Classics Illustrated comic books issue 1
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Issue #1A
Published Dec 1947 by Classics Illustrated.$26.00
View scans- Staple rust. Cover oxidation.
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.
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Issue #1
Published Dec 1950 by Classics Illustrated.$2.65
Joan of Arc, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 78, 12/50). Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #1
$6.00
$6.00
$9.60
$9.60
- 2 1/2" Cumulative spine split. Centerfold detached.
$8.40
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.
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Issue #1
$6.10
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- Centerfold detached at one staple.
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View scan- 3/4" Cumulative spine split.
$4.40
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$3.49
The Ox Bow Incident, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (NO HRN, with 3/55 date). Cover price $0.15.
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$10.25
Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Great Expectations!"
Based on the story by Charles Dickens. Adapted by Rick Geary.
The bittersweet tale of one boy's adolescence, and of the choices he makes to shape his destiny. Into an engrossing mystery, Dickens weaves a heartfelt inquiry into morals and virtues - as the orphan Pip, the convict Magwitch, the beautiful Estella, the bitter Miss Havisham, the goodhearted Biddy, the kind Joe and other memorable characters entwine in a battle of human nature.
Rick Geary's delightful illustrations capture the newfound awe and frustrations of young Pip as he comes of age, and begins to understand the opportunities that life presents.
Hardcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 64 pages, full color.
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Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. "Great Expectations!"
Based on the story by Charles Dickens. Adapted by Rick Geary.
The bittersweet tale of one boy's adolescence, and of the choices he makes to shape his destiny. Into an engrossing mystery, Dickens weaves a heartfelt inquiry into morals and virtues - as the orphan Pip, the convict Magwitch, the beautiful Estella, the bitter Miss Havisham, the goodhearted Biddy, the kind Joe and other memorable characters entwine in a battle of human nature.
Rick Geary's delightful illustrations capture the newfound awe and frustrations of young Pip as he comes of age, and begins to understand the opportunities that life presents.
Hardcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 64 pages, full color.
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Issue #1
Published Jan 1948 by Classics Illustrated. -
Issue #1
Published Feb 1949 by Classics Illustrated.$9.60
$4.80
The Toilers of the Sea, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 55, 2/49). Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #1
Published Apr 1949 by Classics Illustrated. -
Issue #1
$9.60
- Cover detached.
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Benjamin Franklin, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 64, 11/49). Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #1
Published Apr 1950 by Classics Illustrated.$8.99
- Cover loose at both staples.
- 1 1/2" spine split from bottom.
$6.70
$6.70
$5.60
$5.60
- Cover detached at one staple.
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- 1 1/2" Cumulative spine split.
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$2.65
- Interior is complete. Full length spine split. Back cover missing.
$2.65
The Pilot, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 71, 4/50). Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #1
$3.30
View scan- Cover oxidation. Water spotting.
$2.50
View scan- Cover detached at one staple. Staple rust with migration.
$4.10
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The Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 75, 9/50). Scotland in the 16th century - its kilted clansmen - its savage, warring nobles - and, that strange huntsman lost in the Highland crags who, rescued by the lovely Lady of the Lake, proved to be her father's bitterest enemy. Cover price $0.10.
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Cyrano de Bergerac, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 78, 1/51). Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #1
Published Jul 1951 by Classics Illustrated.$5.00
$2.65
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The Sea Wolf, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. Comic book adaptation of the classic Jack London story about Humphrey Van Weyden and Maud Brewster's perils aboard a ship captained by the cruel and vicious Wolf Larsen. Issue also has a text biography of London and text stories on "Pioneers of Science," "Famous Operas," and "Dog Heroes." (HRN 85, with 7/51 date). Cover price $0.15.
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Issue #1
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View scan- Centerfold detached at one staple. Cover oxidation. Staple rust.
The Call of the Wild, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 92, with 1/52 date). Cover price $0.15.
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Issue #1
Published Jun 1952 by Classics Illustrated.$7.00
View scan- Cover oxidation. Residue.
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Daniel Boone, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 97, with 6/52 date). Cover price $0.15.
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Issue #1
Published Feb 1954 by Classics Illustrated.$8.50
View scan- 1/2" Spine split from bottom.
$7.80
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$6.70
- Chew. 3" cumulative spine split.
$5.80
- 4 1/2" Cumulative spine split.
