From March 8 to June 18, 1950, Disney distributed a limited-time Sunday strip adaptations of their new animated feature
Cinderella, written by Frank Reilly, with art by
Manuel Gonzales and
Dick Moores. The same team followed the next year with
Alice in Wonderland, which ran from September 2 to December 16, 1951. Judged a success, the experiment was turned into an ongoing feature in 1952, beginning with
The Story of Robin Hood. The strip featured a wide variety of Disney stories. The animated features adapted for the strip include
Peter Pan (1953),
Lady and the Tramp (1955),
Sleeping Beauty (1958),
The Sword in the Stone (1963) and
The Jungle Book (1968).
Classic Tales also featured animated shorts, including
Lambert the Sheepish Lion (1956) and
Ben and Me (1953), and featurettes like
Peter & The Wolf (1954) and
Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966).
Treasury of Classic Tales also adapted live-action films like
Old Yeller (1957–58),
Swiss Family Robinson (1960),
Mary Poppins (1964) and
The Love Bug (1969). The strip transitioned from historical dramas like
The Sword and the Rose (1953) and
Kidnapped (1960) to comedies like
The Shaggy Dog (1959) and
The Parent Trap (1961). The 1979–80 adaptation of
The Black Hole was particularly notable for featuring pencil art by comics icon
Jack Kirby, with
Mike Royer inking. Some of the stories created toward the end of the strip's run in the 1980s were original stories featuring characters from different Disney animated movies, including
The Return of the Rescuers (1983),
Dumbo, the Substitute Stork (1984) and
Cinderella: Bibbidi-Bobbodi-Who? (1984). Most stories ran for thirteen weeks. A total of 129 stories were created between 1952 and 1987. ==List of story titles==