Classics Illustrated Junior  CLIJ   (Famous Authors, 1953-1971, 2003-Present) ™ and ©1958 Famous Authors Ltd.

Following the success of Classics Illustrated, the publishers decided to broaden their line in 1953 by launching a series based on popular fairy tales. Alice‘s Adventures in Wonderland had been tried in the earlier Classics Illustrated series, but the somewhat older readers of that line did not receive it well. The new series of Classics Illustrated Junior editions proved wildly popular, however, and soon was reprinted to almost the same extent that the main series had been. A Canadian publisher is now releasing 50th anniversary editions of these junior classics.

Among the works covered were The Little Mermaid, The Frog Prince, Rapunzel, The Wizard of Oz, Jack and the Beanstalk, Cinderella, Pinocchio, and other childhood favorites. From a collector’s point of view, the Junior editions are a bargain, with almost all later printings selling for just a few dollars, in comparison to the princely prices that issues of Classics Illustrated often command.

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		Notes	Writer	Artist
	#501 Date: 10/1/1953 Cover Price: $0.15 NM Guide: $97.00 2 copies available from $1.50		The Brothers Grimm	Alex A. Blum, William A. Walsh
	#501 (2nd printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.15 NM Guide: $12.00 No copies available	2nd printing; HRN #524	The Brothers Grimm	Alex A. Blum, William A. Walsh
	#501 (3rd printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.15 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	3rd printing; HRN #541	The Brothers Grimm	Alex A. Blum, William A. Walsh
	#501 (4th printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.15 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	No HRN; Has ad for record (LP) on outside back cover, LP of the CI Juniors story narrated by Robert Q. Lewis	The Brothers Grimm	Alex A. Blum, William A. Walsh
	#501 (5th printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.15 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	5th printing; HRN #565	The Brothers Grimm	Alex A. Blum, William A. Walsh
	#501 (6th printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.15 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	6th printing; HRN #568	The Brothers Grimm	Alex A. Blum, William A. Walsh
	#501 (7th printing) Date: 11/1/1964 Cover Price: $0.15 NM Guide: $13.50 1 copy available for $5.00	7th printing; HRN #576	The Brothers Grimm	Alex A. Blum, William A. Walsh
	#501 (8th printing) Date: 11/1/1966 Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	8th printing; HRN #576	The Brothers Grimm	Alex A. Blum, William A. Walsh
	#501 (9th printing) Date: 3/1/1969 Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	Spring; 1969	The Brothers Grimm	Alex A. Blum, William A. Walsh
	#501 (10th printing) Date: Cover Price: $3.99 NM Guide: $3.50 1 copy available for $3.50	10th printing; HRN 577; ca. 2003	The Brothers Grimm, William B. Jones Jr.	Alex A. Blum, William A. Walsh
	#502 Date: 11/1/1953 Cover Price: $0.15 NM Guide: $44.00 No copies available		Hans Christian Andersen	William A. Walsh
	#502 (2nd printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $12.00 No copies available	2nd printing; HRN #524	Hans Christian Andersen	William A. Walsh
	#502 (3rd printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	3rd printing; HRN #544	Hans Christian Andersen	William A. Walsh
	#502 (4th printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	4th printing; HRN #563	Hans Christian Andersen	William A. Walsh
	#502 (5th printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $42.00 1 copy available for $14.25	5th printing; HRN #568	Hans Christian Andersen	William A. Walsh
	#502 (6th printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	6th printing; HRN #575	Hans Christian Andersen	William A. Walsh
	#502 (7th printing) Date: 10/1/1964 Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	7th printing; HRN #576	Hans Christian Andersen	William A. Walsh
	#502 (8th printing) Date: 12/1/1966 Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	8th printing; HRN #576	Hans Christian Andersen	William A. Walsh
	#502 (9th printing) Date: 6/1/1969 Cover Price: $0.25 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	9th printing; HRN #576; Summer 1969	Hans Christian Andersen	William A. Walsh
	#502 (10th printing) Date: Cover Price: $3.99 NM Guide: $3.99 1 copy available for $3.99	10th printing; HRN #576; Summer 1969	Hans Christian Andersen	William A. Walsh
	#503 Date: 12/1/1953 Cover Price: $0.15 NM Guide: $99.00 1 copy available for $33.50		Charles Perrault	Pete Costanza
	#503 (2nd printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $12.00 No copies available	2nd printing; HRN #524	Charles Perrault	Pete Costanza
