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Issue Details

Issue #121
Published October 1946
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "FAIRY TALE PARADE, No. 121." Code number is F.T.P. #1-4610. Copyright 1946 by Oskar Lebeck.

Cover Details

Genre fantasy
Pencils Arthur E. Jameson (painting) (signed); Walt Kelly (border)
Inks Arthur E. Jameson (painting) (signed); Walt Kelly (border)
Colors Arthur E. Jameson (painting) (signed)
Notes Pencils, inks, and colors credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page filler "A Sure Cure"

Synopsis A gnome has words of wisdom to cheer up Fred Beetle when he's feeling down.
Genre fantasy
Pencils Dan Noonan
Inks Dan Noonan
Notes Inside front cover; black, white, and red. Hand-lettered text surrounded by illustrations. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

12 page story "The Dragon Knight"

Characters Dagbert
Synopsis Dagbert, the son of a king who has fallen upon hard times, goes out to seek his fortune. He kills a dragon and bathes in its blood. He finds a hoard of gems in the dragon's cave and goes to a nearby castle to share the treasure with its king if he will send men to help transport the gems. The King and his men go with Dagbert but try to kill him when he shows them the treasure. However, bathing in the dragon's blood has made him immune to harm and he kills the traitorous crew and becomes the new King.
Genre period; fantasy
Pencils Arthur E. Jameson
Inks Arthur E. Jameson
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

10 page story "The Magic Forrest"

Synopsis In the midst of a medieval war, a boy finds a refuge from the invading forces in a magic forest.
Genre period; fantasy
Pencils Morris Gollub
Inks Morris Gollub
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

13 page story "Water Sprite Baby"

Synopsis When Inga falls into a stream, she is captured by water sprites and made to swear an oath to give them her first-born baby. After her husband overhears her reliving the story in a nightmare, he dams up the stream to force the sprites to release Inga from her oath.
Genre fantasy
Pencils Arthur E. Jameson
Inks Arthur E. Jameson
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

6 page story "Twilight in the Country"

Synopsis A young boy goes walking in the woods at twilight with his Uncle Ben, who tells him of the fairies and brownies who live in the trees.
Genre fantasy
Pencils Dan Noonan ?
Inks Dan Noonan ?
Notes Text and illustrations. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

7 page story "Tweedle-Dum-Dee"

Characters Tweedle-Dum-Dee
Synopsis Tweedle-Dum-Dee, one of a number of tiny dwarfs living in the forest of Dumbee, is taken by a woodchopper to show to the King. The King makes a captive of the little man. The King's son falls in love with the woodchopper's daughter and she convinces him to set the dwarf free.
Genre period; fantasy
Pencils Arthur E. Jameson
Inks Arthur E. Jameson
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page filler "Whatever could the stars be.."

Synopsis A little girl is told that the stars are the lights that fairies carry to guide themselves home.
Genre fantasy
Pencils Dan Noonan
Inks Dan Noonan
Notes Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page illustration "Water Sprites"

Synopsis Painting of water sprites frolicking in the spillway of a water-powered mill.
Genre fantasy
Pencils Arthur E. Jameson [as Jameson] (painting) (signed)
Inks Arthur E. Jameson [as Jameson] (painting) (signed)
Colors Arthur E. Jameson [as Jameson] (painting) (signed)
Notes Back cover.