$4.20
$4.20
The Bottle Imp, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. Art by Lou Cameron. (HRN 117, with 2/54 date). What would you do if you could have anything you wished for - for a price - the price of your soul? The Bottle Imp is the story of a man whose very fate depends on his outwitting the devil himself. Also included is Stevenson's exciting adventure story of the South Seas, The Beach of Falesa. Cover price $0.15.
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Issue #1
Published Jan 1957 by Classics Illustrated.$4.30
$4.30
- Cover oxidation
$9.60
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Lord Jim, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. Art by George Evans. (HRN 136, with 1/57 date). To the natives of the jungle village where he chose to conceal himself, he was known as Lord Jim. He had, of course, another name, be he was anxious that it should not be known. This was not meant to hide a personality, but a naked and ugly fact. For Jim, as a young man, had made one error. And the thought of what he had done tortured him until he died. Cover price $0.15.
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$30 Classics Illustrated #136 Lord Jim HRN 136 1st Ed Original 1/57 Evans VF Clicking on the links to the eBay listings shown above and then making a purchase may result in MyComicShop earning a commission from the eBay Partner Network.
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The Little Savage, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. Art by George Evans. (HRN 136, with 3/57 date). There is more than one story of a man being cast away on a desolate island and struggling to keep alive. But this is the first account of a boy being left alone on an uninhabited island. Cover price $0.15.
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Issue #1
Published May 1959 by Classics Illustrated.$14.00
The Virginian, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 150, with 5/59 date). Wyoming in the 1870's was a vast territory of men, guns and cattle. With cattle came rustling and with rustling came the need for law and justice. For some, law came out of a blazing gun and justice meant swinging at the end of a rope in the cold dawn. For the Virginian, justice came in a duel at sunset. Cover price $0.15.
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Issue #1
Published Sep 1960 by Classics Illustrated.$6.00
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.
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Issue #1
Published Nov 1960 by Classics Illustrated.$14.00
$7.00
- 3/4" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached at one staple.
$7.00
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.
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Issue #1
Published Sep 1946 by Classics Illustrated.$7.00
- Cover coming loose at both staples and centerfold detached. Water damage and interior tearing.
$138.56
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Label #1073903027
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
$25.00
View scan- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
The Moonstone, 1st Printing. Rico cover and art, Classics Comics. (HRN 30, 9/46). Moonstone by William Wilkie Collins (1 page bio after story). Adaptation by Dan Levin, cover and interior story penciled by Don Rico, back cover ad for Classic Comics Gift Boxes. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #1
Published Aug 1947 by Classics Illustrated.$78.00
View scans- Staple rust.
$45.00
View scans- Only one staple (manufacturing).
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Mysteries, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 40, 8/47). Edgar All Poe stories: "The Pit and the Pendulum", "The Adventure of Hans Pfall" and "The Fall of the House of Usher". Art by August M. Froelich, H.C. Kiefer & Harley M. Griffiths. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #1
$21.00
View scans- Cover oxidation.
$9.60
- Only one staple (manufacturing). Water damage.
$9.60
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$7.20
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View scan- Cover detached. Cover oxidation.
$6.00
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David Copperfield, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 47, 6/48). Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #1A
Published Jul 1949 by Classics Illustrated.$4.80
View scan- 1" Spine split from bottom. Cover coming loose from staples.
$5.00
View scan- Cover coming loose at both staples.
$4.60
View scan- 1 1/2" Cumulative spine split/tear. Multiple tears. Cover oxidation.
$2.50
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View scan- Cover detached at top staple. No bottom staple (manufacturing). 2" spine split from bottom of comic.
$15.00
View scans- Cover detached. Name written in margin of splash page.
$2.50
View scan- Cover detached at both staples.
$2.50
View scan- Cover and centerfold are detached. Staple rust with migration.
The Woman in White, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover with purple background color. Issues pictured on the top of back cover are light blue in color. (HRN 62, 7/49). Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #1B
Published Jul 1949 by Classics Illustrated.$2.50
View scan- Centerfold detached at both staples. 1 1/2" spine split from bottom of comic.
$10.00
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The Woman in White, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover with pink background color. Issues pictured on the top of back cover are light violet in color. (HRN 62, 7/49). Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #1
Published Feb 1951 by Classics Illustrated.$4.20
- Staple rust. Rust migration. 1/2" spine split from bottom.
$2.65
- 3" Interior spine split through all pages from bottom.
