Classics Illustrated Special (1955) comic books 1962

World War II. Stories and art by Angelo Torres, Norman Nodel, and George Evans. The semiannual Specials from Classics Illustrated were educational comics on science, history and American culture. This issue focuses on the history of World War II, from the rise of European fascism to the war-crimes trials. Featuring art by legends Angelo Torres and George Evans, including The Conquest of Western Europe and The Resistance by Evans, and Victory in the Pacific by future Mad magazine artist Angelo Torres. World War II; The Fuehrer; War on the High Seas; Il Duce; The Conquest of Western Europe; The Battle of Britain; Warships and Wolf Packs; The Resistance; The Eastern Front; The Big Three; War in the Pacific; The Doolittle Raid; The Coral Sea and Midway; Guadalcanal; Tarawa; War Leaders; Stalingrad; War Leaders; Lidice and Warsaw; The Death Camps; North Africa; War Leaders; The Italian Campaign; Blockbusters and Buzz Bombs; The Normandy Invasion; The Battle of the Bulge; Victory in Europe; War Leaders; Leyte Gulf; The Mainland War; Iwo Jima and Okinawa; Victory in the Pacific; Crimes Against Humanity. 96 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

Prehistoric World. Stories and art by Angelo Torres, 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 prehistoric era, from the first squirming life on Earth to the migration of humanity across the planet. Featuring art by legends Angelo Torres, Reed Crandall and George Evans, including The Dawn Men, Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon Man by Reed Crandall and George Evans, and The Dinosaurs and early life by future Mad magazine artist Angelo Torres. Prehistoric World; In Search of the Past; Survival of the Fittest; The Wonderful Earth Movie; The First Fishes; Living on Land; The Dinosaurs; Reptiles of the Sea and Air; A Missing Link; Mammals; Bones and Stones; The Treasure of Flaming Cliffs; End of an Era; The Age of the Mammals; Prehistoric Man; The Bulls of Altamira; The Dawn Men; Neanderthal Man; Homo Sapiens; Cro-Magnon Man; The Reindeer Age; The Races of Man; The Early Farmers; The Long Journeys: Into America; Into Africa; The Mixing of Peoples; Across the Pacific; The Stone Builders; The Fuegian Experiment; Primitives Today. Final issue of the series, except for Classics Illustrated Special (1964) The United Nations. 96 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.