Indicia title is "FAIRY TALE PARADE, No. 104." Code number is F.T.P.-104-464. Copyright 1946 by Oskar Lebeck.
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1946 Pamphlets, page 507, which states, "by O. Lebeck and Walt Kelly."
Cover
1 page
Feature
Fairy Tale Parade
Genre
Fantasy
Pencils
Arthur Jameson (painting) (signed)
Inks
Arthur Jameson (painting) (signed)
Colors
Arthur Jameson (painting) (signed)
Comic Story
No Title (1 page)
Synopsis
A traveling tinkerer tells a lad tall tales.
Genre
Fantasy
Pencils
Dan Noonan
Inks
Dan Noonan
First Line
When summer's green flowers
Notes
Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Art id by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. on the goldenagecomics.co.uk boards.
Comic Story
Tiny Esmeralda (14 pages)
Synopsis
Esmeralda, a tiny princess in the forest, sees a handsome man on horseback and wishes she was his size. The mouse prince goes to the witch's house to see if she can help. When he gets there he finds a mouse princess held captive. The mouse prince frees the mouse princess and brings back a flask of a potion that makes Esmeralda human size.
Genre
Fantasy
Characters
Tiny Esmeralda; the Mouse Prince; the Mouse Princess; the Witch
Pencils
Arthur Jameson
Inks
Arthur Jameson
Notes
Art id by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. on the goldenagecomics.co.uk boards.
Comic Story
The Kingdoms of the Thousand Mountains (12 pages)
Synopsis
In a mountainous kingdom, people do not venture out after dark for fear of a witch. At the same time, the poor receive gifts that they credit to a "good fairy." One day two children chase a goat up the mountain. By the time they rescue the goat it is dark and they are afraid the witch will find them. The witch does find them, but takes them to her castle and feeds them before taking them to their home. No one believes the children when they tell their story. Years later the kingdom is invaded by fierce warriors and the witch saves the people by turning the warriors to stone.
Genre
Fantasy
Pencils
Arthur Jameson
Inks
Arthur Jameson
Notes
Art id by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. on the goldenagecomics.co.uk boards.
Comic Story
The Wee Man (10 pages)
Synopsis
An evil sorcerer shrinks a man, Crumpet, to mouse-size. A prince rescues the little man from a hawk, but the sorcerer puts a curse on the prince's son, causing him to shrink to Crumpet's size. The two tiny folk go to the Sorcerer's castle where they learn the secret of breaking the spell.
Genre
Fantasy
Characters
Crumpet; Prince of Taradee
Script
Walt Kelly
Pencils
Walt Kelly
Inks
Walt Kelly
Notes
Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
Melisandra (13 pages)
Synopsis
A cruel queen takes her stepdaughter to the enchanted forest and abandons her there. The girl falls in a ravine and hits her head. An old dwarf finds her and takes her to his home. On Melisandra's 18th birthday, the Queen goes to a witch to make sure that the girl is dead, but a spell shows her alive and well. The witch turns the Queen into a huge snake, which goes into the forest in search of Melisandra. At the same time a young knight goes to the forest and saves the girl from the serpent. When the snake dies, Melisandra's memory returns and she takes her rightful place as queen.
Genre
Fantasy
Characters
Princess Melisandra; Omlo the dwarf
Pencils
Arthur Jameson
Inks
Arthur Jameson
Notes
Last page on inside back cover in black, red, and white. Art id by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. on the goldenagecomics.co.uk boards.
Illustration
Tiny Esmeralda bows to the mice Prince and Princess (1 page)
Genre
Fantasy
Characters
Tiny Esmeralda; the Mouse Prince; the Mouse Princess
Pencils
Arthur Jameson (painting) (signed)
Inks
Arthur Jameson (painting) (signed)
Colors
Arthur Jameson (painting) (signed)
Notes
Back cover. Art id by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. on the goldenagecomics.co.uk boards.
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