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Cover: Dik Browne & Dik Browne
Classics Illustrated Junior #517
“The Emperor's New Clothes”
writer Hans Christian Andersen · artist William A. Walsh · inker William A. Walsh · cover Dik BrowneDik Browne
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Full credits
writer Hans Christian Andersen
artist William A. Walsh
inker William A. Walsh
cover pencils Dik Browne
cover inks Dik Browne
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An Emperor who loves clothes hires two swindling weavers who promise him a new suit invisible to the stupid. The Emperor pretends he can see a suit to avoid the charge of being stupid. When the Emperor processes before his subjects wearing his new suit, a child in the crowd cries, "The Emperor has nothing on!" The Emperor is mortified. Later, he contritely discards his wardrobe and forces the swindlers to make new clothes for the poor of the land.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).