Classics Illustrated Junior is a comic book series of seventy-seven fairy and folk tale, myth and legend comic book adaptations created by Albert Lewis Kanter as a spin-off of his flagship comic book line Classics Illustrated.
Publication history At its peak in 1960, Classics Illustrated Junior'''s average monthly circulation was 262,000.Jones, Jr., William B. "Albert Lewis Kanter (1897-1973)," Jack Lake Productions (2004). Accessed July 6, 2010.
In 2003, Jack Lake Productions Inc., based in Toronto, Canada began remastering and republishing the entire Classics Illustrated Junior series.
In September of 2008, Classic Comic Store Ltd., based in the UK, under license by Jack Lake Productions Inc. began publishing both the original Gilberton Classics Illustrated regular and Junior lines for distribution in the UK, Republic of Ireland, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. The issue number sequence is different from the original runs, starting at issue 1 rather than at issue 501. The contents are generally similar to the original run, but the exterior of the back cover is used to advertise future issues, along with details of Classic Comic Store's website. The final page of the issue contains a brief biography of the author(s) of the main story written by William B. Jones, Jr, author of Classics Illustrated: A Cultural HistoryWilliam B. Jones Jr., Classics Illustrated: A Cultural History, with Illustrations (Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2002).
In common with the first-run series in America, the inside back cover contains an outline picture to colour in from the main story (although the first print run of Issues 1-4 used the American spelling color instead of the British spelling colour).
Complete list of Classics Illustrated Junior comic books (original US run; also 2003-2014 Canadian run) The Canadian run created by Jack Lake Productions Inc. which began in 2003 followed the same sequence as the original U.S. run.
The authorship is based on the information held by Michigan State University Libraries, Special Collections Division in their Reading Room Index to the Comic Art Collection, as well as information found on Wikipedia under the title of the individual stories.
Issue Title Author 501 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Brothers Grimm 502 The Ugly Duckling Hans Christian Andersen 503 Cinderella Charles Perrault 504 The Pied Piper Robert Browning 505 The Sleeping Beauty (also contains The Real Princess) Charles Perrault/Brothers Grimm (The Real Princess: Hans Christian Andersen) 506 The 3 Little Pigs Joseph Jacobs 507 Jack and the Beanstalk William Godwin 508 Goldilocks and the Three Bears Robert Southey 509 Beauty and the Beast Credited to Charles Perrault, but other sources credit Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve 510 Little Red Riding Hood Charles Perrault 511 Puss-In-Boots Gianfrancesco Straparola/Charles Perrault 512 Rumplestiltskin Brothers Grimm 513 Pinocchio Carlo Collodi 514 The Steadfast Tin Soldier Hans Christian Andersen 515 Johnny Appleseed --- 516 Aladdin and His Lamp Brothers Grimm 517 The Emperor's New Clothes Hans Christian Andersen 518 The Golden Goose Brothers Grimm 519 Paul Bunyan W.B. Laughead 520 Thumbelina Hans Christian Andersen 521 The King of the Golden River John Ruskin 522 The Nightingale Hans Christian Andersen 523 The Gallant Tailor Brothers Grimm 524 The Wild Swans Hans Christian Andersen 525 The Little Mermaid Hans Christian Andersen 526 The Frog Prince Brothers Grimm 527 The Golden-Haired Giant Brothers Grimm 528 The Penny Prince Hans Christian Andersen 529 The Magic Servants Brothers Grimm 530 The Golden Bird Brothers Grimm 531 Rapunzel Brothers Grimm 532 The Dancing Princesses Brothers Grimm 533 The Magic Fountain Brothers Grimm 534 The Golden Touch Nathaniel Hawthorne 535 The Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum 536 The Chimney Sweep Hans Christian Andersen 537 The Three Fairies Giambattista Basile 538 Silly Hans Hans Christian Andersen 539 The Enchanted Fish Brothers Grimm 540 The Tinder-Box Hans Christian Andersen 541 Snow White and Rose Red Brothers Grimm 542 The Donkey's Tale Brothers Grimm 543 The House in the Woods Brothers Grimm 544 The Golden Fleece --- 545 The Glass Mountain 546 The Elves and the Shoemaker Brothers Grimm 547 The Wishing Table Brothers Grimm 548 The Magic Pitcher "Based on The Miraculous Pitcher by Nathaniel Hawthorne". 549 Simple Kate --- 550 The Singing Donkey Brothers Grimm 551 The Queen Bee Brothers Grimm 552 The Three Little Dwarfs Brothers Grimm 553 King Thrushbeard Brothers Grimm 554 The Enchanted Deer Giambattista Basile 555 The 3 Golden Apples Nathaniel Hawthorne 556 The Elf Mound Hans Christian Andersen 557 Silly Willy 558 The Magic Dish --- 559 The Japanese Lantern --- 560 The Doll Princess --- 561 Hans Humdrum --- 562 The Enchanted Pony The Little Humpbacked Horse 563 The Wishing Well --- 564 The Salt Mountain Russian folktale collected by Alexander Afanasyev 565 The Silly Princess --- 566 Clumsy Hans Hans Christian Andersen 567 The Bearskin Soldier Brothers Grimm 568 The Happy Hedgehog Brothers Grimm 569 The Three Giants --- 570 The Pearl Princess --- 571 How Fire Came To The Indians --- 572 The Drummer Boy --- 573 The Crystal Ball Brothers Grimm 574 Brightboots --- 575 The Fearless Prince --- 576 The Princess Who Saw Everything --- 577 The Runaway Dumpling ---
List of Classics Illustrated Junior comic books (UK series from 2008)
Up until September 2009 (issue 12), the runs for both the US and the UK runs were identical, albeit with issue numbers starting at 1 for the UK version rather than at 501.For published issues, the titles and publication dates are obtained from the personal collection of Wikipedia editor "Phantomsteve". The extras have not been confirmed for the original US run, so appear on this list only.
From issue 13 onwards, Classic Comic Store Ltd no longer published the titles (although still publishing the Classics Illustrated line), but imported the issues from Canada (where the series was already being published by Jack Lake Productions Inc.). These issues hence follow the Canadian numbering of the issues (513 onwards).
In October 2012 (when issue 544 had been despatched), Classic Comic Store Ltd no longer continued with a subscription service in the UK, because of the costs involved.
The authorship is based on the information found in the publications themselves, information held by Michigan State University Libraries, Special Collections Division in their Reading Room Index to the Comic Art Collection, as well as information found on Wikipedia under the title of the individual stories.