Classics Illustrated comic books issue 1
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Published May 1947 by Classics Illustrated.$4.50
- Centerfold detached. Water damage.
$4.50
- Rings of water damage.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
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The Pioneers, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 37, 5/47). Cover price $0.10.
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Published Jun 1947 by Classics Illustrated.
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Adventures of Cellini, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover. Froehlich cover and art. (HRN 38, 6/47 - Overstreet Lists as NO HRN, 6/47) Cover price $0.10.
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Published Apr 1950 by Classics Illustrated.$8.99
- Cover loose at both staples.
- 1 1/2" spine split from bottom.
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- Cover detached at one staple.
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- 1 1/2" Cumulative spine split.
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- 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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Published Oct 1950 by Classics Illustrated.$6.70
View scan- Centerfold detached.
$5.60
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$4.40
- 2 1/4" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached at one staple.
$3.90
- 3 1/2" Cumulative spine split. Staples added (not manufacturing).
$2.80
- 5 1/2" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached.
The Prisoner of Zenda, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 75, 10/50). Cover price $0.10.
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Pudd'nhead Wilson, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 94, with 3/52 date). Treachery and murder come to arouse a sleepy town along the banks of the mighty Mississippi River in the days just before the Civil War. Here is a gripping story of the Old South, written by one of America's greatest story-tellers. Cover price $0.15.
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Published May 1952 by Classics Illustrated.$10.00
$10.00
$8.00
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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.
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Published May 1952 by Classics Illustrated.$28.00
View scanAll Quiet on the Western Front, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 99, 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.
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Published Jun 1952 by Classics Illustrated.$7.00
View scan- Cover oxidation. Residue.
$4.40
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Daniel Boone, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 97, with 6/52 date). Cover price $0.15.
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Published Nov 1952 by Classics Illustrated.$8.00
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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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$5.80
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$3.00
- Staple rust.
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$3.00
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Bring 'Em Back Alive, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 105, with 2/53 date). Cover price $0.15.
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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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Published Jun 1953 by Classics Illustrated.
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Knights of the Round Table, 1st Printing, Edition 1B, 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 109, with 6/53 date) Cover price $0.15.
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Published Nov 1954 by Classics Illustrated.$7.00
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View scan- 1/2" tear on back cover. Cover detached at one staple.
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- 2 3/4" Spine split from bottom.
$2.65
- Interior is complete. Full length spine split. Back cover missing.Staple rust.
Fang and Claw, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 124, with 11/54 date). Cover price $0.15.
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$7.90
- Corner of cover glued to first page. Water damage.
Caesar's Conquests, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. Art by Joe Orlando. (HRN 130, with 1/56 date). Two thousand years ago, the great Roman general, Julius Ceasar, set out to conquer the large part of Western Europe known as Gaul. The opposition was inspired and the fighting was fierce. And as the armies clashed, Caesar wrote the story of the struggle. Cover price $0.15.
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Published Nov 1958 by Classics Illustrated.$14.50
View scan- Cover oxidation.
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- 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 Nov 1960 by Classics Illustrated.$14.00
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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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$6.10
- INCOMPLETE. Missing a few pages, does not affect story and art. 5 1/2" cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Pieces missing from back cover. Centerfold detached.
$6.10
Two Years Before the Mast, 1st Printing, Classics Comics. (HRN 25, 10/45). Cover price $0.10.
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Published Jan 1947 by Classics Illustrated.Auction opens later today
- 4 1/2" Cumulative spine split (taped). Cover and 3 wraps detached.
$270.00
View scans- Cover coming loose at single center staple.
$50.00
View scans- 5" Cumulative spine split. Cover oxidation. Tape and glue on interior cover.
- 5" Cumulative spine split. Cover and centerfold detached. Large portion of back cover missing.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1st Printing, Classics Comics. Kiefer cover, contains Hound of the Baskervilles & A Study in Scarlet, 68 pgs. (HRN 33, 1/47). Cover price $0.10.
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Published Feb 1949 by Classics Illustrated.$2.65
$2.65
- Full length spine split. 5" lateral tear on front cover.
The Toilers of the Sea, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 55, 2/49). Cover price $0.10.
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$11.00
$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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$5.40
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Cyrano de Bergerac, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 78, 1/51). Cover price $0.10.
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Published Jun 1951 by Classics Illustrated.$16.00
View scan- 1" cumulative spine split. Water spotting.
$9.60
$7.20
- Centerfold detached.
$6.00
$6.00
The Gold Bug and Other Stories, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 85, with 6/51 date). Cover price $0.15.
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Published Aug 1951 by Classics Illustrated.$5.20
- Staple rust with migration.
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- Centerfold detached at one staple.
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- Centerfold detached at one staple. Water damage.
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- Centerfold detached.
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Under Two Flags, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. Comic book adaptation of the classic Ouida story about Bert Cecil and his adventures after he flees his country and birthright and spends his life in the service of a foreign country. Issue also has a text biography of Ouida and text stories on "Pioneers of Science," "Famous Operas," and "Dog Heroes." (HRN 87, with 8/51 date). Cover price $0.15.
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Published Sep 1951 by Classics Illustrated.
