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Issue Details

Issue #516
Published May 1955
Frequency Bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing Meyer A. Kaplan (Managing Editor)

Cover Details - "Aladdin and His Lamp"

Characters Aladdin; Genie
Synopsis Full-page, front cover illustration depicts the Genie emerging from Aladdin's lamp.
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 on the left side of the page for the next issue in the series, "The Emperor's New Clothes". 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 It? activity "Dot-to-Dot Puzzle"

Synopsis Half-page, vertically-oriented, inside front cover dot-to-dot puzzle on the right side of the page.
Script ? (puzzle directions)
Pencils Alex A. Blum
Inks Alex A. Blum
Letters Typeset

27 page story "Aladdin and His Lamp"

Characters Aladdin; Mother; Sorceror; Genie; Princess
Synopsis When Aladdin acquires a magic lamp, its Genie brings him wealth and the hand of a princess in marriage, but a sorceror steals the lamp by peddling new lamps for old and transports Aladdin's wife and palace to a remote land. Aladdin's magic ring allows him to restore the palace to its original site. He is re-united with his wife and the sorceror is left wandering in the desert.
Genre Children
Script ? (adapter); ? (original authors)
Letters Typeset

3 page Aesop's Fables story "The Boy and the Wolf"

Characters Shepherd Boy; Wolf; Townspeople
Synopsis A mischievous shepherd boy cries "Wolf!" and the townspeople run to the meadow to save the sheep. They are furious when they discover it is a trick. The next day, the boy plays the same trick and, once again, the townspeople run to the meadow. On the third day, a wolf devastates the flock but the boy's cries of "Wolf!" are ignored by the townspeople.
Genre Children
Script ? (adapter); Aesop (original author)
Letters Typeset

Half page text article "The Fat Man of Bombay"

Characters Fat Man; Snipe
Synopsis Nursery rhyme on the upper half of the page telling of a man whose pipe is stolen by a bird.
Genre Children
Script ? (traditional author)
Pencils Alex A. Blum
Inks Alex A. Blum
Letters Typeset

Half page text article "Wee Willie Winkie"

Characters Wee Willie Winkie
Synopsis Nursery rhyme on the lower half of the page telling of a boy who runs through town at bedtime.
Genre Children
Script ? (traditional author)
Pencils Alex A. Blum
Inks Alex A. Blum
Letters Typeset

1 page text article "The biggest member of the whale family..."

Synopsis Illustrated article about the sperm whale.
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)
Letters Typeset

1 page illustration "Aladdin and His Lamp Pinup"

Characters Aladdin; Genie
Synopsis Full-page, back cover illustration depicts Aladdin and the Genie flying over the desert.
Genre Children