Uncle Charlie's Fables comic books issue 5
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Issue #5
Published Sep 1952 by Lev Gleason.$8.00
$9.30
$2.65
- Comic is complete other than being coverless.
Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Hy Mankin, Dick Rockwell, Norman Maurer, Carl Hubbell and Charles Biro. Singular comics talent Charles Biro, a legend in hardboiled comics fiction, here reinvents himself as "Uncle Charlie," providing fairy tales for an audience of children - all of whom are featured in a black-and-white photo at the start of each issue. Peter Pester tries to help protect the kingdom of Gladiola from the wrath of Carboni the Plunderer. Two children have an adventure on a raft and save their town from a flood. A gypsy woman and the town blacksmith find love, but neither of their communities approve. Trouble by the Bushels; Two Who Built a Dream; The Blacksmith and the Gypsies; The Dog Who Lost His Bark; The Sleepy King. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
