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Issue Details

Issue #513
Published November 1954
Frequency Bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing Meyer A. Kaplan (Managing Editor)

Cover Details - "Pinocchio"

Characters Pinocchio; Geppetto
Synopsis Full-page, front cover illustration depicts Pinocchio coming to life before Geppetto.
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, "The Steadfast Tin Soldier". 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

28 page story "Pinocchio"

Characters Pinocchio; Geppetto; Blue Fairy; Puppet Master; Circus Owner; Fox; Cat; Cricket; Fish
Synopsis A wooden marionette comes to life and has many adventures before becoming a real boy.
Genre Children
Script ? (adapter); Carlo Collodi (original author)
Letters Typeset

2 page Aesop's Fables story "The Ant and the Grasshopper"

Characters Ant; Grasshopper
Synopsis The grasshopper plays all summer while the ant gathers food for the coming winter.
Genre Children
Script ? (adapter); Aesop (original author)
Letters Typeset

1 page text article "Pirate Story"

Synopsis Poem from "A Child's Garden of Verses" about children playing pirates in a meadow before being frightened away by a herd of cattle.
Genre Children
Script Robert Louis Stevenson
Pencils Alex A. Blm
Inks Alex A. Blum
Letters Typeset

1 page text article "There are only about 800..."

Synopsis Illustrated article about the grizzly bear.
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)
Pencils ? (spot illustrations)
Inks ? (spot illustrations)
Letters Typeset

1 page illustration "Pinocchio Pinup"

Characters Pinocchio; Geppetto; Blue Fairy
Synopsis Full-page, back cover illustration depicts Pinocchio dancing before Geppetto and the Blue Fairy.
Genre Children