Classics Illustrated Junior 1953 #509 - reader copy - $4.00

Full-page, front cover illustration depicts the Beast kneeling before Beauty.

Half-page, vertically-oriented, inside front cover promo positioned on the left side of the page for the next issue in the Classics Illustrated Junior series, "Little Red Riding Hood". Spot illustration depicts the next issue's front cover.

Half-page, vertically-oriented, inside front cover dot-to-dot puzzle positioned on the right side of the page.

Beauty's father picks a rose in the Beast's garden and the price is his daughter, Beauty. She is carried to the Beast's palace, and enjoys every luxury. Eventually, she overcomes her fear of the Beast and looks forward to his company. One day, she returns home to tend her ailing father, and returns to the palace to find the Beast dying. She is heartbroken but confesses her love by accepting his offer of marriage. The Beast is transformed into a Prince.

A greedy dog drops his piece of meat into a stream when he thinks the reflection he sees in its depths is carrying a bigger piece. He realizes he should have been content with what he had.

Nursery rhyme about a lady at Banubury Cross with rings on her fingers and bells on her toes.

Illustrated article about the hippopotamus.

Full-page, inside back cover promo offering a Classics Illustrated Junior subscription. Spot illustration depicts the front cover of "The Pied Piper".

Full-page, back cover illustration depicts Beauty and the Prince in a garden.

• The Dog and the Shadow - First of the Aesop's Fables adaptations in the series.