| Issue | #555 |
| Published | October 1958 |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.15 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Meyer A. Kaplan (Executive Editor); Roberta Strauss (Editor) |
| Characters | Hercules; Atlas; Hundred-Headed Dragon |
| Synopsis | Hercules approaches the Hundred-Headed Dragon guarding the Golden Apples of the Hesperides as Atlas supports the Heavens. |
| Genre | Children; Adventure; Myth; Fairy Tale |
| Pencils | ? (painting) |
| Inks | ? (painting) |
| Colors | ? (painting) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Front cover. |
| Synopsis | Half-page, black-and-white, vertically-oriented promo positioned on the left side of the page for the next issue in the Classics Illustrated Junior series, "The Elf Mound". Brief synopsis and cover are included. |
| Genre | children |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover. |
| Synopsis | Half-page, black-and-white, vertically-oriented dot-to-dot puzzle positioned on the right side of the page depicting a boy reeling-in an old boot from the waters of a fishing hole. Directions for competing and coloring the puzzle are included. |
| Genre | Children; Activity |
| Script | ? |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover. |
| Characters | Hercules; Three Maidens; Old Man of the Sea; Atlas |
| Synopsis | Hercules has been given the task of securing three Golden Apples from the Garden of the Hesperides and learns from three maidens he must discover its location from the shape-shifting Old Man of the Sea. Hercules finds the Old Man asleep but holds him fast as he changes into a number of creatures. Defeated, the Old Man finally tells Hercules the location of the garden. On the way there, the hero encounters Atlas, a god who supports the Heavens on his shoulders. Only Atlas can enter the garden so Hercules agrees to temporarily support the Heavens. Atlas strides off and, when he returns with the Golden Apples, refuses to take the Heavens on his shoulders again. Hercules tricks him into doing so, then sets off for home with the three Golden Apples in his possession. |
| Genre | Children; Adventure; Myth; Fairy Tale |
| Script | ? (adaptor); Nathaniel Hawthorne (original author) |
| Characters | Boy; Old Man |
| Synopsis | A boy's hand becomes stuck in a jar when he grabs a handful of filberts. An old man advises him to drop half the filberts to release his hand. He consoles the boy by telling him, "Half is better than none at all." |
| Genre | Children; Fable |
| Script | ? (adaptor); Aesop (original author) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Old Man |
| Synopsis | An old man with a long nose defends its length. |
| Genre | Children; Poetry; Limerick |
| Script | ? (adaptor); Edward Lear (original author) |
| Pencils | ? (illustration) |
| Inks | ? (illustration) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Synopsis | Four panel factual account of the swan's habits, home, and diet. |
| Genre | Fact; Animal |
| Pencils | ? (illustration) |
| Inks | ? (illustration) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Hercules; Atlas |
| Synopsis | Atlas supports the Heavens as Hercules greets him. Black-and-white, line-drawn illustration to be colored with crayons. |
| Genre | Children; Activity |
| Pencils | ? (illustration) |
| Inks | ? (illustration) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover. |
| Synopsis | Promo for ordering back titles in the Classics Illustrated Junior series. Includes depictions of four covers from the series, a list of current titles, and a cut-out order form. |
| Genre | children |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. |