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Issue: Four Color #69
Publication Date: May 1945
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Issues: #69 of 1333 Issues (1484 Printings)
Title: Fairy Tale Parade
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: A Dell BookView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/16/1945
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 8 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "FAIRY TALE PARADE, No. 69." No code number. Copyright 1945 by Oskar Lebeck. On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1945 Pamphlets, page 195.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Fairy Tale Parade
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Pages: 1
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Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): McSnort
First Line: The tiniest elf in the Fairy Queen's court...
Synopsis: A tiny elf is snapped up by a bullfrog, but a toad convinces the frog to let the elf go.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Poem with several illustrations.
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The Enchanted Head

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, historical
Synopsis: A prince has been placed under a spell so that only his head remains. An aged knight takes the talking head from castle to castle, looking for a bride which will free the prince from the spell.
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Pages: 9
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Tiny Folk and the Giant

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: Gold-seeking dwarfs sack the village of the tiny folk. The tiny folk find a giant who sends the dwarfs flying far away.
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Pages: 8
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The Giant with Three Golden Hairs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Florentine; Moonbeam
Synopsis: A fairy declares that the son of a woodsman will marry the King's daughter. The wicked King tries to get the boy killed, but fate intervenes to save the boy each time. The princess does marry the boy, but before the King will approve the wedding, he orders the boy to bring him three golden hairs from the head of the Giant King.
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Pages: 15
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The Golden Ball

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: A witch uses a golden ball to lure a little boy to her house. She sends the boy to retrieve the mate for the golden ball from a dragon's nest.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Text story with 11 illustrations.
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The Three Wishes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? [THE Great Unknown] (see notes)
Inker(s): ? [THE Great Unknown] (see notes)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Happylegs; Fuzzybeard; Patchypants
Synopsis: A fairy grants three dwarfs their fondest wishes, but they find that trouble and sorrow come along with the wishes.
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Story concludes on inside back cover in black, red, and white.

"THE Great Unknown" refers to a very distinctive artist whose identity is unknown.
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The Fairy Ball

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Synopsis: A sign advertising the "Fairy Ball," surrounded by various bugs and elves.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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