White Fang, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover (the first 3 printings of this title are the last with line drawing covers). (HRN 79, 2/51). Cover price $0.15.
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Issue #1
Published Mar 1951 by Classics Illustrated.$20.50
View scan- Staple rust.
$14.00
- Water damage.
$12.00
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$10.00
The Odyssey, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 82, 3/51). Cover price $0.15.
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Issue #1
Published Apr 1951 by Classics Illustrated.$15.00
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- 1 3/4" Cumulative spine split.
The Master of Ballantrae, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 82, 4/51). An unforgettable story of the bitter rivalry and hate between two brothers. One brother, long thought dead, comes "from the grave" to claim his own, for he was master of much more than his rightful inheritance. Cover price $0.15.
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$25 Classics Illustrated #82 The Master of Ballantrae HRN 82 1st Ed Original 4/51 FN Clicking on the links to the eBay listings shown above and then making a purchase may result in MyComicShop earning a commission from the eBay Partner Network.
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Issue #1
Published Dec 1951 by Classics Illustrated.$12.50
$11.00
$5.20
View scan- Staple rust.
$4.60
- Centerfold detached at one staple. Water damage.
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Green Mansions, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 89, with 12/51 date). Cover price $0.15.
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Issue #1A
Published Jun 1953 by Classics Illustrated.$2.65
- Centerfold missing, affects story and art.
Knights of the Round Table, 1st Printing, Edition 1A, Painted Cover. Art by Alex Blum. Comic book adaptation of the tales of Arthur, Launcelot, Gareth, Galahad, and other knights of the round table. Issue also has text stories on "Stories of Early America," "Our American Heritage," and "Stories from the World of Sports." (HRN 108, with 6/53 date) Cover price $0.15.
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Issue #1
Published Nov 1957 by Classics Illustrated.$4.20
$4.20
Castle Dangerous, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. Art by Stan Campbell. (HRN 141, with 11/57 date). In 1307, the Scots were in the midst of a bloody struggle to free themselves from England. Among the possessions in dispute was Douglas Castle. It belonged to the Scotsman, James Douglas, but was held by force by an English garrison under the command of Sir John de Walton. James Douglas was as determined to regains his castle as Walton was to hold it. Only one of these two gallant men could triumph in the battle for the dangerous castle. Cover price $0.15.
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Issue #1
Published Nov 1958 by Classics Illustrated.$2.65
- INTERIOR COMPLETE. 4 1/2" cumulative spine split. 2" tear on front cover. Cover detached. Mold. Cover oxidation.
Ben Hur, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. Art by Joe Orlando. (HRN 147, with 11/58 date). At the time of Jesus, young Judah Ben-Hur, son of a prince of Jerusalem, had wealth, family and power. In a day he was stripped of this by Messala, a Roman. Through years of toil as a galley slave, Ben-Hur thought of nothing by vengeance. Then one day his wish was granted. He met Mesalla in a chariot race. Cover price $0.15.
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Published Jan 1959 by Classics Illustrated.The Buccaneer, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. Pencils by George Evans. (HRN 148, with 1/59 date). Swashbuckling adventurer Jean Lafitte was a pirate king. In 1814, he and his men all but owned and ran New Orleans. But when the British offered him $30,000 and a commission to help them attack the city, he refused. Instead he gave his help to the struggling young republic, America. With courage and conviction he fought with General Andrew Jackson and the American Army at the Bloody Battle of New Orleans. Cover price $0.15.
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Issue #1
Published Mar 1960 by Classics Illustrated.$7.60
$5.70
$2.65
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.
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$20 Classics Illustrated #155 The Lion of the North HRN 154 1st Ed Original 3/60 FN+ Clicking on the links to the eBay listings shown above and then making a purchase may result in MyComicShop earning a commission from the eBay Partner Network.
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Issue #1
Published Feb 1952 by Classics Illustrated.$9.60
$8.80
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$4.60
$4.60
$3.99
$3.99
$3.99
- Centerfold detached. Water damage.
$3.30
$3.30
The Courtship of Miles Standish, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 92, with 2/52 date). Cover price $0.15.
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Issue #1
Published Nov 1952 by Classics Illustrated.$15.75
View scan- Sticker on splash page.
