Auctions: comic books published by Classics Illustrated

Classics Illustrated 021 3 Famous Mysteries (1944) 1C VG+ 4.5 Courier Variant 1st Printing

3 Famous Mysteries, 1st Printing, Classics Comics, Courier edition. (HRN 21, 7/44).

Classics Illustrated 044 Mysteries of Paris (1947) 1A VG- 3.5

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Mysteries of Paris, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover, printed on normal paper. Used in "Seduction of the Innocent." (HRN 44, 12/47). Cover price $0.10.

Classics Illustrated 048 David Copperfield (1965) 1 VG 4.0

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David Copperfield, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 47, 6/48). Cover price $0.10.

Classics Illustrated 066 Cloister and the Hearth (1949) 1 VG- 3.5

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Cloister and the Hearth, 1st (and only) Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 67, 12/49). Cover price $0.10.

Classics Illustrated 095 All Quiet on the Western Front 1A VG/FN 5.0 HRN 96

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All Quiet on the Western Front, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 96, with 5/52 date). The time is World War I - the scene, the battlefield, the story, told by one who was in the midst of it. Here is the unglorious, the unexciting, the unglamorous side of war and death...here is the story of the soldiers who fight. Here is the soul-stirring drama of the frontlines. Cover price $0.15.

Classics Illustrated 097 King Solomon's Mines (1952) 1 VG/FN 5.0

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King Solomon's Mines, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 96, with 7/52 date). Through steaming jungles, facing danger at every turn came the expedition - three men and a native with only a crude, hand-drawn map to guide them in the unknown depths of darkest Africa. Their destination - King Solomon's Mines; their destiny - thrilling adventure, a fabulous fortune in jewels...and death. Cover price $0.15.

Classics Illustrated 098 The Red Badge of Courage (1952) 1 VG/FN 5.0

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The Red Badge of Courage, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 98, with 8/52 date). This is no epic history of great generals, glorious victories or dire defeats. This is simply the story of what befell only one young lad on that fateful day when he came face to face with the monster called war. Cover price $0.15.

Classics Illustrated 155 The Lion of the North (1960) 1 CGC 6.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4587227003

The Lion of the North, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. Gerald McCann cover. (HRN 154, with 3/60 date). From 1618 to 1648, the Thirty Years's War swept through Europe, bringing death and destruction throughout most of the northern countries. In 1630, the twelfth year of the war, young Malcolm Graeme joined a Scottish regiment fighting with King Gustavus of Sweden. In a series of stirring battles and adventures, Malcolm proved he was worthy of serving under the great Lion of the North. Cover price $0.15.

Classics Illustrated 156 The Conquest of Mexico (1960) 1 CGC 7.5

Paper: White

Label #4587227004

The Conquest of Mexico, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. Art and cover by Bruno Premiani. (HRN 156, with 5/60 date). The Spanish discovered Mexico in 1518. It was then a land inhabited by different tribes of Indians. The most powerful were the Aztecs. In 1519, a Spaniard, Hernando Cortez, set out to conquer Mexico. One of the soldiers who went with him was Bernal Diaz del Castillo. This is Castillo's own story of the bloody battle for Mexico. Cover price $0.15.

Classics Illustrated 158 The Conspirators (1960) 1 CGC 8.0

Paper: Off white

Label #4587227006

The Conspirators, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 156, with 9/60 date). When Louis XIV died in 1715, his great grandson came to the throne at the age of five. A battle over who should be regent and rule the country until the king was old enough developed between two parties - one led by Philippe, the Duc d'Orleans, and the other by the Duc de Maine. Although Philippe became regent, the followers of his rival did not remain idle. A young man, Raoul d'Harmental, was committed to kidnap the regent until, by strange action of fate, Raoul's very life depended upon the man he was to have kidnapped. Cover price $0.15.

Classics Illustrated 159 The Octopus (1960) 1 CGC 5.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4587227007

The Octopus, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. Art by Gray Morrow and George Evans, cover by L.B. Cole. (HRN 159, with 11/60 date). Cover price $0.15.

Classics Illustrated 160 The Food of the Gods (1961) 1B CGC 8.0 HRN 160 Variant

Paper: Cream to off white

HRN 160.

Label #4587227008

The Food of the Gods, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (The only difference between the "A" and "B" 1st printings is the HRN number). (HRN 160). Mr. Bensington and Professor Redwood invented it between them and in their first enthusiasm called it the Food of the Gods. It was in every way a most remarkable substance, for it was to produce a new race of men. Normal people were frightened to discover wasps as big a barn owls, creeping plants as tall as pine trees and rats as big as horses. But the serious trouble began with the children raised on the Food of the Gods. Cover price $0.15.