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$6.00
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- 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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Published May 1953 by Classics Illustrated.$3.30
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King of the Khyber Rifles, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 108, with 5/53 date). Cover price $0.15.
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Published Sep 1956 by Classics Illustrated.$10.00
$12.00
Romeo and Juliet, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. Art by George Evans. (HRN 134, with 9/56 date). Cover price $0.15.
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Published Nov 1956 by Classics Illustrated.$12.00
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Waterloo, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. Art by Graham Ingels. (HRN 135, with 11/56 date). In 1815, Napoleon escaped from exile on the island of Elba and regained his position as Emperor of France. This panicked the countries of Europe. They feared he would again attempt to conquer them. On June 18, Napoleon's army met the English and the Prussians for the decisive battle at Waterloo. When it was over, 50,000 men had perished. Cover price $0.15.
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Published Sep 1957 by Classics Illustrated.$4.80
- 1" spine split from bottom. Cover detached at one staple.
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- Full length spine split. Cover oxidation with chipping.
On Jungle Trails, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 140, with 9/57 date). Cover price $0.15.
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Published Jan 1959 by Classics Illustrated.$7.00
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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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$2.65
- INCOMPLETE. Multiple pages missing, interrupts art and story. 1 1/2" spine split from bottom. Water damage. Staple rust with migration.
The Queen's Necklace, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. Gray Morrow art. (HRN 164, with 1/62 date). The three million dollar necklace had disappeared. The jewelers had delivered it to Queen Maria Antoinette. But she said she had sent it back, and she showed a receipt for the jewelers. The jewelers said they had never received the necklace. They produced a letter for the Queen accepting the necklace and promising payment. Who had stolen Maria Antoinette's necklace? Cover price $0.15.
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The Man Who Laughs, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover. Blum cover and art. (HRN 71, 5/50). Cover price $0.10.
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Published Jul 1951 by Classics Illustrated.$3.00
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- Centerfold detached. 3 1/4" Cumulative spine split.
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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$6.30
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Mutiny on the Bounty, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 100, with 10/52 date). Beginning the first part of the Bounty trilogy, the story continues in Classics Illustrated #103 and 109. 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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$13.00
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- Chew.
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- Centerfold detached at one staple.
- 1" Cumulative spine split. Staple rust with migration.Cover detached at one staple.
$7.20
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View scan- 4" Spine split from base of comic.
$5.20
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Soldiers of Fortune, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 120, with 5/54 date). Like fearless knights of old, modern soldiers of fortune go forth seeking glory and adventure. No cause is too small, no sacrifice too great for these men who live only to be heroes. This is their story as it unfolds in the center of a blazing South American revolution. Cover price $0.15.
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Published Jun 1954 by Classics Illustrated.$16.00
View scan- Water damage.
$4.80
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$2.80
- 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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The Covered Wagon, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. Art by Norman Nodel. (HRN 131, with 3/56 date). Cover price $0.15.
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Published May 1956 by Classics Illustrated.
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Published Jul 1957 by Classics Illustrated.$9.60
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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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Published Jan 1958 by Classics Illustrated.$7.60
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Abraham Lincoln, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 142, with 1/58 date). Abraham Lincoln grew up on the rough, brawling American frontier. He fought, wrestled and swung an ax as well as any man. He went to school less than a year in all his life. Yet the unschooled boy of the log cabin grew up to be one of the wisest and greatest of Presidents. During the dark hours of the Civil War, he saved the union from destruction. Cover price $0.15.
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Published Jan 1960 by Classics Illustrated.
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The Conspiracy of Pontiac, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 154, with 1/60 date). The bloody French and Indian War was over. Men of two rival nations, France and England, had fought and died for possession of the new continent, America. The British had won, but the French flag still floated over several of their western outposts. It remained for the British to take possession of these forts. Their way lay through trackless forests full of hostile Indian tribes. Cover price $0.15.
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Published Mar 1960 by Classics Illustrated.$5.70
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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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Published 1961 by Classics Illustrated.$6.00
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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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Issue #1-1ST
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Volume 1 - 1st printing. "The War of the Worlds!"
Based on the story by H. G. Wells. Art and cover by Lou Cameron.
Wells' science-fiction of the Martian invasion of Britain, told through the eyes of an ordinary man. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, providing an excellent introduction for younger readers. Also includes theme discussions and study questions.
Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 48 pages, full color.
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Published Dec 2014 by Classic Comic Store Ltd..
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Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. "The War of the Worlds!"
Based on the story by H. G. Wells. Art and cover by Lou Cameron.
Wells' science-fiction of the Martian invasion of Britain, told through the eyes of an ordinary man. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, providing an excellent introduction for younger readers. Also includes theme discussions and study questions.
Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 48 pages, full color.
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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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Published Apr 1951 by Classics Illustrated.$6.20
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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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Men Against the Sea, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 104, with 1/53 date). Story continued from CI #100 "Mutiny on the Bounty". Following the mutiny, Captain Bligh and eighteen members of his crew are set adrift in an open boat. Unprotected against fierce storms, unarmed against attacks by savage natives and facing slow starvation, the men embarked on an amazing voyage of breathtaking adventures across thousands of miles of treacherous sea. Second part of the Bounty trilogy, last part continues in CI#109 "Pitcairn's Island". Cover price $0.15.
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