Classics Illustrated Junior #540 Values
Publisher: Gilberton, 1957
About Classics Illustrated Junior #540
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Princess; Dog
Pencils: William A. Walsh (painting)
Inks: William A. Walsh (painting)
Colors: William A. Walsh (painting)
Letters: typeset
Notes: Front cover. Author Hans Christian Andersen is credited immediately beneath the title.
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Soldier; Witch; Three Dogs; Princess; King; Queen; Courtiers
Synopsis: A soldier acquires a magic tinder-box capable of summoning three huge dogs to do his bidding. Over several nights, he orders the dogs to bring him a sleeping princess locked in a tower by her parents who fear she will marry a common soldier. When the princess's nightly whereabouts are discovered by the King and Queen, the soldier is arrested and sentenced to death. On the scaffold, he summons the three dogs and his life is saved. He marries the princess.
Pages: 28.000
Script: ? (adaptor); Hans Christian Andersen (original author)
Pencils: William A. Walsh
Inks: William A. Walsh
Letters: typeset
Notes: Art identification by William B. Jones Jr.
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