Classics Illustrated Junior #507 [27]

Jack trades his family’s only cow for a handful of mysterious beans, sparking his mother’s fury and a desperate toss out the window. The next morning, a towering beanstalk climbs into the sky, and Jack ventures up, discovering a hidden world above the clouds ruled by a fearsome Giant. As he makes daring trips up and down the stalk, Jack outwits the Giant, stealing his gold, a magical hen, and a talking harp—each time narrowly escaping the Giant’s wrath. When the Giant finally pursues him, he tumbles to his doom. In the end, a good fairy reunites Jack with his long-lost father, a knight who has served far away in distant wars.