| Issue | #503 |
| Published | December 1953 |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.15 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Meyer A. Kaplan (Managing Editor) |
| Characters | Cinderella; Fairy Godmother |
| Synopsis | Full-page, front cover illustration depicts Cinderella gazing upon a miniature pumpkin coach. |
| Genre | Children |
| Pencils | Dik Browne ? (painting) |
| Inks | Dik Browne ? (painting) |
| Colors | Dik Browne ? (painting) |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Synopsis | Half-page, vertically-oriented, inside front cover promo positioned on the left side of the page for the next issue in the Classics Illustrated Junior series, "The Pied Piper". Spot illustration depicts the next issue's cover. |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Pencils | Alex A. Blum |
| Inks | Alex A. Blum |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Synopsis | Half-page, vertically-oriented, inside front cover dot-to-dot puzzle positioned on the right side of the page. |
| Genre | Children |
| Script | ? (puzzle directions) |
| Pencils | Alex A. Blum |
| Inks | Alex A. Blum |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Characters | Cinderella; Fairy Godmother; Stepmother; Two Stepsisters; Prince |
| Synopsis | Cinderella is a drudge in her stepmother's household but attends the Prince's ball through the agency of her Fairy Godmother. The Prince falls in love with her. At midnight, she loses her glass slipper while fleeing the palace, but the Prince tries the slipper on every maiden in the land until he discovers the woman he loves. |
| Genre | Children |
| Script | ? (adapter); Charles Perrault (original author) |
| Pencils | Peter Costanza (signed) |
| Inks | Peter Costanza (signed) |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Characters | Jack; Jill |
| Synopsis | Nursery rhyme about two children climbing a hill to draw a pail of water. |
| Genre | Children |
| Script | ? (traditional author) |
| Pencils | Alex A. Blum |
| Inks | Alex A. Blum |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Synopsis | Illustrated article about the panda. |
| Genre | Fact |
| Pencils | William A. Walsh |
| Inks | William A. Walsh |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Synopsis | Full-page, inside back cover promo offering a Classics Illustrated Junior subscription. Spot illustration depicts the cover of "The Pied Piper". |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Pencils | Alex A. Blum |
| Inks | Alex A. Blum |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Characters | Cinderella; Prince |
| Synopsis | Full-page, back cover illustration depicts Cinderella rushing down the palace staircase with the Prince in pursuit. |
| Genre | Children |
| Pencils | Peter Costanza |
| Inks | Peter Costanza |