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Classics Illustrated Junior#502
Cover: Bill Walsh

Classics Illustrated Junior #502

Nov 1953 · Gilberton · 0.15 USD
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🏆 Best Comic Book for Children Under Eight (1956)

A lonely duckling, shunned for his looks, flees the barnyard to face a world that offers no kindness. Written by Audrey Bossert and Hans Christian Andersen, with art by William A. Walsh, this 1953 adaptation captures the quiet resilience of a creature misunderstood from the start. The cover by Bill Walsh perfectly frames the story’s poignant journey.

Contains 2 stories
The Ugly Duckling
30 pp · Children
Ugly DucklingMother DuckHenCatOld WomanBarnyard FowlFarmerTwo ChildrenWild DucksSwans

In this timeless tale from *Classics Illustrated Junior #502*, a young duckling born different from the others faces loneliness and cruelty in the barnyard, simply for looking unlike the rest. Though shunned and left to wander, he endures hardship and isolation, searching for a place where he belongs. The story, told with gentle sincerity, follows his journey from rejection to self-discovery—without revealing how or where it leads.

Untitled Non-Fiction story
1 pp · Non-Fiction, Animal

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Full credits

artist, inker William A. Walsh
cover pencils, inks Bill Walsh

Reprints

Reprinted in Eventyrserien #1 (1957), Sagoserien #1 (1957), Sprookjes in beeld #1 (1957), Junior Eventyrbladet [Eventyrbladet] #1 (1957), Bildermärchen #1, Clasicos Infantiles #1

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