	#503 (3rd printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	3rd printing; HRN #541	Charles Perrault	Pete Costanza
	#503 (4th printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	No HRN; Has ad for record (LP) on outside back cover, LP of the CI Juniors story narrated by Robert Q. Lewis	Charles Perrault	Pete Costanza
	#503 (5th printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	5th printing; HRN #565	Charles Perrault	Pete Costanza
	#503 (6th printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $44.00 1 copy available for $1.50	6th printing; HRN #568	Charles Perrault	Pete Costanza
	#503 (7th printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.15 NM Guide: $10.00 1 copy available for $1.25	7th printing; HRN #574	Charles Perrault	Pete Costanza
	#503 (8th printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	8th printing; HRN #576	Charles Perrault	Pete Costanza
	#503 (9th printing) Date: 4/1/1964 Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	9th printing; HRN #576	Charles Perrault	Pete Costanza
	#503 (10th printing) Date: 6/1/1966 Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	10th printing; HRN #576	Charles Perrault	Pete Costanza
	#503 (11th printing) Date: 3/1/1969 Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	11th printing; HRN #576; Spring 1969	Charles Perrault	Pete Costanza
	#503 (12th printing) Date: Cover Price: $3.99 NM Guide: $3.25 1 copy available for $3.25	12th printing; HRN #576; Spring 1969	Charles Perrault	Pete Costanza
	#504 Date: 1/1/1954 Cover Price: $0.15 NM Guide: $20.00 1 copy available for $1.50			Dick Browne
	#504 (2nd printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	2nd printing; HRN #523		Dick Browne
	#504 (3rd printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	3rd printing; HRN #526		Dick Browne
	#504 (4th printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	4th printing; HRN #544		Dick Browne
	#504 (5th printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	5th printing; HRN #563		Dick Browne
	#504 (6th printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	6th printing; HRN #568		Dick Browne
	#504 (7th printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	7th printing; HRN #576		Dick Browne
	#504 (8th printing) Date: 11/1/1966 Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $9.50 1 copy available for $3.25	8th printing; HRN #576		Dick Browne
	#504 (9th printing) Date: 2/1/2005 Cover Price: $5.99 NM Guide: $6.50 No copies available	9th printing; HRN #576	Robert Browning	Dick Browne
	#505 Date: 2/1/1954 Cover Price: $0.15 NM Guide: $20.00 No copies available		Hans Christian Andersen
	#505 (2nd printing) Date: 2/1/1954 Cover Price: $0.15 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	2nd printing; HRN #524	Hans Christian Andersen
	#505 (3rd printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	3rd printing; HRN #548	Hans Christian Andersen
	#505 (4th printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	4th printing; HRN #559	Hans Christian Andersen
	#505 (5th printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	5th printing; HRN #568	Hans Christian Andersen
	#505 (6th printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	6th printing; HRN #574	Hans Christian Andersen
	#505 (7th printing) Date: 3/1/1964 Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	7th printing; HRN #576	Hans Christian Andersen
	#505 (8th printing) Date: 10/1/1966 Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	8th printing; HRN #576	Hans Christian Andersen
	#505 (9th printing) Date: 9/1/1969 Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	9th printing; HRN #576; Fall 1969	Hans Christian Andersen
	#505 (10th printing) Date: Cover Price: $5.99 NM Guide: $5.99 No copies available	10th printing; ca. 2008	Hans Christian Andersen	Pete Costanza
	#506 Date: 3/1/1954 Cover Price: $0.15 NM Guide: $34.00 No copies available
	#506 (2nd printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	2nd printing; HRN #523
	#506 (3rd printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	3rd printing; HRN #560
	#506 (4th printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	4th printing; HRN #568
	#506 (5th printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	5th printing; HRN #575
	#506 (6th printing) Date: 10/1/1964 Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	6th printing; HRN #576
	#506 (7th printing) Date: 6/1/1967 Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	7th printing; HRN #576
	#506 (8th printing) Date: 3/1/1971 Cover Price: $0.25 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	8th printing; HRN #577; Spring 1971
	#506 (9th printing) Date: Cover Price: $5.99 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	9th printing; ca. 2008	Joseph Jacobs	William A. Walsh
