World Famous Stories #1 Vancouver pedigree (Croyden, 1945) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages....

Auction amount: $597.50

Sold: Aug 4, 2007

World Famous Stories #1 Values

Publisher: Croydon Publishing Co.,

About World Famous Stories #1

Only issue of the title. Features Ali Baba, Hansel and Gretel, Rip Van Winkle, and a Mid-Summer Night's Dream.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: Ali Baba; Hansel and Gretal; Rip Van Winkle; Puck

Pencils: Charles M. Grothkopf

Inks: Charles M. Grothkopf

Notes: All cover illustrations are reprinted, edited and recolored from syndicated FAMOUS FICTION Sunday strips, originally distributed by the Bell Syndicate. Specifically -- The top logo is from the strip dated July 12, 1942 The Ali Baba illustration is from panel 4 of July 19, 1942 The Hansel and Gretal illustration is from panel 2 of December 24, 1944 The Rip Van Winkle illustration appears new but based on panel 2 of November 28, 1943 The Midsummer Night's Dream illustration is from panel 1 of October 29, 1944

STORY DETAILS

(5 Stories)

Title: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Characters: Ali Baba; the Forty Thieves; Ali Baba's wife; Cassin (Ali Baba's brother); Morgiana (Ali Baba's slave); Ali Baba's son

Pages: 16.000

Script: Charles M. Grothkopf [as CHAD]

Pencils: Charles M. Grothkopf [as CHAD]

Inks: Charles M. Grothkopf [as CHAD]

Notes: Reprinted, edited and recolored from syndicated FAMOUS FICTION Sunday strips. Originally distributed by the Bell Syndicate from July 12, 1942 to August 30, 1942. The final panel of the Genie bowing, however, is original in this comic.

Title: Hansel and Gretel

Characters: Hansel; Gretel; woodcutter; wife; old woman

Synopsis: Hansel and Gretel are abandoned in the woods. They take shelter in a house made of candy and cake, but the old woman who lives there makes them her prisoners, intending to eat Hansel after he's fattened up. The children turn the tables on the old woman and are reunited with their father.

Pages: 7.000

Script: Elliot Caplin ?

Pencils: Baryé Phillips

Inks: Baryé Phillips

Notes: Reprinted, edited and recolored from syndicated FAMOUS FICTION Sunday strips. Originally distributed by the Bell Syndicate from December 24, 1944 to January 28, 1945. The copy available online (http://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=28725) has several pages of this story out of order. It is not known if this was a printing error in the original copy or a scanner error.

Title: The Story of Rip Van Winkle

Characters: Rip Van Winkle

Pages: 2.000

Script: Charles M. Grothkopf [as CHAD]

Pencils: Charles M. Grothkopf [as CHAD]

Inks: Charles M. Grothkopf [as CHAD]

Notes: Reprinted, edited and recolored from syndicated FAMOUS FICTION Sunday strips. Originally distributed by the Bell Syndicate from November 21, 1943 to November 28, 1943.

Title: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Characters: Puck; Lysander; Hermia; Helena; Demetrius; Titania; Oberon

Pages: 5.000

Script: Elliot Caplin ?

Pencils: Baryé Phillips

Inks: Baryé Phillips

Notes: Reprinted, edited and recolored from syndicated FAMOUS FICTION Sunday strips. Originally distributed by the Bell Syndicate from October 15, 1944 to November 5, 1944.

Pages: 1.000

Script: Sol Hess

Pencils: Sol Hess

Inks: Sol Hess

Notes: "The Gag Bag" was a Sunday comic strip that ran from 1943-49. Bails' Who's Who lists Hess as writer and artist on this strip, unlike "The Nebbs," where he is only credited as writer (Wallace A. Carlson was the artist on that strip).

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3

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