CLASSIC ILLUSTRATED comic books issue 1
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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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A Christmas Carol, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover. Original and only edition published of this comic. Kiefer cover and art. (HRN 53, 11/48). Cover price $0.10.
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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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Issue #1
Published Apr 1953 by Classics Illustrated.$17.50
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Buffalo Bill, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. Art by Maurice del Bourgo. (HRN 107, with 4/53 date). 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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Issue #1
Published Jul 1954 by Classics Illustrated.$7.00
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Wild Bill Hickok, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 122, with 7/54 date). Into the lawless West rode United States Marshal James Butler Hickok, better known as Wild Bill. A gentleman, always, Wild Bill wore a frock coat, string tie...and a pair of pistols. This is the story of the famous marshal and how he tamed the Western badmen by shooting straighter, cleaner and faster. Cover price $0.15.
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Published Jul 1955 by Classics Illustrated.$16.00
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The King of the Mountains, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. Art by Norman Nodel. (HRN 128, with 7/55 date). Three travelers in Greece are kidnapped by the fierce, feared robber king of the mountains, Hadji Stavros. He demands a heavy ransom and informs his prisoners that it must be paid in one month. If it is not paid in one month, then --. 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 Jan 1957 by Classics Illustrated.$7.50
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Lord Jim, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. Art by George Evans. (HRN 136, with 1/57 date). To the natives of the jungle village where he chose to conceal himself, he was known as Lord Jim. He had, of course, another name, be he was anxious that it should not be known. This was not meant to hide a personality, but a naked and ugly fact. For Jim, as a young man, had made one error. And the thought of what he had done tortured him until he died. Cover price $0.15.
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Published Mar 1958 by Classics Illustrated.$9.00
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Kim, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. Art by Joe Orlando. (HRN 143, with 3/58 date). At thirteen, Kim led a life of perfect freedom. An English orphan, he grew up by himself in the wonderful walled city of Lahore, India. Burned dark by the sun, speaking the native language, Kim lived on terms of perfect equality with beggars, horse traders and holy men. Then one day he met a Tibetan Lama and together they set out, searching for one special thing. Cover price $0.15.
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Published Jul 1958 by Classics Illustrated.$9.60
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The Crisis, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. Art by George Evans. (HRN 143, with 7/58 date). Cover price $0.15.
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Published Sep 1959 by Classics Illustrated.$5.80
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Wild Animals I Have Known, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. Art and cover by L.B. Cole. (HRN 152, with 9/59 date). These are stories about real animals. One is Lobo, a great grey wolf who ravaged northern New Mexico until he was trapped by his one weakness. Another is Wully, a faithful dog turned sheep killer. Still another is a pacing mustang who would not be captured. All of these animals meet a different fate, but in each of them is the stamp of greatness. Cover price $0.15.
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Published Mar 1960 by Classics Illustrated.$9.00
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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 Nov 1960 by Classics Illustrated.$9.80
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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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In Freedom's Cause, 1st Printing, Painted Cover on stiff paper. Art by George Evans and Reed Crandall. (HRN 169, with Winter 1969 date). Cover price $0.25.
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Issue #1A
Published Sep 1948 by Classics Illustrated.$32.00
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The Spy, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover, inside back cover has " A Christmas Carol" illustraton. (HRN 51, 9/48). Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #1B
Published Sep 1948 by Classics Illustrated.$3.80
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The Spy, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover, inside back cover has "The Man in the Iron Mask" illustration. (HRN 51, 9/48). Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #1C
Published 1963 by Classics Illustrated.$2.80
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The Spy, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover, outside back cover is full color. (HRN 51, 8/48). Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #1D
Published 1963 by Classics Illustrated.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
The Spy, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover, outside back cover is in blue and yellow only. (HRN 51, 8/48). Cover price $0.10.
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Published Apr 1950 by Classics Illustrated.$8.99
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The Pilot, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 71, 4/50). Cover price $0.10.
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Published Feb 1952 by Classics Illustrated.$9.60
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The Courtship of Miles Standish, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 92, with 2/52 date). Cover price $0.15.
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Published Nov 1952 by Classics Illustrated.$10.50
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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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Published Feb 1954 by Classics Illustrated.$19.00
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The Bottle Imp, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. Art by Lou Cameron. (HRN 117, with 2/54 date). What would you do if you could have anything you wished for - for a price - the price of your soul? The Bottle Imp is the story of a man whose very fate depends on his outwitting the devil himself. Also included is Stevenson's exciting adventure story of the South Seas, The Beach of Falesa. Cover price $0.15.
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Issue #1
Published Apr 1954 by Classics Illustrated.$18.00
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Rob Roy, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 119, with 4/54 date). His father's papers mysteriously stolen, young Francis Obaldistone rides up into the wild Highlands of Scotland in search of them. Suddenly, he finds himself in the midst of the plotting, treachery, heroism and drama of a fiery Scottish rebellion. And suddenly, and strangely, he meets the many-sided robber, Rob Roy, outlaw to the authorities, hero to the clans. Cover price $0.15.
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Published Jun 1954 by Classics Illustrated.$5.00
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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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Castle Dangerous, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. Art by Stan Campbell. (HRN 141, with 11/57 date). In 1307, the Scots were in the midst of a bloody struggle to free themselves from England. Among the possessions in dispute was Douglas Castle. It belonged to the Scotsman, James Douglas, but was held by force by an English garrison under the command of Sir John de Walton. James Douglas was as determined to regains his castle as Walton was to hold it. Only one of these two gallant men could triumph in the battle for the dangerous castle. Cover price $0.15.
