Kanter introduced classic comics, later renamed classics illustrated. Classics illustrated junior is a comic book series of seventyseven fairy and folk tale, myth and legend comic book adaptations created by albert lewis kanter as a spinoff of his flagship comic book line classics illustrated. The classics illustrated adaptation of vernes novel was one of my favorite comics of course. Reprints are frequently distinguished by the presence of a reorder checklist on a back or inside cover. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. Classics illustrated has 209 entries in the series overdrive rakuten overdrive borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide.
Classics illustrated is a comic book series featuring adaptations of literacy classics such as moby dick, alice in wonderland, and the three musketeers. Wwii era vintage dell fairy tale parade comic books. Classics illustrated comic books, rare classics illustrated. Classic comic store uk publishers of the modern series of classics illustrated and dealers in vintage and modern comic books. Classics illustrated the comic book price guide for great. This is our first video, we will be posting many more. Get the best deals on golden age classics illustrated comics when you shop the largest online selection at. A simple way to start is look on the back of the book and look at the list of books, they all are numbered. Classics illustrated is an american comic bookmagazine series featuring adaptations of literary classics such as les miserables, moby dick, hamlet, and the iliad. Classics illustratedseries overdrive rakuten overdrive.
A cover gallery for the comic book classics illustrated. Classics illustrated 017 the deerslayer 1944 comic books. Classics illustrated began in america and ten years later strato publishing based in oadby leicestershire began reprinting them for the uk market. Confusion arises from the fact that not all us editions were printed, four numbers were used twice and the published order differed from the numerical order on the cover. Unfollow classic illustrated comics to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Classics illustrated, which actually began life as classic comics, was a comic book series that took classic literary works such as moby dick, robinson crusoe. This listing features a very rare first edition golden age comic book from the year 1948. Thus, the first issue, the story of jesus, began with issue 129a. Classics illustrated comic books adapted great books of literature and also helped many high school students write book reports. Hrn stands for highest reorder number, from the coupon in the comic to order issues by mail. Silver age classics illustrated comics for sale ebay. Collectible classics illustrated comics collectors weekly. Gilberton publications comic book values comics price guide. Begun in 1955, classics illustrated special issues began appearing almost semiannually until 1962.
This golden age comic has not been graded and is from my familys personal collection. Handbook of adaptation studies and icons of the american comic book. The deerslayer, 2nd printing, classics comics, issue 2a has queens home news bottom inside front cover. Classics illustrated comic book tom sawyer mark twain. The malan book is great for the comic collecting aspect of cis while the jones book is great for its history of the artists and publisher. As its title suggests, the title highlights a classic piece of literature and illustrates it. Get the best deals on silver age classics illustrated comics when you shop the largest. Created by albert kanter, the series began publication in 1941 and finished its first run in 1969, producing 169 issues.
A midsummer by fairsails classic literature transformed into comic book art recently, the iconic classics illustrated comic book series tales adapted from famous works of literature, newly outfitted with pulpstyle artwork went digital. Classics illustrated is an american comic bookmagazine series featuring adaptations of literary classics such as les miserables, moby dick. Classics illustrated is an american comic bookmagazine series featuring adaptations of literary classics such. Kanters idea was to use the comic form to make great literature accessible to readers who might never. All item images are used solely for identification purposes. Whether his idea represented a watering down of the classics, as some critics claimed, it was an amazingly popular move. Classics illustrated vintage series below you will find hundreds of copies of the vintage classics illustrated series for sale. A picture displayed to the left of the stock item is a picture of the actual one for sale click on it for a larger image.
Classics illustrated, which actually began life as classic comics, was a comic book series that took classic literary works such as moby dick, robinson crusoe and the three musketeers and adapted the storylines into comic panels ideal for young readers. Great illustrated classics for girls by various, the wizard of oz by deidre s. Classic illustrated library of great adventure stories book, comic. Get the best deal for golden age classics illustrated comics from the largest online selection at. Classics illustrated comic books began during world war ii and endured until 1971, running a total of 169 issues. Issue numbers were based on whichever of gilbertons classic illustrated books were just released out of 169 total with the letter a after it. Not only was it tightly faithful, it had stunning artwork that completely conveyed the thrilling and hardedged geologic aspects of vernes journey. Oliver twist, both of which have more pages than this book and ive now ordered. The master of ballantrae by robert louis stevenson. Classics illustrated was founded in 1941 by russianborn publisher albert lewis kanter. It is part of his personal collection of this series, collected by him when he was a youngster. There are many places you can download classics illustrated comics for free. What is the value of some classic illustrated comic books.
This new edition is specifically tailored to engage and educate young readers with some of the greatest works ever written, while still thrilling. The classics illustrated series is a very complicated series and you need to learn how to tell which ones you have before you can tell what the value is. Now look at the last book on the list and see what that number is. Classics illustrated is an american comic book magazine series featuring adaptations of literary classics such as les miserables, moby dick, hamlet, and the iliad. Created by albert kanter, the series began publication in. The classics illustrated comic book series began life in 1941 with its first issue, alexandre dumas the three musketeers, and has since included over 200 classic tales released around the world. Comic books published by classics illustrated mycomicshop. Classics illustrated digital comics comics by comixology. Following the series demise, various companies reprinted its titles.
Oct 18, 2012 two books i would recommend for anyone interested in cis are the complete guide to classics illustrated by malan and classics illustrated. Classics illustrated reprinted their books many times, and the only way you can tell which is which is by the highest reorder number hrn in the list of books, usually on the inside or outside back cover. Classics illustrated comic books if our civilization is dumbing down, classics illustrated may just be our last hope, or a part of the contribution. Classics illustrated and their literary twins literary twins in case abebooks is a purely digital business, so its a pleasure to be invited to see a collection belonging to one of our customers. Click, for a full listing of all classics illustrated comic books for sale. Although classics illustrated comic books are major collectible items, the value of each comic from this series varies considerably depending on its physical condition and the publication. Classics illustrated comic books jaguar communications. Created by albert kanter, the series began publication in 1941 and finished its first run in 1971, producing 169 issues. Kanters idea was to use the comic form to make great literature accessible to readers who might never otherwise make the effort. The largest online source for comic book pricing in the world. In 1967, kanter sold his company to twin circles frawley corporation, and by 1971, with 169 publications to its.
All portions of the grand comics database, except where noted otherwise, are ed by the gcd and are licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 4. Classics illustrated special issue comic books from gilberton. Published from 1941 to 1971, the classics illustrated series adapted famous western literary works into the comic book medium. Most issues have been reprinted frequently including issues from classic comics run. Golden age classics illustrated comics for sale ebay. Classics illustrated vintage series classic comic store. We prefer to sale all of them at once buy are willing to. Classics illustrated comic read classics illustrated.