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- This issue of Classic Comics contained an adaptation of Wilkie Collins’ detective novel, The Moonstone. Dan Levin adapted the novel for the comic’s publication by the Gilberton Company, Inc. in September 1946. Don Rico composed the cover art that depicts a statue of a deity with the “Moonstone” diamond embedded in its forehead, surrounded by three priests. This cover shows some deterioration.
- Classic Comics was a series of comic book adaptations of literary classics published from 1941 until 1971. The series aimed to expose young people to classic literature through the more popular medium of a comic book. Classic Comics was first published by Elliott Publishing in 1941, but founder Albert Kanter spun off publishing to the Gilberton Company in 1942. In 1947 Classic Comics became Classics Illustrated. Kanter sold the company to the Frawley Corporation in 1967, who published the series until 1971.
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- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1946
- maker
- Gilberton Company, Inc.
- ID Number
- 2013.0086.058
- catalog number
- 2013.0086.058
- accession number
- 2013.0086
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- Description
- This issue of Classic Comics, published by the Elliot Publishing Company in October 1941, features an adaption of Alexandre Dumas’ The Three Musketeers. The cover art, by Malcolm Kildale, features an image of the musketeers engaged in a swordfight along with inset portraits of novel protagonist d’Artagnan and the Three Musketeers: Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. The comic book contains the story of the Three Musketeers plus "Interesting Highlights in the Life of Alexandre Dumas."
- Classic Comics was a series of comic book adaptations of literary classics published from 1941 until 1971. The series aimed to expose young people to classic literature through the more popular medium of a comic book. Classic Comics was first published by Elliott Publishing in 1941, but founder Albert Kanter spun off publishing to the Gilberton Company in 1942. In 1947 Classic Comics became Classics Illustrated. Kanter sold the company to the Frawley Corporation in 1967, who published the series until 1971.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1942
- maker
- Gilberton Company, Inc.
- ID Number
- 2013.0086.033
- catalog number
- 2013.0086.033
- accession number
- 2013.0086
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- This issue of Classic Comics contained an adaptation of Alexander Dumas’ novella, The Corsican Brothers, published by the Gilberton Company, Inc. in June 1944. Stephen Burrows adapted the novel for the comic, and Allen Simon designed the cover. The cover depicts the Corsican brothers riding two horses. The Corsican brothers were conjoined twins separated at birth who could feel each other’s pain.
- Classic Comics was a series of comic book adaptations of literary classics published from 1941 until 1971. The series aimed to expose young people to classic literature through the more popular medium of a comic book. Classic Comics was first published by Elliott Publishing in 1941, but founder Albert Kanter spun off publishing to the Gilberton Company in 1942. In 1947 Classic Comics became Classics Illustrated. Kanter sold the company to the Frawley Corporation in 1967, who published the series until 1971.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1944
- maker
- Gilberton Company, Inc.
- ID Number
- 2013.0086.050
- catalog number
- 2013.0086.050
- accession number
- 2013.0086
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- Description
- This issue of Classic Comics contained an adaptation of three different mysteries— Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Sign of Four, Edgar Allan Poe's The Murders in the Rue Morgue, and Guy De Maupassant's The Flayed Hand. The issue was published by the Gilberton Company, Inc. in July 1944. Dan Levin adapted the novels for the comic, and Louis Zansky designed the cover art.
- Classic Comics was a series of comic book adaptations of literary classics published from 1941 until 1971. The series aimed to expose young people to classic literature through the more popular medium of a comic book. Classic Comics was first published by Elliott Publishing in 1941, but founder Albert Kanter spun off publishing to the Gilberton Company in 1942. In 1947 Classic Comics became Classics Illustrated. Kanter sold the company to the Frawley Corporation in 1967, who published the series until 1971.
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- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1944
- referenced
- Poe, Edgar Allen
- maker
- Gilberton Company, Inc.
