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Issue Details

Issue #69
Published 1945
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "FAIRY TALE PARADE, No. 69." No code number. Copyright 1945 by Oskar Lebeck.

Cover Details

Genre fantasy
Pencils Walt Kelly
Inks Walt Kelly
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page text story "The tiniest elf in the Fairy Queen's court..."

Characters McSnort
Synopsis A tiny elf is snapped up by a bullfrog, but a toad convinces the frog to let the elf go.
Genre fantasy
Pencils Walt Kelly
Inks Walt Kelly
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Poem with several illustrations. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

9 page story "The Enchanted Head"

Synopsis A prince has been placed under a spell so that only his head remains. An aged knight takes the talking head from castle to castle, looking for a bride which will free the prince from the spell.
Genre fantasy; period
Pencils Arthur E. Jameson
Inks Arthur E. Jameson
Notes Pencils and inks credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. on the goldenagecomics.co.uk boards.

8 page story "Tiny Folk and the Giant"

Synopsis Gold-seeking dwarfs sack the village of the tiny folk. The tiny folk find a giant who sends the dwarfs flying far away.
Genre fantasy
Script Walt Kelly
Pencils Walt Kelly
Inks Walt Kelly
Notes Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

15 page story "The Giant with Three Golden Hairs"

Characters Florentine; Moonbeam
Synopsis A fairy declares that the son of a woodsman will marry the King's daughter. The wicked King tries to get the boy killed, but fate intervenes to save the boy each time. The princess does marry the boy, but before the King will approve the wedding, he orders the boy to bring him three golden hairs from the head of the Giant King.
Genre fantasy
Pencils George Kerr
Inks George Kerr
Notes Pencils and inks credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. on the goldenagecomics.co.uk boards.

4 page text story "The Golden Ball"

Synopsis A witch uses a golden ball to lure a little boy to her house. She sends the boy to retrieve the mate for the golden ball from a dragon's nest.
Genre fantasy
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with 11 illustrations.

13 page story "The Three Wishes"

Characters Happylegs; Fuzzybeard; Patchypants
Synopsis A fairy grants three dwarfs their fondest wishes, but they find that trouble and sorrow come along with the wishes.
Genre fantasy
Pencils [THE Great Unknown] (see notes)
Inks [THE Great Unknown] (see notes)
Notes Story concludes on inside back cover in black, red, and white. Pencil and ink credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. on the goldenagecomics.co.uk boards. "THE Great Unknown" refers to a very distinctive artist whose identity is unknown.

1 page illustration "The Fairy Ball"

Synopsis A sign advertising the "Fairy Ball," surrounded by various bugs and elves.
Pencils Walt Kelly
Inks Walt Kelly
Notes Back cover. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).