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Issue Details

Issue #542
Published September 1957
Cover Price $.15
Pages 36
Editing Roberta Strauss; Meyer A. Kaplan (Executive Editor)

Cover Details - "The Donkey's Tale"

Characters Donkey
Genre Fairy Tale; Fantasy

28 page Donkey story "The Donkey's Tale"

Characters Donkey; King; Queen; Princess
Synopsis Once upon a time, there was a prince who was born in the shape of a donkey. He was the most beautiful, delightful, lovable little donkey in the world. But he was the saddest little donkey, too, for his greatest wish was to become a real human prince. Though he did not know it, there was one way he could become a human prince. But would he ever find the way?
Genre Fairy Tale; Fantasy
Pencils Stan Campbell (signed)
Inks Stan Campbell (signed)

2 page Aesop's Fables story "Aesop's Fables: The Oak and the Reed"

Synopsis The parable says that sometimes it is better to bend than just to stand straight and tall.
Genre Parable; Fantasy

1 page Nursery Rhyme story "The Owl and the Pussy-Cat"

Genre Nursery Rhyme; Fantasy
Script Edward Lear

1 page The Animal World character profile "The Flying Squirrel"

Genre Animal; Fact

1 page Donkey illustration "The Donkey's Tale"

Pencils Stan Campbell
Inks Stan Campbell