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Issue Details

Issue	#512
Published	September 1954
Frequency	Monthly
Cover Price	0.15 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Meyer A. Kaplan (Managing Editor)

Cover Details - "Rumpelstiltskin"

Characters	Rumpelstiltskin; Miller's Daughter
Synopsis	Rumpelstiltskin spins straw into gold while the miller's daughter watches in amazement.
Genre	Children
Pencils	Dik Browne ? (painting)
Inks	Dik Browne ? (painting)
Colors	Dik Browne ? (painting)
Letters	Typeset

Half page Coming Next Month promo (ad from the publisher) "Forthcoming Title"

Synopsis	Half-page, vertically-oriented, inside front cover promo positioned on the left side of the page for the next issue in the Classics Illustrated Junior series, "Pinocchio". Spot illustration depicts the next issue's cover.
Script	? (ad copy)
Pencils	Alex A. Blum
Inks	Alex A. Blum
Letters	Typeset

Half page What Is It? activity "Dot-to-Dot Puzzle"

Synopsis	Half-page, vertically-oriented, inside front cover dot-to-dot puzzle positioned on the right side of the page.
Genre	Children
Script	? (puzzle directions)
Pencils	Alex A. Blum
Inks	Alex A. Blum
Letters	Typeset

28 page story "Rumpelstiltskin"

Characters	Rumpelstiltskin; Miller; Miller's Daughter; King; Jester
Synopsis	A mysterious little man helps a miller's daughter spin straw into gold then demands her first born child as payment. When she correctly guesses the little man's name, he disappears and she lives happily ever after.
Genre	Children
Script	? (adapter); Brothers Grimm (original authors)
Letters	Typeset

2 page Aesop's Fables story "The Miller, His Son, and Their Donkey"

Characters	Miller; Miller's Son; Donkey; Townspeople
Synopsis	A miller is criticized by the townspeople - and tries to accomodate them - but finally realizes he cannot please everyone.
Genre	Children
Script	? (adapter); Aesop (original author)
Letters	Typeset

Half page text article "To Market, To Market"

Characters	Narrator; Pig; Hog; Plum Bun
Synopsis	Nursery rhyme about going to market and returning home.
Genre	Children
Script	? (traditional author)
Pencils	Alex A. Blum
Inks	Alex A. Blum
Letters	Typeset

Half page text article "3 Wise Men of Gotham"

Characters	Three Wise Men
Synopsis	Nursery rhyme about three men going to sea in a bowl.
Genre	Children
Script	? (traditional author)
Pencils	Alex A. Blum
Inks	Alex A. Blum
Letters	Typeset

1 page text article "The giraffe is the tallest..."

Synopsis	Illustrated article about giraffes.
Genre	Fact
Pencils	William A. Walsh
Inks	William A. Walsh
Letters	Typeset

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Subscription Offer"

Synopsis	Full-page, inside back cover promo offering a subscription to Classics Illustrated Junior. Spot illustration depicts the front cover of "The Pied Piper".
Script	? (ad copy)
Pencils	Alex A. Blum
Inks	Alex A. Blum
Letters	Typeset

1 page illustration "Rumpelstiltskin Pinup"

Characters	Rumpelstiltskin; Miller's Daughter
Synopsis	Full-page, back cover illustration depicts Rumpelstiltskin climbing through a window and into the chamber where the miller's daughter sits at a spinning wheel.
Genre	Children
Pencils	Alex A. Blum
Inks	Alex A. Blum