Comic books in 'Classics Illustrated'

UK Edition - 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.

UK Edition - Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Oliver Twist!"

Based on the story by Charles Dickens. Art and cover by Reed Crandall and George Evans.

Dickens's tale of the young orphan, Oliver Twist, and his experiences in London. 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.

UK Edition - Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Robin Hood!"

Based on the story by Howard Pyle. Art by Jack Sparling Cover by Victor Prezio.

Adventures of Robin Hood, the great outlaw. 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.

UK Edition - Volume 4 - 1st printing. "The Man in the Iron Mask!"

Based on the story by Alexandre Dumas. Art by Ken Battlefield.

Dumas's quasi-sequel to The Three Musketeers, featuring a plot to overthrow the tyrannical king of France and replace him with his secret twin brother! Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes a biography of Alexandre Dumas, theme discussions and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom or at home to further engage the reader in the story.

Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 48 pages, full color.

Add to cart Very Fine $7.99

UK Edition - Volume 5 - 1st printing. "Romeo and Juliet!"

Based on the story by William Shakespeare. Art by George Evans.

Shakespeare's tragedy of the star-crossed lovers. 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.

UK Edition - Volume 6 - 1st printing. "A Journey to the Center of the Earth!"

Based on the story by Jules Verne. Adapted by Norman Nodel.

Verne's science fiction of the scientists who travel deep into the earth's volcanic tunnels and what they find there! 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, 48 pages, full color.

Add to cart Near Mint $9.95

UK Edition - Volume 7 - 1st printing. "Les Miserables!"

Based on the story by Victor Hugo. Art by Norman Nodel. Cover by Gerald McCann.

Victor Hugo's novel of early 19th-century France, as told through the experiences of the ex-convict, Jean Valjean. 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, 48 pages, full color.

UK Edition - Volume 8 - 1st printing. "The Jungle Book!"

Based on the story by Rudyard Kipling. Art by Norman Nodel.

Kipling's classic story of Mowgli, the boy who was raised by wolves in the Indian Jungle. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes a biography of Rudyard Kipling, "If" (a poem by Kipling), theme discussions and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom or at home to further engage the reader in the story.

Softcover, 48 pages, full color.

UK Edition - Volume 9 - 1st printing. "Mutiny on the Bounty!"

Based on the story by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall. Art by Morris Waldinger. Cover by Henry C Keifer.

Nordhoff and Hall's account of the 1789 mutiny on board HMS Bounty, perpetrated by Fletcher Christian and the crew, against the tyrannical Captain William Bligh and his officers. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes a biography of Captain William Bligh, historical maps of the Bounty's journeys, theme discussions and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom and at home to further engage the reader in the story.

Softcover, 48 pages, full color.

UK Edition - Volume 10 - 1st printing. "Wuthering Heights!"

Based on the story by Emily Bronte. Art by Henry C. Kiefer. Cover by Geoffrey Biggs.

The only novel by Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights tells the story of the love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, the rugged young man adopted by her father. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, rather than with semaphores, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes a biography of Emily Brontë, theme discussions and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom or at home to further engage the reader in the story.

Softcover, 48 pages, full color.

UK Edition - Volume 11 - 1st printing. "Knights of the Round Table!"

Based on the story by Howard Pyle. Adapted by John Cooney. Art by Alex A. Blum.

The adventures of King Arthur, the knights of the round table, and their quest to find the Holy Grail. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes theme discussions and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom or at home to further engage the reader in the story.

Softcover, 48 pages, full color.

UK Edition - Volume 12 - 1st printing. "Jane Eyre!"

Based on the story by Charlotte Bronte. Art by H J Kihl.

Charlotte Brontë's novel tells the life story of the eponymous Jane, an orphan who suffers several injustices on her path to independence. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes theme discussions and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom or at home to further engage the reader in the story.

Softcover, 48 pages, full color.

UK Edition - Volume 13 - 1st printing. "Frankenstein!"

Based on the story by Mary Shelley. Art by Robert Webb. Cover by Norman Saunders.

Mary Shelley's gothic horror of Dr. Victor Frankenstein and his Monster. 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, 48 pages, full color.

UK Edition - Volume 14 - 1st printing. "The Time Machine!"

Based on the story by H. G. Wells. Art and cover by Lou Cameron.

Well's science fiction of time travel, and his protagonist's adventures in the future. 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, 48 pages, full color.

UK Edition - Volume 15 - 1st printing. "A Christmas Carol!"

Based on the story by Charles Dickens. Art by Henry C. Kiefer.

Dickens's classic tale of Ebenezer Scrooge and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come! Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale of Scrooge's redemption in colorful comic strip form, providing an excellent introduction for younger readers. Also includes theme discussions and study questions.

