Indicia title is "FAIRY TALE PARADE, No. 50." No code number. Copyright 1944 by Oskar Lebeck.
Catalog of Copyright Entries 1944 Pamphlets, page 493, states, "By W. Kelly, George Kerr, Arthur Jameson [and others]".
Cover
Fairy Tale Parade / 1 page
Genre
Fantasy
Pencils
Walt Kelly
Inks
Walt Kelly
Notes
Art id for cover by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. on the goldenagecomics.co.uk boards.
Text Story
Gubbins The Pony that Became a Mountain (1 page)
Synopsis
Fairies make a pony so big that he is afraid to walk, so he stops and becomes a mountain.
Genre
Fantasy
Characters
Gubbins (pony)
Pencils
Walt Kelly
Inks
Walt Kelly
Notes
Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Art id by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. on the goldenagecomics.co.uk boards.
Comic Story
The Magic Garden (8 pages)
Synopsis
Wee folk grow food in a garden but a witch tries to steal it all.
Genre
Fantasy
Pencils
Walt Kelly
Inks
Walt Kelly
Notes
Art id by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. on the goldenagecomics.co.uk boards.
Comic Story
The Nightingale (11 pages)
Synopsis
The Emperor of China cages a beautifully singing nightingale.
Script
? (adaptation)
Genre
Fantasy
Script
Hans Christian Andersen (original story)
Pencils
Arthur Jameson
Inks
Arthur Jameson
Notes
Art id by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. on the goldenagecomics.co.uk boards.
Comic Story
The Stolen Princess (9 pages)
Synopsis
A royal wedding amongst the wee folk is interrupted by an evil sorcerer.
Genre
Fantasy
Pencils
George Kerr
Inks
George Kerr
Notes
Art id by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. on the goldenagecomics.co.uk boards.
Comic Story
The Fourth Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor / Sinbad (10 pages)
Synopsis
Sinbad is married in the far east and when his wife dies, he is buried alive with her.
Pencils
? ["THE Great Unknown"]
Inks
? ["THE Great Unknown"]
Characters
Sinbad; Jullanar
Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Notes
Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Hames Ware refer to this artist as "THE Great Unknown." His (or her) work is unsigned but very distinctive.
Adapted from The Arabian Nights. Gaylord Du Bois script credit as per page 20 of Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott (1984). Gaylord Du Bois script identification by David Porta, May 2014.
Comic Story
The Brave Little Tailor (11 pages)
Synopsis
A brave tailor defeats giants and captures a unicorn in order to win half a kingdom.
Script
? (adaptation)
Genre
Fantasy
Characters
Master Snip
Script
Jacob Grimm (original story) Wilhelm Grimm (original story)
Pencils
Arthur Jameson
Inks
Arthur Jameson
Notes
Story concludes on inside back cover in black, red, and white. Art Id by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. on the goldenagecomics.co.uk boards.
Text Story
No Title (1 page)
Synopsis
The little forest men of Long Ago Land have their dance interrupted by a rainstorm.
Genre
Fantasy
Pencils
Walt Kelly
Inks
Walt Kelly
First Line
The little forest men of Long Ago Land had just begun their dance.
Notes
On back cover of comic. Art id by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. on the goldenagecomics.co.uk boards.
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