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Classics Illustrated Junior comic books issue 559

  • Issue #559
    Classics Illustrated Junior (1953-1971) Reprints 559

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    The Japanese Lantern (art by George Peltz). NOTE: We do not currently differentiate between HRN 576 copies and other HRN #'s of Classics Illustrated Junior reprints. Cover price $0.15.

  • Issue #559
    Classics Illustrated Junior (1953-1971) 1st Printing 559

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    The Japanese Lantern. Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by George Peltz and William A. Walsh. Gilberton expanded its successful Classics Illustrated line with this series devoted to famous fairy tales. In a tasteful version of a Japanese legend, two women may not return home until they find paper that can carry the wind and the fire. Fortunately, a strange old man teaches them the secrets of the fan and the lantern. Plus Aesop's fable about Hercules and the Wagon Driver, and a look at the badger. And a poem by Edward Lear, There Was a Young Lady Whose Chin. The Japanese Lantern; Aesop's Fables: Hercules and the Wagon Driver; There Was a Young Lady Whose Chin; The Animal World: The Badger; Color This Picture With Crayons. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.