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Issue Details

Issue	#519
Published	October 1955
Frequency	Monthly
Cover Price	0.15 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Meyer A. Kaplan (Managing Editor)

Cover Details - "Paul Bunyan"

Characters	Paul Bunyan; Babe the Blue Ox
Synopsis	Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox stride into a lumber camp.
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 title in the Classics Illustrated Junior series, "Thumbelina". Spot illustration depicts the next issue's 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 "Paul Bunyan"

Characters	Paul Bunyan; Babe the Blue Ox; Skookum; Chris Crosshaul; Johnny Inkslinger; Sourdough Sam; Ole the Giant Blacksmith
Synopsis	Paul Bunyan is a giant lumberjack who makes pets of Babe the Blue Ox and Skookum, a dog always walking downhill. Paul is credited with the creation of Old Faithful and the Grand Canyon.
Genre	Children
Script	? (adapter); ? (traditional authors)
Letters	Typeset

2 page Aesop's Fables story "The Donkey and the Little Dog"

Characters	Donkey; Dog; Master
Synopsis	When a donkey tries to sit in his Master's lap in imitation of a pet dog, the Master drives him away. A dog observes that one should be satisfied being oneself.
Genre	Children
Script	? (adapter); Aesop (original author)
Letters	Typeset

1 page text article "Little Boy Blue"

Characters	Little Boy Blue
Synopsis	Nursery rhyme about a boy falling asleep in a haycock while the sheep and the cows he tends stray.
Genre	Children
Script	? (traditional author)
Pencils	Alex A. Blum
Inks	Alex A. Blum
Letters	Typeset

1 page text article "Where Go the Boats?"

Synopsis	Poem from "A Child's Garden of Verses" about a youngster playing with toy boats.
Genre	Children
Script	Robert Louis Stevenson
Pencils	Alex A. Blum
Inks	Alex A. Blum
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 covers of both series.
Script	? (ad copy)
Letters	Typeset

1 page illustration "Paul Bunyan Pinup"

Characters	Paul Bunyan; Skookum
Synopsis	Paul Bunyan and his dog, Skookum, walk among the hills.
Genre	Children
Pencils	Alex A. Blum
Inks	Alex A. Blum