Softcover, 48 pages, full color.

UK Edition - Volume 16 - 1st printing. "Moby Dick!"

Based on the story by Herman Melville. Art by Norman Nodel. Cover by Louis Zansky.

Melville's tale of the whaling industry, and one captain's obsession with revenge against the Great White Whale that took his leg. 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, 48 pages, full color.

UK Edition - Volume 17 - 1st printing. "Macbeth!"

Based on the story by William Shakespeare. Art by Alex A. Blum.

Shakespeare's tragedy about the rise and fall of Macbeth, the Scottish Lord who is prophesied to become king. 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, 48 pages, full color.

UK Edition - Volume 18 - 1st printing. "The Invisible Man!"

Based on the story by H.G. Wells. Art by Norman Nodel. Cover b Geoffrey Biggs.

H. G. Wells's tale of the mad scientist who discovers the secret of invisibility and wields its awesome power to his own ends. 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, 48 pages, full color.

UK Edition - Volume 19 - 1st printing. "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn!"

Based on the story by Mark Twain. Art by Mike Sekowsky and Frank Giacoia.

Mark Twain's sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, chronicling the adventures of Sawyer's friend, Huck Finn. 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, 48 pages, full color.

UK Edition - Volume 20 - 1st printing. "Great Expectations!"

Based on the story by Charles Dickens. Art by Henry C. Kiefer.

Pip, a young orphan living in the care of his older sister and her kind husband, is called upon in his youth under strange circumstances by the mysterious Miss Havisham to entertain her. After carrying out an apprenticeship in his brother-in-law's Blacksmiths, he receives an offer of support from an unexpected character from his past. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers.

This edition also includes theme discussions and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom or at home to further engage the reader in the story.

Softcover, 48 pages, full color.

UK Edition - Volume 21 - 1st printing. "Treasure Island!"

Based on the story by Robert Louis Stevenson. Art by Alex A. Blum.

Stevenson's great tale of pirates and buried treasure. 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, 48 pages, full color.

UK Edition - Volume 22 - 1st printing. "Alice in Wonderland!"

Based on the story by Lewis Carroll. Art by Alex A. Blum.

Lewis Carroll's tale of Alice and her adventures down the rabbit hole, where she meets the most eccentric characters including the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter and the Queen of Hearts. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes a biography of Lewis Carroll, two poems by Carroll and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom or at home to further engage the reader in the story.

Softcover, 48 pages, full color.

UK Edition - Volume 23 - 1st printing. "Black Beauty!"

Based on the story by Anna Sewell. Art by L. B. Cole.

Anna Sewell's story of the horse, Black Beauty, and his experiences in life with various owners, some kind, some cruel. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes a biography of Anna Sewell, theme discussions and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom or at home to further engage the reader in the story.

Softcover, 48 pages, full color.

UK Edition - Volume 24 - 1st printing. "Kidnapped!"

Based on the story by Robert Louis Stevenson. Art by Robert Webb.

Stevenson's tale of the adventures of David Balfour, sold into slavery at sea, and his daring escape! Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers.

This edition also includes a biography of Robert Louis Stevenson, theme discussions and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom or at home to further engage the reader in the story.

Softcover, 48 pages, full color.

UK Edition - Volume 25 - 1st printing. "The Three Musketeers!"

Based on the story by Alexandre Dumas. Art by George Evans.

Dumas's classic adventure tale of D'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. 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, 48 pages, full color.

UK Edition - Volume 26 - 1st printing. "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea!"

Based on the story by Jules Verne. Art by Henry C. Kiefer.

The adventures of Captain Nemo and his captives and crew on his submarine, the Nautilus. 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, 48 pages, full color.

UK Edition - Volume 27 - 1st printing. "Ben-Hur!"

Based on the story by Lew Wallace. Art by Joe Orlando. Cover by Gerald McCann.

Lew Wallace's "Tale of the Christ" as told through the life of Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish heir accused of attempting to assassinate a Roman Governor and sold into slavery as punishment. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes a biography of Lew Wallace, theme discussions, and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom or at home to further engage the reader in the story.

Softcover, 48 pages, full color.

UK Edition - Volume 28 - 1st printing. "The Last Days of Pompeii!"

Based on the story by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Art by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers.

Bulwer-Lytton's story of fictional events in Pompeii in the days leading up to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which destroyed the city. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes a biography of Edward Bulwer-Lytton, theme discussions and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom or at home to further engage the reader in the story.

Softcover, 48 pages, full color.

UK Edition - Volume 29 - 1st printing. "Ivanhoe!"

Based on the story by Sir Walter Scott. Art by Norman Nodel.

