#008.Classics Illustrated Junior Comics

“CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED JUNIOR was the brainchild of Russian-born Albert Lewis Kanter, a visionary publisher who deserves to be ranked among the great teachers of the 20th century. Born in Baranovitch, Russia on April 11, 1897, he immigrated with his family to the United States in 1904. From 1941 to 1971, he introduced young readers to the realms of literature, history, folklore, mythology, and science in such juvenile series as CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED, CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED JUNIOR, CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED SPECIAL ISSUES, and THE WORLD AROUND US.”

- William B. Jones Jr.; Author; Classics Illustrated: A Cultural History; (McFarland & Co., Publishers)

Only these 77 CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED JUNIOR with fairy tales and folk tales were published.

501 Snowwhite & the Seven Dwarfs

502 The Ugly Duckling

503 Cinderella

504 The Pied Piper

505 The Sleeping beauty



506 The Three Little Pigs

507 Jack and the Beanstalk

508 Goldilocks & the Three Bears

509 Beauty and the Beast

510 Little Red Riding Hood



511 Puss In Boots

512 Rumplestiltskin

513 Pinocchio

514 The Steadfast Tin Soldier

515 Johnny Appleseed (check 31th post)



516 Aladdin and his Lamp

517 The Emperor's New Clothes

518 The Golden Goose

519 Paul Bunyan

520 Thumbelina



521 The King of the Golden River

522 The Nightingale

523 The Gallant Tailor

524 The Wild Swans

525 The Little Mermaid



526 The Frog Prince

527 The Golden Haired Giant

528 The Penny Prince

529 The Magic Servants

530 The Golden Bird



531 Rapunzel

532 The Dancing Princesses

533 The Magic Fountain

534 The Golden Touch

535 The Wizard of Oz



536 The Chimney Sweep

537 The Three Fairies

538 Silly Hans

539 The Enchanted Fish

540 The Tinder Box



541 Snow White & Rose Red

542 The Donkey's Tale

543 The House in the Woods

544 The Golden Fleece

545 The Glass Mountain



546 The Elves and the Shoemaker

547 The Wishing Table

548 The Magic Pitcher

549 Simple Kate

550 The Singing Donkey



551 TheQueen Bee

552 The Three Little Dwarfs

553 King Thrushbeard

554 The Enchanted Deer

555 The Three Golden Apples



556 The Elf Mound

557 Silly Willie

558 The Magic Dish

559 The Japanese Lantern

560 The Doll Princess



561 Hans Humdrum

562 The Enchanted Pony

563 The Wishing Well

564 The Salt Mountain

565 The Silly Princess



566 Clumsy Hans

567 The Bearskin Soldier

568 The Happy Hedgehog

569 The Three Giants

570 The Pearl Princess



571 How Fire Came to the Indians

572 The Drummer Boy

573 The Crystal Ball

574 Brightboots

575 The Fearless Prince



576 The Princess Who Saw Everything

577 The Runaway Dumpling

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Jimmy Olsen #74

Jimmy Olsen was a durable character in the Silver Age. He did not appear a lot in the Golden Age comics, although he was a regular on the Superman 1940s radio series and later on the 1950s TV show, which was why he got his own book. Olsen allowed the DC editors to touch (rather awkwardly) on teenage culture of the time, with Superman as Olsen's regular deus ex machina to get him out of the innumerable jams.

His rather nerdy and unattractive red-headed appearance appears likely to have been aimed at the Archie audience, perhaps as a bridge to bringing them into the Superman fan club. But Jimmy was an interesting character because he combined elements of both Goofus and Gallant. Capable of doing the dumbest things, he could also suddenly perform nobly and well when the situation warranted.

The first story, however, features Jimmy doing a lot of the wrong things. He turns his girlfriend, Lucy Lane, into a midget, swells Lois' head up like a balloon and turns Superman into Cluck Kent:



Of course, it's just a gag by Mr Mxyzptlk who has managed to take over Jimmy via a machine. But the lad figures out a good way to exorcise his demon:



In Jimmy Olsen and the Forty Thieves, our boy is transported back to ancient Bagdad (sic), where he had an unfortunate discovery:



Jimmy is eventually captured and sold into slavery. But there are only two possibilities for a Silver Age character sold into slavery. Either he will be sold to a hot slave-owning babe:



Or the evil villain who's also hiding out in the past. Guess which?



Luthor uses Jimmy to lure Supes back to the past, but his plot to kill the Man of Steel falls apart when Jimmy uses some nifty footwork here:



Jimmy Olsen's Secret Love begins a series of pretty embarrassing stories. The premise for the series is that both Jimmy and Lucy Lane, his girlfriend, are working undercover in disguise when they meet and fall in love. Jimmy is Magi the Magnificent, a stage magician, while Lucy is Sandra Rogers, a beautiful starlet.

Well, the negative with that humorous plot is that it makes both Jimmy and Lucy look pretty boring and unsophisticated versus the fascinating and cultured people they play in this story, as you can see from their rather pedestrian thoughts.

There was at least one more Magi and Sandra story after this.

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