- ID Number
- 2013.0086.051
- catalog number
- 2013.0086.051
- accession number
- 2013.0086
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- This issue of Classic Comics contained an adaptation of Jonathan Swift’s novel Gulliver’s Travels, published by the Gilberton Company, Inc. in December 1943. Daniel Kushner adapted the novel into comic book form, and Lillian Chesney drew the cover art. The cover depicts Lemuel Gulliver during his voyage to Lilliput, a land filled with people just six inches tall. First published in 1726, Gulliver’s Travels was a satirical take on the “travelers tale,” while also commenting on British politics, religious differences, and the true nature of humanity.
- Classic Comics was a series of comic book adaptations of literary classics published from 1941 until 1971. The series aimed to expose young people to classic literature through the more popular medium of a comic book. Classic Comics was first published by Elliott Publishing in 1941, but founder Albert Kanter spun off publishing to the Gilberton Company in 1942. In 1947 Classic Comics became Classics Illustrated. Kanter sold the company to the Frawley Corporation in 1967, who published the series until 1971.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1942
- maker
- Gilberton Company, Inc.
- ID Number
- 2013.0086.046
- catalog number
- 2013.0086.046
- accession number
- 2013.0086
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- This issue of Classic Comics, published by the Elliot Publishing Company in March 1942, features an adaption of Alexandre Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo. The cover art by Ray Ramsey features the novel’s protagonist, Edmund Dantès, as the Count of Monte Cristo striding across as beach festooned with gold and treasure chests. The comic contains a version of The Count of Monte Cristo as well as a short story about the “Important Milestones in the Life of Napoleon.”
- Classic Comics was a series of comic book adaptations of literary classics published from 1941 until 1971. The series aimed to expose young people to classic literature through the more popular medium of a comic book. Classic Comics was first published by Elliott Publishing in 1941, but founder Albert Kanter spun off publishing to the Gilberton Company in 1942. In 1947 Classic Comics became Classics Illustrated. Kanter sold the company to the Frawley Corporation in 1967, who published the series until 1971.
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- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1942
- maker
- Gilberton Company, Inc.
- ID Number
- 2013.0086.035
- catalog number
- 2013.0086.035
- accession number
- 2013.0086
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- This issue of Classic Comics contained an adaptation of Victor Hugo’s novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame, published by the Gilberton Company, Inc. in March 1944. Evelyn Goodman adapted the novel for Classic Comics and Allen Simon drew the cover art. The cover features an oversized Quasimodo dealing with a mob surrounding the Notre Dame cathedral.
- Classic Comics was a series of comic book adaptations of literary classics published from 1941 until 1971. The series aimed to expose young people to classic literature through the more popular medium of a comic book. Classic Comics was first published by Elliott Publishing in 1941, but founder Albert Kanter spun off publishing to the Gilberton Company in 1942. In 1947 Classic Comics became Classics Illustrated. Kanter sold the company to the Frawley Corporation in 1967, who published the series until 1971.
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- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1944
- maker
- Gilberton Company, Inc.
- ID Number
- 2013.0086.048
- catalog number
- 2013.0086.048
- accession number
- 2013.0086
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- This issue of Classic Comics contained an adaptation of Richard Henry Dana, Jr.’s novel Two Years Before the Mast, published by the Gilberton Company, Inc. in October 1945. Ruth Roche adapted the novel to the comic format, Robert Hayward Webb and David Heames composed the cover art. The cover depicts sailors laboring under a ship’s rope while a captain stands by with whip in hand. Published in 1840, Two Years Before the Mast recounted Dana’s time spent as a common sailor on a merchant ship that traveled from Boston to California around Cape Horn. The book served to educate the public about the hardships of sailor’s lives. It also provided a rare description of pre-gold rush California.
- Classic Comics was a series of comic book adaptations of literary classics published from 1941 until 1971. The series aimed to expose young people to classic literature through the more popular medium of a comic book. Classic Comics was first published by Elliott Publishing in 1941, but founder Albert Kanter spun off publishing to the Gilberton Company in 1942. In 1947 Classic Comics became Classics Illustrated. Kanter sold the company to the Frawley Corporation in 1967, who published the series until 1971.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1945
- maker
- Gilberton Company, Inc.