Sir Walter Scott's tale of adventure during the times of Robin Hood. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes a biography if Sir Walter Scott and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom or at home to further engage the reader in the story.

Softcover, 48 pages, full color.

UK Edition - Volume 30 - 1st printing. "Julius Caesar!"

Based on the story by William Shakespeare. Art by Reed Crandall and George Evans. Cover by L. B. Cole.

Shakespeare's famous tragedy tells of the events leading up to the assassination of Roman leader and dictator, Julius Caesar, and its immediate aftermath, with Rome plunged into civil war. No tears for Caesar. Classics Illustrated tells this tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes theme discussions and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom and at home to further engage the reader in the story.

Softcover, 48 pages, full color.

UK Edition - Volume 31 - 1st printing. "Around the World in 80 Days!"

Based on the story by Jules Verne. Art by Henry C. Kiefer.

Jules Verne's tale of Phileas Fogg and his bet to travel around the world in 80 days. 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, 48 pages, full color.

UK Edition - Volume 32 - 1st printing. "Nicholas Nickleby!"

Based on the story by Charles Dickens. Art by Gustav Schrotte.

After the death of his father, Nicholas Nickleby becomes a schoolteacher in a boys' school in Yorkshire to support his family. There he sees injustices and cruelty and stands up to the schoolmasters to right these wrongs. Classics Illustrated tells Dickens' tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes theme discussions and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom and at home to further engage the reader in the story.

Softcover, 48 pages, full color.

UK Edition - Volume 33 - 1st printing. "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde!"

Based on the story by Robert Louis Stevenson. Art by Lou Cameron.

Stevenson's tale of horror featuring Dr. Jekyll, and the potion that transforms him into the brutal and terrifying Mr Hyde! 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, 48 pages, full color.

UK Edition - Volume 34 - 1st printing. "The Last of the Mohicans!"

Based on the story by James F. Cooper. Art by John Severin and Steve Addeo.

Fenimore Cooper's tale of Hawkeye and Chingachgook. Part of his "Leatherstocking Tales" of the frontier. 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, 48 pages, full color.

UK Edition - Volume 35 - 1st printing. "Tale of Two Cities!"

Based on the story by Charles Dickens. Art by George Evans and Joe Orlando.

Dickens's classic story of the French Revolution. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes theme discussions and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom or at home to further engage the reader in the story.

Softcover, 48 pages, full color.

UK Edition - Volume 36 - 1st printing. "The Hunchback of Notre Dame!"

Based on the story by Victor Hugo. Art by Reed Crandall and George Evans.

Hugo's great story of Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer of Notre Dame. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes theme discussions and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom or at home to further engage the reader in the story.

Softcover, 48 pages, full color.

UK Edition - Volume 37 - 1st printing. "A Study in Scarlet!"

Based on the story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Art by Seymour Moskowitz. Cover by Mort Kunstler.

Conan Doyle's first Sherlock Holmes mystery. 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, 48 pages, full color.

UK Edition - Volume 38 - 1st printing. "The Count of Monte Cristo!"

Based on the story by Alexandre Dumas. Art by Lou Cameron.

Edmond Dantès, a merchant sailor in the early 19th Century, is wrongfully imprisoned for life without trial. After years of incarceration on the remote island prison of the Château d'If, he learns of a vast treasure on the island of Monte Cristo and becomes determined to escape in order to retrieve the treasure and use it for vengeance against the men who betrayed him. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes theme discussions and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom or at home to further engage the reader in the story.

Softcover, 48 pages, full color.

UK Edition - Volume 39 - 1st printing. "Hamlet!"

Based on the story by William Shakespeare. Art by Alex A. Blum.

After encountering the ghost of his father on the castle parapet, Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark, is convinced that his father's death was part of a foul plot to take the throne. It is up to Hamlet to decide whether his father must be avenged, and if so, should it be he who commits the act? Classics Illustrated tells Shakespeare's classic tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers.

This edition also includes theme discussions and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom or at home to further engage the reader in the story.

Softcover, 48 pages, full color.

UK Edition - Volume 40 - 1st printing. "David Copperfield!"

Based on the story by Charles Dickens. Art by Henry C. Kiefer.

Young David Copperfield enjoys a happy childhood with his widowed mother, until she decides to marry the stern and unforgiving Mr. Murdstone. Murdstone sends David away and David's circumstances become unbearable until he decides to run away to his aunt Betsy's care. From here, David's journey from boy to man is told, with much adventure, friendship, love and grief. Classics Illustrated tells Dickens' wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers.

This edition also includes theme discussions and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom and at home to further engage the reader in the story.

Softcover, 48 pages, full color.

