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Issue Details

Issue #573
Published July 1954
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "THE LITTLE PEOPLE, No. 573." Code number is LPOS #573-547. Copyright 1954 by NEA Service Inc. Based on "The Little People" newspaper strip.

Cover Details

Characters The Little People [Old One; Cork; Loop; Chub; Jink]
Genre fantasy
Pencils Don Gunn
Inks Don Gunn
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page The Little People story "Unwanted Help"

Characters The Little People [Loop; Jink]
Synopsis Loop and Jink help Mr. Tortise get off his back, only to find that he was enjoying a rest from his wife's list of chores.
Genre fantasy
Pencils Don Gunn
Inks Don Gunn
Notes Inside front cover. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

12 page The Little People story "The Little People and the Magic Mouse"

Characters The Little People [Old One; Cork; Loop; Chub]
Synopsis A magic mouse takes the Little People to a faraway castle, where the Old One helps him break the spell of a mean magician by answering the riddle "Where does a hole go when it's filled up?"
Genre fantasy
Pencils Don Gunn
Inks Don Gunn
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

10 page The Little People story "The Little People and the Groons"

Characters The Little People [Old One; Cork; Loop; Chub; Jink]; The Groons
Synopsis The lazy Groons fool the forest folk by telling them they are collecting food for the Little People, when they are just collecting for themselves.
Genre fantasy
Pencils Don Gunn
Inks Don Gunn
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

10 page The Little People story "The Little People on Pearl Island"

Characters The Little People [Old One; Cork; Loop; Chub; Jink]; Tar (crow)
Synopsis A large fish pulls Jink, Cork, and Chub's boat far downstream where they land upon the Island of Enchanted Pearls. Anything that is touched by an enchanted pearl gains the power of speech. The Old One brings Tar, the crow, to rescue them.
Genre fantasy
Pencils Don Gunn
Inks Don Gunn
Notes Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page The Little People story "Lilacs the Skunk"

Characters The Little People [Old One; Cork; Loop]; Lilacs the Skunk.
Synopsis The Old One enlists Lilacs the skunk to get Loop out of bed.
Genre fantasy
Pencils Don Gunn
Inks Don Gunn
Notes Inside back cover. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

1 page The Little People story "Golf Game and Rabbit"

Characters The Little People [Cork]
Synopsis Cork's golf ball goes in a hollow tree and hits a rabbit. The rabbit takes the golf ball and returns the favor.
Genre fantasy
Pencils Don Gunn
Inks Don Gunn
Notes Back cover; pantomime story. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)