Classics Illustrated Junior 1953 #512 - reader copy - $4.00
Rumpelstiltskin spins straw into gold while the miller's daughter watches in amazement.
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, "Pinocchio". Spot illustration depicts the next issue's cover.
Half-page, vertically-oriented, inside front cover dot-to-dot puzzle positioned on the right side of the page.
A mysterious little man helps a miller's daughter spin straw into gold then demands her first born child as payment. When she correctly guesses the little man's name, he disappears and she lives happily ever after.
A miller is criticized by the townspeople - and tries to accomodate them - but finally realizes he cannot please everyone.
Nursery rhyme about going to market and returning home.
Nursery rhyme about three men going to sea in a bowl.
Illustrated article about giraffes.
Full-page, inside back cover promo offering a subscription to Classics Illustrated Junior. Spot illustration depicts the front cover of "The Pied Piper".
Full-page, back cover illustration depicts Rumpelstiltskin climbing through a window and into the chamber where the miller's daughter sits at a spinning wheel.
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