- ID Number
- 2013.0086.055
- catalog number
- 2013.0086.055
- accession number
- 2013.0086
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- This issue of Classics Comics, published by the Gilberton Company, Inc. in October 1942, contains an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities. The cover art by Stanley Maxwell Zuckerberg depicts the character Gaspard preparing to be executed by guillotine. The comic contains an adaptation of Dickens’ novel by Evelyn Goodman, as well as a short biography of Dickens.
- Classic Comics was a series of comic book adaptations of literary classics published from 1941 until 1971. The series aimed to expose young people to classic literature through the more popular medium of a comic book. Classic Comics was first published by Elliott Publishing in 1941, but founder Albert Kanter spun off publishing to the Gilberton Company in 1942. In 1947 Classic Comics became Classics Illustrated. Kanter sold the company to the Frawley Corporation in 1967, who published the series until 1971.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1942
- referenced
- Dickens, Charles
- maker
- Gilberton Company, Inc.
- ID Number
- 2013.0086.038
- catalog number
- 2013.0086.038
- accession number
- 2013.0086
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- This issue of Classic Comics contained an adaptation of Mark Twain’s novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, published by the Gilberton Company, Inc. in September 1945. Ruth Roche and Tom Scott adapted the novel to the comic format, and Jack Hearne composed the cover art. The cover depicts Hank Morgan—the novel’s protagonist—on horseback firing six shooters and advancing mounted knights.
- Classic Comics was a series of comic book adaptations of literary classics published from 1941 until 1971. The series aimed to expose young people to classic literature through the more popular medium of a comic book. Classic Comics was first published by Elliott Publishing in 1941, but founder Albert Kanter spun off publishing to the Gilberton Company in 1942. In 1947 Classic Comics became Classics Illustrated. Kanter sold the company to the Frawley Corporation in 1967, who published the series until 1971.
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- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1945
- referenced
- Twain, Mark
- maker
- Gilberton Company, Inc.
- ID Number
- 2013.0086.054
- catalog number
- 2013.0086.054
- accession number
- 2013.0086
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- This issue of Classic Comics contained an adaptation of Victor Hugo’s novel Les Misérables that was published by the Gilberton Company, Inc. in March 1943. The cover has art by Rolland H. Livingstone that depicts Jean Valjean carrying a wounded Marius through Paris’ sewers as they are pursued by Javert and the French police. The adaptation from the novel was written by Evelyn Goodman, and the issue included a biography of Victor Hugo and a short story called “The Statue of Liberty: A Gift from France.”
- Classic Comics was a series of comic book adaptations of literary classics published from 1941 until 1971. The series aimed to expose young people to classic literature through the more popular medium of a comic book. Classic Comics was first published by Elliott Publishing in 1941, but founder Albert Kanter spun off publishing to the Gilberton Company in 1942. In 1947 Classic Comics became Classics Illustrated. Kanter sold the company to the Frawley Corporation in 1967, who published the series until 1971.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1943
- referenced
- Dickens, Charles
- maker
- Gilberton Company, Inc.
- ID Number
- 2013.0086.039
- catalog number
- 2013.0086.039
- accession number
- 2013.0086
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- Description
- This issue of Classic Comics contained an adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde that was published by the Gilberton Company, Inc. in August 1943. The cover has art by Arnold Hicks that depicts Mr. Hyde terrorizing a fleeing crowd. The novel was adapted by Evelyn Goodman, the issue additionally contained a biography of Stevenson with the story “Secret Under the Sea” by Dan Kushner.
- Classic Comics was a series of comic book adaptations of literary classics published from 1941 until 1971. The series aimed to expose young people to classic literature through the more popular medium of a comic book. Classic Comics was first published by Elliott Publishing in 1941, but founder Albert Kanter spun off publishing to the Gilberton Company in 1942. In 1947 Classic Comics became Classics Illustrated. Kanter sold the company to the Frawley Corporation in 1967, who published the series until 1971.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1942
- maker
- Gilberton Company, Inc.
