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Issue Details

Issue #566
Published June 1954
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "SON OF BLACK BEAUTY, No. 566." Code number is S.BL.B. O.S. #566-546. Copyright 1954 by Western Printing & Lithographing Co.

Cover Details - "Son of Black Beauty"

Characters Son of Black Beauty
Genre animal; sports
Pencils Sam Savitt (painting)
Inks Sam Savitt (painting)
Colors Sam Savitt (painting)
Notes Pencils, inks, and colors credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "The Race Horse"

Synopsis Facts about race horses.
Genre animal; fact; sports
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Large illustration with typeset text.

34 page story "Son of Black Beauty"

Characters Son of Black Beauty
Synopsis The trials and triumphs of Son of Black Beauty as he trains to compete in the Championship Cup Steeplechase race.
Genre animal; sports
Notes Story continues on inside back cover in black and white and concludes on the back cover in color. Aside from the horse's name, there is no connection between this story and the novels "Black Beauty" (by Anna Sewell, 1877) or "Son of Black Beauty" (by Phyllis Briggs, 1953).