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Classics Illustrated Junior comic books issue 505

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    Classics Illustrated Junior (1953-1971) Reprints 505
    Classics Illustrated Junior (1953-1971) Reprints #505
    Published Oct 1954 by Gilberton.
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    The Sleeping Beauty. NOTE: We do not currently differentiate between HRN 576 copies and other HRN #'s of Classics Illustrated Junior reprints. Cover price $0.15.

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    Classics Illustrated Junior (1953-1971) 1st Printing 505
    Classics Illustrated Junior (1953-1971) 1st Printing #505
    Published Feb 1954 by Gilberton.
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    Painted cover art by Dik Browne (?). "The Sleeping Beauty," script by Charles Perrault (adapted from his original story), art by Peter Costanza; An evil fairy believes she has been snubbed at the christening banquet of a newborn princess and places the baby under a dreadful curse; Sixteen years later the curse takes effect when the princess pricks her finger on the distaff of a spinning wheel and falls into a sleep that lasts one hundred years; She marries a Prince who braves the perils of a tangled wood to find her. "The Real Princess," script by Hans Christian Anderson (adapted from his original story), art by Peter Costanza; A prince wants to marry a real princess; A young woman who claims to be a real princess is tested by placing a pea under the twenty mattresses on the bed where she will sleep; The next day, she says something hard in the bed kept her awake all night; The Prince rejoices—only a real princess can feel a pea through twenty mattresses. "Simple Simon," art by Alex A. Blum; Nursery rhyme about a simpleton who meets a pieman, fishes in a pail of water, and tosses salt on a bird's tail. Sleeping Beauty pinup on back cover by Peter Costanza. The Wonderful World of Fairy Tales ad. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.15.

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    Classics Illustrated Junior (2003 Jack Lake Productions) 505
    Classics Illustrated Junior (2003 Jack Lake Productions) #505
    Published 2008 by Jack Lake Productions.
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    Tells the classic story of Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault/Brothers Grimm. A princess is born to a king and queen. The good fairies are called to give the baby a gift. An old fairy is hurt that she is not invited and puts a curse on the child. The princess pricks her finger with a spindle and falls asleep for one hundred years. When she awakes, a handsome prince awaits! Also includes: "The Real Princess"; "I Saw a Ship a-Sailing"; "Cheetah"; and a color-me page on the inside back cover. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.99.