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Published Jan 1959 by Classics Illustrated.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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Lives of the Hunted, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. Cover by L.B. Cole, art by Norman Nodel. (HRN 156, with 7/60 date). The life of a wild animal is spent in the line of battle. There is no such thing as a gentle decline in peaceful old age. Hunted by other animals and by man, it wages a constant fight for survival. This fight is often heroic. Cover price $0.15.
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Mr. Midshipman Easy, 1st (and only) Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 75, 8/50). Jack Easy is his name - midshipman and sailor of fortune. He takes everything that the toughest British seaman can dish out - and he always comes up for more. This is in the Royal Navy as it wars against the Spanish pirates of the 19th century. So ride the waves and reef the sails, and the guns with Mr. Midshipman Easy. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #1
Published Oct 1950 by Classics Illustrated.$6.70
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The Prisoner of Zenda, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 75, 10/50). Cover price $0.10.
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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 1961 by Classics Illustrated.$6.60
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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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Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Great Expectations!"
Based on the story by Charles Dickens. Adapted by Rick Geary.
The bittersweet tale of one boy's adolescence, and of the choices he makes to shape his destiny. Into an engrossing mystery, Dickens weaves a heartfelt inquiry into morals and virtues - as the orphan Pip, the convict Magwitch, the beautiful Estella, the bitter Miss Havisham, the goodhearted Biddy, the kind Joe and other memorable characters entwine in a battle of human nature.
Rick Geary's delightful illustrations capture the newfound awe and frustrations of young Pip as he comes of age, and begins to understand the opportunities that life presents.
Hardcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 64 pages, full color.
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Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. "Great Expectations!"
Based on the story by Charles Dickens. Adapted by Rick Geary.
The bittersweet tale of one boy's adolescence, and of the choices he makes to shape his destiny. Into an engrossing mystery, Dickens weaves a heartfelt inquiry into morals and virtues - as the orphan Pip, the convict Magwitch, the beautiful Estella, the bitter Miss Havisham, the goodhearted Biddy, the kind Joe and other memorable characters entwine in a battle of human nature.
Rick Geary's delightful illustrations capture the newfound awe and frustrations of young Pip as he comes of age, and begins to understand the opportunities that life presents.
Hardcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 64 pages, full color.
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Published Sep 1943 by Classics Illustrated.- Cover coming detached at single center staple. Cover oxidation. Water spotting.
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Westward Ho!, 1st Printing, Classics Comics. (HRN 13, 9/43). Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #1
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Great Expectations, 1st Printing, Line Drawing Cover. Cited in "Seduction of the Innocent." (HRN 43, 11/47). Cover price $0.10.
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Published Apr 1951 by Classics Illustrated.$13.50
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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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Published Apr 1952 by Classics Illustrated.$8.80
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David Balfour, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 94, with 4/52 date). The feud between the Campbells and the Stewarts is raging and into the thick of it steps David Balfour, the hero of "Kidnapped." Ready to sacrifice his life to save his friend, David Balfour encounters intrigue, scheming clansmen, and adventure. Cover price $0.15.
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The White Company, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 101, with 12/52 date). Into the midst of an adventure-seeking band of soldiers, known as The White Company, comes twenty-year-old Alleyne Edricson. For the first time, he steps out into the world of men, away from the protection of the monastery where he was raised. Neither serf nor nobleman, neither soldier nor farmer, the scholarly youth quickly learns the skills of knights in order to survive in a strange world of jousts, tourneys and fierce battles. Cover price $0.15.
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Published Jan 1954 by Classics Illustrated.$7.00
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How I Found Livingstone, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 116, with 1/54 date). Into darkest Africa goes ace news reporter Henry Stanley to find and bring back the world-famous explorer, Dr. David Livingstone. Venturing through the dangerous, seething jungles, fighting off attacks by man-eating animals and enduring perilous hazards, Stanley continues on his dangerous mission. Cover price $0.15.
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Published Nov 1954 by Classics Illustrated.$3.90
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Fang and Claw, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 124, with 11/54 date). Cover price $0.15.
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The Ox Bow Incident, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. (NO HRN, with 3/55 date). Cover price $0.15.
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The Little Savage, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. Art by George Evans. (HRN 136, with 3/57 date). There is more than one story of a man being cast away on a desolate island and struggling to keep alive. But this is the first account of a boy being left alone on an uninhabited island. Cover price $0.15.
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Issue #1-1ST
Published 2009 by Classic Comic Store Ltd..This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
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.
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Published Nov 1953 by Classics Illustrated.$7.50
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The Forty Five Guardsmen, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. Art by Maurice del Bourgo. (HRN 114, with 11/53 date). Cover price $0.15.
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Davy Crockett, 1st Printing, Painted Cover. Art by Lou Cameron. (HRN 129, with 11/55 date). Cover price $0.15.
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Issue #1-1ST
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Volume 1 - 1st printing. "The Wind in the Willows!"
Based on the story by Kenneth Grahame. Adapted by Michel Plessix.
The Deluxe line within the Classics Illustrated relaunch presents full-length adaptations, true and respectful to the originals, with the expansive number of pages allowing for the entire novel to be fully adapted.
The first volume presents graphic novelist Michel Plessix's lush adaptation of The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. The artwork is in aquarelle, with thin, precise, detailed lines. Plessix breathes life into Mole, Rat, and Toad (of Toad Hall) as they picnic on the riverbank, indulge in Toad's latest fad, and get lost in Wild Wood. The pacing is masterful - each panel lingers just long enough to make you appreciate the simple pleasures of life as the original novel.
Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9-in., 144 pages, full color.
Cover price $13.95.
