a swing. |
| Genre | Children |
| Script | Robert Louis Stevenson |
| Pencils | Alex A. Blum |
| Inks | Alex A. Blum |
| 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 | Emperor; Weavers; Court Jester |
| Synopsis | Full-page, back cover illustration depicts the Emperor gazing in a mirror, the weavers chuckling behind him, and the court jester frowning in disgust. |
| Genre | Children |