| Issue | #522 [O] |
| Published | January 1956 |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.15 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Meyer A. Kaplan (Managing Editor) |
| Characters | Emperor; Page Boy; Nightingale; Mechanical Bird |
| Synopsis | Full-page, front cover illustration depicts the Emperor gazing upon the nightingale while the page boy looks upon the mechanical bird. |
| 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 Gallant Tailor". Spot illustation depicts the next issue's front 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 | Emperor; Nightingale; Mechanical Bird; Kitchen Maid; Courtiers |
| Synopsis | The Emperor is delighted with the song of a nightingale until he receives the gift of a mechanical bird. Delighted with the unusual toy, the Emperor snubs the nightingale and she returns to the forest. When the mechanical bird breaks down from overuse, the Emperor falls deathly ill, but the nightingale returns to the palace and her song restores his health. |
| Genre | Children |
| Script | ? (adapter); Hans Christian Andersen (original author) |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Characters | Hare; Tortoise; Forest Animals |
| Synopsis | The hare and the tortoise run a footrace but the cocksure hare stops to take a nap and the tortoise wins the race, proving that one should never be too sure of oneself. |
| Genre | Children |
| Script | ? (adapter); Aesop (original author) |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Synopsis | Poem from "A Child's Garden of Verses" about the moon. |
| Genre | Children |
| Script | Robert Louis Stevenson |
| Pencils | Alex A. Blum |
| Inks | Alex A. Blum |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Characters | Mary; Lamb; Teacher; Children |
| Synopsis | Nursery rhyme about Mary and her pet lamb. |
| Genre | Children |
| Script | ? (traditional author) |
| Pencils | Alex A. Blum |
| Inks | Alex A. Blum |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Characters | Page Boy; Mechanical Bird |
| Synopsis | Full-page, inside back cover illustration depicting the page boy carrying the mechanical bird on a cushion. |
| Genre | Children |
| Pencils | Alex A. Blum |
| Inks | Alex A. Blum |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Synopsis | Full-page, back cover promo for mail order back titles from the Classics Illustrated Junior series and a subscription offer to the series. Spot illustrations depict front covers from the series. |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Pencils | ? (spot illustration) |
| Inks | ? (spot illustration) |
| Colors | ? (spot illustration) |
| Letters | Typeset |