$11.00
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$5.20
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$4.40
$175.00
View scans- Paper: Off white to white
- Label #4663325010
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
William Tell, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 101, with 11/52 date). The year 1307 finds the freedom-loving Swiss under the harsh rule of Austria. They are forced to bow before an arrogant governor's cap; they are humiliated and deprived of the personal freedoms. William Tell, by defying the tyrant governor's restrictive laws, through his unyielding belief in freedom, leads his people in rebellion against oppression. Cover price $0.15.
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Issue #1
$19.50
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View scan- Name written in margin of splash page.
$17.50
View scan- Sticker on splash page. Interior tearing.
$6.10
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View scan- Cover detached at one staple. Staple rust.
$4.40
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$3.49
$2.65
Pitcairn's Island, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. Art by Rudy Palais. Story of a group of mutineers who sought to destroy their captain but only succeeded in destroying themselves. Pitcairn's Island is the third and final part of the Bounty trilogy, the first two were Mutiny on the Bounty (CI#100) & Men Against the Sea (CI#103). (HRN 110, with 7/53 date). Cover price $0.15.
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A Study in Scarlet, 1st printing, Painted Cover. Sherlock Holmes stars in "A Study in Scarlet" and "The Adventure of the Speckled Band." Art by Seymour Moskowitz. Comic book adaptation of the classic detective story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle that introduced Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson to the world. Issue also has an comic book adaptation of another Sherlock Holmes story, "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" and a text biography on Doyle and text stories on "Our American Heritage" and "Stories from the World of Sports." (HRN 111, with 8/53 date). Cover price $0.15.
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Issue #1
Published Nov 1953 by Classics Illustrated.$4.30
View scans$5.30
$5.30
$2.65
- 1 1/2" cumulative spine split.
$2.65
$4.80
View scan- Oxidation. Water damage.
$4.80
View scan- Cover detached at one staple.
$4.00
$4.00
- Centerfold detached at one staple. 2" spine split from base of comic.
$4.00
The Forty Five Guardsmen, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. Art by Maurice del Bourgo. (HRN 114, with 11/53 date). Cover price $0.15.
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Issue #1
Published Jun 1954 by Classics Illustrated.$8.30
$6.20
$5.20
$5.20
$3.60
- Chew. 5" cumulative spine split.
The Hurricane, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 121, with 6/54 date). The proud Terangi makes a final, desperate attempt to escape from unjust imprisonment. As the authorities draw closer, nature intervenes. The skies blacken, the tides rise, the wind snaps through the palm trees and the South Sea of Manukura is battered by a howling hurricane. Cover price $0.15.
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Issue #1
Published Jul 1957 by Classics Illustrated.$9.60
$9.60
$2.80
$2.65
$2.65
In the Reign of Terror, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. Art by George Evans. (HRN 139, with 7/57 date). Cover price $0.15.
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$3.60
With Fire and Sword, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. Art by George Woodbridge. (HRN 143, with 9/58 date). The year 1647 in Poland was a mysterious year in which signs in the heavens and on the earth forecast a great war. The Following year, the fiercest cavalry in Europe, the Cossacks, rose up against their Polish masters. Allied with the peasants and Tartars and armed with fire and sword, they fought one of the bloodies revolutions in history. Cover price $0.15.
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Issue #1
Published Mar 1959 by Classics Illustrated.$6.70
$5.00
$4.20
Off on a Comet, 1st printing, Painted Cover. BLUE reorder list and has coming next ad. Art by G. McCann. (HRN 149, with 3/59 date). Suddenly a piece of the earth was ripped away. A small band of people found themselves flung into space, the sole inhabitants of a celestial body carrying them to an unknown destination. For two years they orbited through space. In their minds were two questions: Would they ever reach the Earth again? Would they ever reach it alive? Cover price $0.15.
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Issue #1
Published 1961 by Classics Illustrated.$6.60
- Centerfold detached at one staple.
$6.00
$6.00
$4.80
The Cossack Chief, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 164, with NO date). In the fifteenth century, hot-blooded Cossacks banded together in southern Russia. One Cossack chief, Taras Bulba, took his sons out to fight as soon as they had finished school. His younger son fell in love with an enemy girl and, to defend her people, rode out against Taras Bulba. In battle the two faced each other, patriot father and traitor son. Slowly the father aimed his gun. Would Taras Bulbas shoot his own son? Cover price $0.15.
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$25.00
View scans- Cover loose at staples.
Last Days of Pompeii, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover, 10 cent cover price. H.C. Kiefer cover and art. (HRN 35, 3/47). Cover price $0.10.
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