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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published [June-July] 1942
Frequency [none]
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing ?
Notes Copyright 1942, by Oskar Lebeck.

Cover Details

Pencils Walt Kelly
Inks Walt Kelly
Notes Art id for cover by OtherEric on the goldenagecomics.co.uk boards. Also, this is part of a wraparound cover, which is signed on the back by Walt Kelly. Back cover is indexed separately.

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Fairy Tale Parade"

Pencils Walt Kelly
Inks Walt Kelly ?
Notes Inside front cover. Border of page drawn by Walt Kelly (tentative art id by OtherEric on the goldenagecomics.co.uk boards) used in several other issues. Introduction mentions "Walt Kelly, the artist who drew all the wonderful pictures in this book".

18 page story "Thumbelisa"

Pencils Walt Kelly
Inks Walt Kelly ?
Notes Art id by OtherEric on the goldenagecomics.co.uk boards.

8 page story "Little Black Sambo"

Characters Little Black Sambo; Black Mumbo; Black Jumbo
Synopsis Little Black Sambo runs into tigers in the woods.
Genre Children
Script Helen Bannerman (original text); Walt Kelly ? (adaptation)
Pencils Walt Kelly
Inks Walt Kelly ?
Notes Text compared to original text of book. The tone is similar, but it has been largely re-written.

17 page story "The Story of Hansel and Gretel"

Pencils Walt Kelly
Inks Walt Kelly

15 page story "Winkie and the Wishing Well"

Pencils Walt Kelly
Inks Walt Kelly

6 page story "The Flute O'McTootle"

Pencils Walt Kelly
Inks Walt Kelly

1 page illustration "They're coming your way!"

Pencils Walt Kelly
Inks Walt Kelly ?
Notes Inside back cover. Border of page drawn by Walt Kelly (tentative art id by OtherEric on the goldenagecomics.co.uk boards) used in several other issues.

1 page illustration "In This Issue ~"

Synopsis List of stories inside issue.
Pencils Walt Kelly (signed)
Inks Walt Kelly (signed)
Letters Walt Kelly ?
Notes On back cover of comic.