Classics Illustrated Special (1955) comic books 1960-1962
-
Issue #138B
$3.20
$2.50
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.
-
Issue #159A
$7.50
View scan- Overspray along bottom of comic.
$9.80
$9.80
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.
