Classics Illustrated Junior comic books issue 505
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Issue #505
$4.00
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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Issue #505
$3.60
$3.60
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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Issue #505
Published 2008 by Jack Lake Productions.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
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.
