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Issue Details

Issue	#514
Published	January 1955
Frequency	Bi-monthly
Cover Price	0.15 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Meyer A. Kaplan (Managing Editor)

Cover Details - "The Steadfast Tin Soldier"

Characters	Tin Soldier; Paper Dancing Doll
Synopsis	Full-page, front cover illustration depicts a tin soldier, a paper dancing doll, and various toys.
Genre	Children
Pencils	Dik Browne ? (painting)
Inks	Dik Browne ? (painting)
Colors	Dik Browne ? (painting)
Letters	Typeset

Half page Coming Next Month promo (ad from the publisher) "Forthcoming Title"

Synopsis	Half-page, horizontally-oriented, inside front cover promo on the upper portion of the page for the next issue of Classics Illustrated Junior, "Johnny Appleseed". Spot illustration depicts the issue's front cover.
Script	? (ad copy)
Pencils	Alex A. Blum
Inks	Alex A. Blum
Letters	Typeset

Half page statement of ownership "Statement required..."

Synopsis	Half-page, horizontally-oriented, inside front cover statement of ownership on the lower portion of the page. Albert L. Kanter is noted as Publisher; William E. Kanter as Editor; Meyer A. Kaplan as Managing Editor; and Maurice R. Kanter as Business Manager. The Owner is listed as Famous Authors, Ltd., Albert L., William E., and Maurice R. Kanter of 101 Fifth Avenue, New York, 3, New York.
Letters	Typeset

22 page story "The Steadfast Tin Soldier"

Characters	Tin Soldier; Paper Dancing Doll; Jack-in-the-Box; Rat; Boy; Street Urchins; Maid; Mother
Synopsis	After several dangerous adventures, a tin soldier is reunited with his sweetheart, a paper dancing doll.
Genre	Children
Script	? (adapter); Hans Christian Andersen (original author)
Pencils	Dik Browne ?
Inks	Dik Browne ?
Letters	Typeset

8 page Aesop's Fables story "The Actor and the Farmer"

Characters	Rich Man; Actor; Farmer; Townspeople
Synopsis	An actor and a farmer compete for a prize by imitating the cry of a pig.
Genre	Children
Script	? (adapter); Aesop (original author)
Pencils	Alex A. Blum
Inks	Alex A. Blum
Letters	Typeset

1 page text article "Young Night Thought"

Synopsis	Poem from "A Child's Garden of Verses" about a youngster falling asleep.
Genre	Children
Script	Robert Louis Stevenson
Pencils	Alex A. Blum
Inks	Alex A. Blum
Letters	Typeset

1 page text article "From Australia, the home of many strange animals..."

Synopsis	Illustrated article about the dingo.
Genre	Fact
Pencils	William A. Walsh
Inks	William A. Walsh
Letters	Typeset

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Subscription Offer"

Synopsis	Full-page, inside back cover promo for Classics Illustrated and Classics Illustrated Junior subscriptions. Spot illustrations depict front covers from both series.
Script	? (ad copy)
Letters	Typeset

1 page illustration "The Steadfast Tin Soldier Pinup"

Synopsis	Full-page, back cover illustration depicts the tin soldier adrift in a paper boat.
Genre	Children