	#507 Date: 4/1/1954 Cover Price: $0.15 NM Guide: $18.00 1 copy available for $3.00
	#507 (2nd printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.15 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	2nd printing; HRN #526
	#507 (3rd printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.15 NM Guide: $10.00 1 copy available for $1.25	3rd printing; HRN #559
	#507 (4th printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	4th printing; HRN #568
	#507 (5th printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	5th printing; HRN #575
	#507 (6th printing) Date: 6/1/1964 Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	6th printing; HRN #576
	#507 (7th printing) Date: 1/1/1967 Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	7th printing; HRN #576
	#507 (8th printing) Date: 6/1/1969 Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	8th printing; HRN #576; Summer 1969
	#507 (9th printing) Date: Cover Price: $5.99 NM Guide: $5.99 No copies available	9th printing; ca. 2008	William Godwin	Bruce Downey
	#508 Date: 5/1/1954 Cover Price: $0.15 NM Guide: $43.00 No copies available		Robert Southey
	#508 (2nd printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	2nd printing; HRN #526
	#508 (3rd printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	3rd printing; HRN #563
	#508 (4th printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $9.00 1 copy available for $1.00	4th printing; HRN #568
	#508 (5th printing) Date: 3/1/1964 Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	5th printing; HRN #576
	#508 (6th printing) Date: 6/1/1966 Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	6th printing; HRN #576
	#508 (7th printing) Date: 12/1/1969 Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	Winter 1969
	#508 (8th printing) Date: Cover Price: $5.99 NM Guide: $5.00 1 copy available for $5.00	ca. 2002	Robert Southey
	#509 Date: 6/1/1954 Cover Price: $5.99 NM Guide: $18.00 No copies available		Charles Perrault, Aesop
	#509 (2nd printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.15 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	2nd printing; HRN #527	Charles Perrault, Aesop
	#509 (3rd printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.15 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	3rd printing; HRN #552	Charles Perrault, Aesop
	#509 (4th printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.15 NM Guide: $10.00 1 copy available for $1.25	4th printing; HRN #563	Charles Perrault, Aesop
	#509 (5th printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	5th printing; HRN #568	Charles Perrault, Aesop
	#509 (6th printing) Date: 3/1/1964 Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	6th printing; HRN #576	Charles Perrault, Aesop
	#509 (7th printing) Date: 7/1/1966 Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	7th printing; HRN #576	Charles Perrault, Aesop
	#509 (8th printing) Date: 6/1/1969 Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	8th printing; HRN #576; Summer 1969	Charles Perrault, Aesop
	#509 (9th printing) Date: Cover Price: $5.99 NM Guide: $4.50 No copies available		Charles Perrault, Aesop
	#510 Date: 7/1/1954 Cover Price: $0.15 NM Guide: $18.00 No copies available
	#510 (2nd printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	2nd printing; HRN #527
	#510 (3rd printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	3rd printing; HRN #563
	#510 (4th printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	4th printing; HRN #574
	#510 (5th printing) Date: 11/1/1964 Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	5th printing; HRN #576
	#510 (6th printing) Date: 3/1/1967 Cover Price: $0.00 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	6th printing; HRN #576
	#510 (7th printing) Date: 9/1/1969 Cover Price: $0.25 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	7th printing; HRN #576; Fall 1969
	#510 (8th printing) Date: Cover Price: $5.99 NM Guide: $6.50 No copies available	8th Printing; ca. 2008	Charles Perrault, The Brothers Grimm	Susan Shaw-Russell
	#511 Date: 8/1/1954 Cover Price: $0.15 NM Guide: $18.00 No copies available		Aesop
	#511 (2nd printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.15 NM Guide: $18.00 No copies available	2nd printing; HRN #526	Aesop
	#511 (3rd printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.15 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	3rd printing; HRN #565	Aesop
	#511 (4th printing) Date: Cover Price: $0.15 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	4th printing; HRN #574	Aesop
	#511 (5th printing) Date: 3/1/1964 Cover Price: $0.15 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	5th printing; HRN #576	Aesop
	#511 (6th printing) Date: 2/1/1967 Cover Price: $0.15 NM Guide: $10.00 No copies available	6th printing; HRN #576	Aesop
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