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Issue Details

Issue	#501
Published	October 1953
Frequency	Monthly
Cover Price	0.15 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Meyer A. Kaplan (Managing Editor)

Cover Details - "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"

Characters	Snow White; Seven Dwarfs
Synopsis	Full-page, front cover illustration depicts the Seven Dwarfs dancing around Snow White.
Genre	Children
Pencils	Dik Browne ? (painting)
Inks	Dik Browne ? (painting)
Colors	Dik Browne ? (painting)
Letters	Typeset

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Introduction"

Synopsis	Full-page, inside front cover introduction to the Classics Illustrated Junior series.
Script	? (editors)
Letters	Typeset

30 page story "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"

Characters	Snow White; Queen; Prince; Seven Dwarfs; Huntsman; Magic Mirror
Synopsis	Snow White flees a wicked Queen to live in the forest with the Seven Dwarfs. When the Queen poisons Snow White, she falls into a death-like sleep until a Prince awakens her with love's first kiss.
Genre	Children
Script	? (adapter); Brothers Grimm (original authors)
Pencils	Alex A. Blum
Inks	Alex A. Blum
Letters	Typeset

1 page text article "The Farmer in the Dell"

Characters	Farmer; Wife; Child; Nurse; Dog; Cat; Rat; Cheese
Synopsis	Nursery rhyme about a farmer and the people and animals in his life.
Genre	Children
Script	? (traditional author)
Pencils	Alex A. Blum
Inks	Alex A. Blum
Letters	Typeset

1 page text article "There is no sound..."

Synopsis	Illustrated article about the lion.
Genre	Fact
Pencils	William A. Walsh
Inks	William A. Walsh
Letters	Typeset

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Subscription Offer"

Synopsis	Half-page, vertically-oriented, inside back cover promo positioned on the left side of the page offering a Classics Illustrated Junior subscription. Spot illustration depicts three covers from the series.
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 back 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

1 page illustration "Snow White Pinup"

Characters	Snow White; Prince; Seven Dwarfs
Synopsis	Full-page, back cover illustration depicts the Seven Dwarfs dancing around Snow White and the Prince.
Genre	Children
Pencils	Alex A. Blum
Inks	Alex A. Blum