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Issue Details

Issue #104
Published April 1946
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "FAIRY TALE PARADE, No. 104." Code number is F.T.P.-104-464. Copyright 1946 by Oskar Lebeck.

Cover Details

Pencils Arthur E. Jameson (painting) (signed)
Inks Arthur E. Jameson (painting) (signed)
Colors Arthur E. Jameson (painting) (signed)

1 page story "When summer's green flowers"

Synopsis A traveling tinkerer tells a lad tall tales.
Pencils Dan Noonan
Inks Dan Noonan
Notes Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Art id by Jim Vadenboncoeur on the goldenagecomics.co.uk boards.

14 page story "Tiny Esmeralda"

Characters Tiny Esmeralda; the Mouse Prince; the Mouse Princess; the Witch
Synopsis Esmeralda, a tiny princess in the forest, sees a handsome man on horseback and wishes she was his size. The mouse prince goes to the witch's house to see if she can help. When he gets there he finds a mouse princess held captive. The mouse prince frees the mouse princess and brings back a flask of a potion that makes Esmeralda human size.
Pencils Arthur E. Jameson
Inks Arthur E. Jameson
Notes Art id by Jim Vadenboncoeur Jr. on the goldenagecomics.co.uk boards.

12 page story "The Kingdoms of the Thousand Mountains"

Synopsis In a mountainous kingdom, people do not venture out after dark for fear of a witch. At the same time, the poor receive gifts that they credit to a "good fairy." One day two children chase a goat up the mountain. By the time they rescue the goat it is dark and they are afraid the witch will find them. The witch does find them, but takes them to her castle and feeds them before taking them to the home. No one believes the children when they tell their story. Years later the kingdom is invaded by fierce warriors and the witch saves the people by turning the warriors to stone.
Pencils Arthur E. Jameson
Inks Arthur E. Jameson
Notes Art id by Jim Vadenboncoeur Jr on the goldenagecomics.co.uk boards.

10 page story "The Wee Man"

Characters Crumpet; Prince of Taradee
Synopsis An evil sorcerer shrinks a man, Crumpet, to mouse-size. A prince rescues the little man from a hawk, but the sorcerer puts a curse on the prince's son, causing him to shrink to Crumpet's size. The two tiny folk go to the Sorcerer's castle where they learn the secret of breaking the spell.
Script Walt Kelly
Pencils Walt Kelly
Inks Walt Kelly
Notes Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

13 page story "Melisandra"

Characters Princess Melisandra; Omlo the dwarf
Synopsis A cruel queen takes her young stepdaughter to the enchanted forest and abandons her there. The girl falls in a ravine, hitting her head. A old dwarf finds her and takes her to his home. The girl has amnesia, so she stays with the dwarf and grows up in the forest. On Melisandra's 18th birthday, the Queen goes to a witch to make sure that the girl is dead, but a spell shows her alive and well. The witch turns the Queen into a huge serpent, which goes into the forest in search of Melisandra. At the same time a young knight goes to the forest and saves the girl from the serpent. When the serpent dies, Melisandra's memory returns and she takes her rightful place as ruler of the kingdom.
Pencils Arthur E. Jameson
Inks Arthur E. Jameson
Notes Last page on inside back cover in black, red, and white. Art id by Jim Vadenboncoeur Jr. on the goldenagecomics.co.uk boards.

1 page illustration "Tiny Esmeralda bows to the mice Prince and Princess"

Characters Tiny Esmeralda; the Mouse Prince; the Mouse Princess
Pencils Arthur E. Jameson (painting)
Inks Arthur E. Jameson (painting)
Colors Arthur E. Jameson (painting)
Notes Back cover. Art id by Jim Vadenboncoeur Jr. on the goldenagecomics.co.uk boards.