Classics Illustrated Special (1955) comic books 1959-1961

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Second printing. Adventures in Science. Stories and art by Pete Costanza and others. The semiannual Specials from Classics Illustrated were educational comics on science, history and American culture. This issue focuses on the history of human flight, from Leonardo da Vinci to the great airships, from the Wright Brothers to the newly begun age of jet power. Andy learns about atomic energy, in a story that's mildly disturbing to modern eyes, reprinted from Picture Parade (1953) #1. Biographies of Amelia Earhart and Louis Pasteur. The history of communication, from primeval drums to television. Adventures in Science; Andys Atomic Adventures; The Discoveries of Louis Pasteur; From Tom-Tom to TV; Great Lives: Amelia Earhart; Pioneers of Science: Joseph Priestly. 96 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

Third printing. Adventures in Science. Stories and art by Pete Costanza and others. The semiannual Specials from Classics Illustrated were educational comics on science, history and American culture. This issue focuses on the history of human flight, from Leonardo da Vinci to the great airships, from the Wright Brothers to the newly begun age of jet power. Andy learns about atomic energy, in a story that's mildly disturbing to modern eyes, reprinted from Picture Parade (1953) #1. Biographies of Amelia Earhart and Louis Pasteur. The history of communication, from primeval drums to television. Adventures in Science; Andys Atomic Adventures; The Discoveries of Louis Pasteur; From Tom-Tom to TV; Great Lives: Amelia Earhart; Pioneers of Science: Joseph Priestly. 96 pages, Full Color.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Painted cover by Gerald McCann. Stories and art by L. B. Cole, Sam Glanzman, Norman Nodel, Stan Campbell, Ray Ramsey, Sid Check, and Graham Ingels. The semiannual Specials from Classics Illustrated were educational comics on science, history and American culture. This issue focuses on the history and legends of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, or "Mounties." Featuring art by legends L. B. Cole, Sam Glanzman, and Graham Ingels, including March to Fort Whoop-Up by Glanzman and Pony Soldiers by Ingels. Royal Canadian Mounted Police; March to Fort Whoop-Up; Pony Soldiers; Indians and Outlaws; Unrest and Rebellion; Patrolling the Prairies; The Gold Rush; Into the Far North; The Modern Mountie; Manhunt!; Molding a Mountie; Mountie Museum; Heroic Rescues. 96 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

Horns and Hoofs. Painted cover by Gerald McCann. Stories and art by L. B. Cole, George Evans, Norman Nodel, Gerald McCann, George Peltz, and Everett Raymond Kinstler. The semiannual Specials from Classics Illustrated were educational comics on science, history and American culture. This issue focuses on tales of history and legend from the Western frontier. Featuring art by legends L. B. Cole, George Evans, and Everett Raymond Kinstler, including Wild Bill Hickok and The Chisholm Trail by Evans and The Death of Tombstone and The Last Warpath by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Horns and Hoofs; Iron Fisted Marshall; Wild Bill Hickok; The Chisholm Trail; The Lincoln County War; Dodge City Lawman; The Last Warpath; The Wests Wildest Town; The Death of Tombstone; Koohoppers and Cactus Cats; The Closing Frontier; Guns and Gunfighters; Get Along Little Dogies. 96 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

The Atomic Age. Painted cover by Gaylord Welker. Stories and art by Sam Glanzman, John Tartaglione, Angelo Torres, L. B. Cole, George Evans, Norman Nodel, Gerald McCann, Bruno Premiani, and Everett Raymond Kinstler. The semiannual Specials from Classics Illustrated were educational comics on science, history and American culture. This issue focuses on the history and science of radioactivity, with an emphasis on beneficial uses such as power, medicine and science, and downplaying its use in warfare, a topic much in mind during the 1950s. Featuring art by legends L. B. Cole, Sam Glanzman, George Evans, and Everett Raymond Kinstler, including the science and history of atomic power plants by Evans; the science of nuclear fission by Kinstler; and nuclear medicine featuring art by future Mad magazine artist Angelo Torres. The Atomic Age; Adventure North; The Smallest Particle; Inside the Atom; The Atomic Furnace; The Magic Mineral; How to Build a Radiation Detector; Alpha, Beta, and Gamma; Atoms for Power; The Radioscope; Atoms and Industry; Atoms and Agriculture; Atoms and Medicine; The Healing Rays; The Atom Tomorrow; The Ages of Energy; The Search for Uranium. 96 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

