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Issue Details

Issue	#510
Published	July 1954
Frequency	Monthly
Cover Price	0.15 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Meyer A. Kaplan (Managing Editor)

Cover Details - "Little Red Riding Hood"

Characters	Little Red Riding Hood; Wolf
Synopsis	Full-page, front cover illustration depicts Little Red Riding Hood and the wolf walking along a forest path.
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 issue in the Classics Illustrated Junior series, "Puss in Boots". 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 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

29 page story "Little Red Riding Hood"

Characters	Little Red Riding Hood; Wolf; Grandmother; Mother; Woodcutter
Synopsis	Little Red Riding Hood is on her way to her grandmother's house when a wolf surprises her in the forest. After learning the child's destination, he hurries ahead and hides in the grandmother's bed. Little Red Riding Hood is saved when a woodcutter drives the wolf away.
Genre	Children
Script	? (adapter); Brothers Grimm (original authors)
Letters	Typeset

1 page Aesop's Fables story "The Fox and the Grapes"

Characters	Fox
Synopsis	A fox tries to reach a bunch of grapes hanging high on a vine but fails. He walks away telling himself the grapes were probably sour anyway.
Genre	Children
Script	? (adapter); Aesop (original author)
Letters	Typeset

1 page text article "Little Bo-Peep"

Characters	Bo-Peep; Sheep
Synopsis	Nursery rhyme about a shepherdess who loses her sheep and waits for them to come home "wagging their tails behind them".
Genre	Children
Script	? (traditional author)
Pencils	Alex A. Blum
Inks	Alex A. Blum
Letters	Typeset

1 page text article "The Indian rhinoceros is one of the..."

Synopsis	Illustrated article about the Indian rhinoceros.
Genre	Children
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 a Classics Illustrated Junior subscription. Spot illustration depicts front cover of "The Pied Piper".
Script	? (ad copy)
Pencils	Alex A. Blum
Inks	Alex A. Blum
Letters	Typeset

1 page illustration "Little Red Riding Hood Pinup"

Characters	Woodcutter; Little Red Riding Hood; Wolf
Synopsis	Full-page, back cover illustration depicts the woodcutter and Little Red Riding Hood walking along a path while the wolf lurks behind a tree.
Genre	Children