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UK Edition - Volume 46 - 1st printing. "The Gold Bug and Other Stories"

Based on the stories by Edgar Allan Poe. Art by Alex Blum, Jim Wilcox, Rudy Palais.

n The Gold Bug, three men search for the infamous Captain Kidds vast hidden treasure using a mysterious golden beetle to navigate the way! In The Tell-Tale Heart, a man is driven to the brink of insanity, racked with guilt after murdering his innocent landlord. In The Cask of Amontillado, a man exacts a terrible revenge upon another who has taunted him for years…

This edition also includes theme discussions and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom and at home to further engage the reader in the story.

Softcover, 48 pages, full color.

Add to cart Near Mint $6.95

Add to cart Near Mint $6.95

Volume 78 - 1st printing. "The Black Arrow!" Based on the story by Robert Louis Stevenson. Adapted by Ruth A. Roche and Tom Scott. Art by Arnold Hicks. In the midst of England's War of the Roses, Dick Shelton is on a quest for justice over the death of his father. Classics Illustrated tells these wonderful tales in colorful comic strip form, offering excellent introductions for younger readers. This edition also includes theme discussions and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom and at home to further engage the reader in the stories. Softcover, 48 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $6.95

Volume 79 - 1st printing. "Crime and Punishment!" Based on the story by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Art by Rudy Palais. Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel of damnation and redemption follows a desperate student Raskolnikov who commits murder without remorse. Pursued by the authorities his conscience grows louder as the noose around his neck tightens. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. Softcover, 48 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 80 - 1st printing. "The Red Badge of Courage!" Based on the story by Stephen Crane. Art and cover by Gustav Schrotter. Cover by Maurice Del Bourgo. Stephen Crane's classic of realism follows one Union soldier's struggle with cowardice, as he prepares for and fights in his first battle during the American Civil War. Classics Illustrated tells these wonderful tales in colorful comic strip form, offering excellent introductions for younger readers. Softcover, 48 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $6.95

Add to cart Near Mint $6.95

Volume 81 - 1st printing. "The Deer Slayer!" Based on the story by James F. Cooper. Adapted by Evelyn Goodman. Art by Louis Zansky. A restless white youth raised by Indians, Natty Bumppo is called Deerslayer for the daring that sets him apart from his peers. Natty must navigate the tensions between the natives and European settlers in the American wilderness. Classics Illustrated tells James Fennimore Cooper's tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. Softcover, 48 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 82 - 1st printing. "Uncle Tom's Cabin!" Based on the story by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Art and cover by RH Livingstone. Harriet Beecher Stowe's renowned anti-slavery novel follows the life of enslaved Uncle Tom, a strong religious man who finds himself the property of a cruel plantation owner, fighting for his freedom and ultimately, for his right to live. Classics Illustrated tells this important tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes theme discussions and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom and at home to further engage the reader in the story. Softcover, 48 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 83 - 1st printing. "Rip Van Winkle!" Based on the story by Washington Irving. Art and cover by Norman Nodel. In pre-revolutionary New York, Rip Van Winkle unknowingly falls asleep for twenty years and awakens to find the world irrevocably changed. Then, strange doings are afoot in the village of Sleepy Hollow, where legend tells of a Headless Horseman. Classics Illustrated tells these wonderful tales of Washington Irving in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. Softcover, 48 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 84 - 1st printing. "The Pathfinder!" Based on the story by James F. Cooper. Art and cover by Louis Zansky. James Fennimore Cooper's most picturesque novel, The Pathfinder, is a naval story set on the Great Lakes amidst the French and Indian War of the 1750s. Natty Bumpo traverses new dangers of love and war in this thrilling wilderness adventure. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes theme discussions and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom and at home to further engage the reader in the story. Softcover, 48 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 85 - 1st printing. "The Moonstone!" Based on the story by Wilkie Collins. Art and cover by Don Rico. Wilkie Collins's spellbinding tale of romance, theft, and murder that inspired the hugely popular modern detective genre. The Moonstone, a priceless yellow diamond, is stolen and no-one is above suspicion as the peculiar Sergeant Cuff pieces together a puzzling series of events. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. Softcover, 48 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 86 - 1st printing. "Cyrano de Bergerac!" Based on the story by Edmond Rostand. Art and cover by Alex A. Blum. Paris, 1640, the gifted and charismatic poet Cyrano de Bergerac finds himself deeply in love with the beautiful and intellectual Roxane. Considering himself too ugly for Roxane's affections, he helps dashing Christian to capture her heart through poetic letters, but can Cyrano find the courage to reveal his true feelings? Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes theme discussions and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom and at home to further engage the reader in the story. Softcover, 48 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.