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Rockets, Jets and Missiles. Painted cover by Allen Simon. Stories and art by Gray Morrow, Sam Glanzman, John Tartaglione, Jack Abel, H. J. Kihl, Gerald McCann, and George Evans. The semiannual Specials from Classics Illustrated were educational comics on science, history and American culture. This issue focuses on the early era of jet power and spaceflight, and speculation about the coming era of interplanetary exploration. Featuring art by legends Sam Glanzman, George Evans, and Gray Morrow, including The Flight of the X-1 by Evans, Seven for Space and Off Into Orbit by Morrow, and Artificial Moons and Doorway Into Tomorrow by Glanzman. Also featuring the helpfully titled article "Don't Do It Yourself." Cool painted cover by Allen Simon. Rockets, Jets and Missiles; Space Talk; The Moon; The Jet Is Born; Space Talk; Mercury; Jet Engines; Jets Around the World; Venus; Rockets Through Time; Mars; The Wizard of Worcester; Jupiter; Rocket Engines; Dont Do It Yourself; Saturn; Rockets and Missiles Around the World; Artificial Moons; Uranus; Seven for Space; Neptune; Off Into Orbit; Pluto; Doorway Into Tomorrow; Stones from Space; Other Worlds. 96 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

The War Between the States. Painted cover by Geoffrey Biggs. Stories and art by Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers, Sam Glanzman, John Tartaglione, George Peltz, Edd Ashe, Reed Crandall, and George Evans. The semiannual Specials from Classics Illustrated were educational comics on science, history and American culture. This issue focuses on the American Civil War, from the first shots fired to the Lincoln Assassination and Reconstruction. Featuring art by legends Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers, Sam Glanzman, Reed Crandall, and George Evans, including Shiloh and Reconstruction by Evans; Fort Sumter, The Peninsula, Vicksburg and New York City by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers; and The Causes and Gettysburg by Glanzman. The War Between the States; April, 1861: Fort Sumter; The Causes; July, 1861: Bull Run; Battle Report; April, 1862: Shiloh; April, 1862: New Orleans; April-July, 1862: The Peninsula; July, 1862: Kentucky; Battle Report; June, 1863: Brandy Station; June-July, 1863: Gettysburg; April-July, 1863: Vicksburg; September-November, 1863: Chattanooga; May-September, 1864: Georgia; October, 1864: The Atlantic; November, 1864: New York City; April, 1865: Appomattox Court House; Final Report; Reconstruction; The Exile's Dream; The Peasants Revolt. 96 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

To the Stars! Stories and art by Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers, Sam Glanzman, Angelo Torres, Jo Albistur, Norman Nodel, Reed Crandall, and George Evans. The semiannual Specials from Classics Illustrated were educational comics on science, history and American culture. This issue focuses on the history and science of space exploration, then (1961) still in its early days. Featuring art by legends Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers, Sam Glanzman, Reed Crandall, and George Evans, including Earth in Space and The Magic Eye by Evans, an illustrated guide to making a telescope and a guide to spectroscopes and radio telescopes by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers; Our Neighbor the Moon and Jupiter and Saturn by Glanzman; and Man in the Skies and an opening illustration by future Mad magazine artist Angelo Torres. To the Stars; Man in the Skies; Earth in Space; The Magic Eye; The Giant of Palomar; A Simple Telescope; Lines and Signals; Viewing the Spectrum; Our Neighbor the Moon; The Copper Moon; The Inner Planets; The Inner Planets: The Gods' Messenger; The Goddess; The Green World; The Red Planet; The Giants; The Georgian Planet; Uranus; Neptune; Planet X; Pluto; Are There Other Planets?; Fiery Streaks and Tails; Figures in the Sky; Star Facts; Our Nearest Star; The Disappearing Sun; Light Years; The Universe; The Swiss Patent Clerk; Days and Years. 96 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.