Classics Illustrated Junior comic books issue 520
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Issue #520
$6.00
$4.00
Thumbelina. NOTE: We do not currently differentiate between HRN 576 copies and other HRN #'s of Classics Illustrated Junior reprints. Cover price $0.25.
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Issue #520
$7.20
$3.60
$2.65
- INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, interrupts art and story. 1 3/4" Spine split from bottom. Internal tearing. Activities completed.
Painted cover art by Dik Browne. "Thumbelina," script by Hans Christian Andersen (adapted from his original story), art by Lin Streeter and William A. Walsh (backgrounds); Thumbelina is a tiny girl who has many adventures with sex and marriage-minded insects, reptiles, and small mammals before finding a fairy prince just her size. "The Crow and the Pitcher," script by Aesop (adapted from his original story), art by Mike Sekowsky; A crow drops pebbles into a half-filled pitcher of water until the water level is high enough for him to drink; "You can solve any problem once you set your mind to it," he remarks. "Bed in Summer," script by Robert Louis Stevenson, art by Alex A. Blum; Poem from "A Child's Garden of Verses" about a child going to bed before the sun sets. "Cock Robin and Jenny Wren," art by Alex A. Blum; Nursery rhyme about the courtship and marriage of two birds. Thumbelina pinup on back cover by William A. Walsh. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.15.