- ID Number
- 2013.0086.043
- catalog number
- 2013.0086.043
- accession number
- 2013.0086
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- Description
- This issue of Classic Comics contained an adaptation of Daniel Defoe’s novel Robinson Crusoe that was published by the Gilberton Company, Inc. in April 1943. The cover has art by Stanley Maxwell (Zuckerberg) that depicts the shipwrecked Robinson Crusoe on his island with his parrot and dog. The novel was adapted by Evelyn Goodman and the issue also contained a section of poems of the sea including “Dover Beach” by Mathew Arnold, “Break, Break, Break” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and “The Three Fishers” by Charles Kingsley.
- Classic Comics was a series of comic book adaptations of literary classics published from 1941 until 1971. The series aimed to expose young people to classic literature through the more popular medium of a comic book. Classic Comics was first published by Elliott Publishing in 1941, but founder Albert Kanter spun off publishing to the Gilberton Company in 1942. In 1947 Classic Comics became Classics Illustrated. Kanter sold the company to the Frawley Corporation in 1967, who published the series until 1971.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1942
- maker
- Gilberton Company, Inc.
- ID Number
- 2013.0086.040
- catalog number
- 2013.0086.040
- accession number
- 2013.0086
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- Description
- This issue of Classic Comics contained an adaptation of Miguel de Cervantes’ novel Don Quixote that was published by the Gilberton Company, Inc. in May 1943. The cover has art by Louis Zansky that depicts the titular hero Don Quixote tilting at windmills that he sees as giants, accompanied by his neighbor Sancho Panza. The novel was adapted by Samuel H. Abramson, and the issue contained a biography of Cervantes, as well as poems from the American Indian including: “Ojibwa War Songs” “Lament of a Man for His Son,” “Song of the Rain Chant,” and “The Bear’s Song.”
- Classic Comics was a series of comic book adaptations of literary classics published from 1941 until 1971. The series aimed to expose young people to classic literature through the more popular medium of a comic book. Classic Comics was first published by Elliott Publishing in 1941, but founder Albert Kanter spun off publishing to the Gilberton Company in 1942. In 1947 Classic Comics became Classics Illustrated. Kanter sold the company to the Frawley Corporation in 1967, who published the series until 1971.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1942
- maker
- Gilberton Company, Inc.
- ID Number
- 2013.0086.041
- catalog number
- 2013.0086.041
- accession number
- 2013.0086
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- Description
- This issue of Classic Comics contained an adaptation of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin that was published by the Gilberton Company, Inc. in November 1943. The cover art by Rolland H. Livingstone depicts the slave owner Simon Legree with his bloodhounds searching for the runaway slave. The novel was adapted by Evelyn Goodman. This issue also featured a biography of Stowe, as well as the stories “Flight Over Tokyo,” by Michael Sullivan and “The Children’s Hour” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
- Classic Comics was a series of comic book adaptations of literary classics published from 1941 until 1971. The series aimed to expose young people to classic literature through the more popular medium of a comic book. Classic Comics was first published by Elliott Publishing in 1941, but founder Albert Kanter spun off publishing to the Gilberton Company in 1942. In 1947 Classic Comics became Classics Illustrated. Kanter sold the company to the Frawley Corporation in 1967, who published the series until 1971.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1942
- referenced
- Stowe, Harriet Beecher
- maker
- Gilberton Company, Inc.
- ID Number
- 2013.0086.045
- catalog number
- 2013.0086.045
- accession number
- 2013.0086
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- Description
- This issue of Classic Comics, published by the Gilberton Company, Inc. in August 1942, features an adaption of James Fenimore Cooper’s The Last of the Mohicans. The cover art by Ray Ramsey features a climactic scene of the book during which the characters Uncas and Magua fighting atop a rock bridge while Hawkeye rushes in with his rifle.
- Classic Comics was a series of comic book adaptations of literary classics published from 1941 until 1971. The series aimed to expose young people to classic literature through the more popular medium of a comic book. Classic Comics was first published by Elliott Publishing in 1941, but founder Albert Kanter spun off publishing to the Gilberton Company in 1942. In 1947 Classic Comics became Classics Illustrated. Kanter sold the company to the Frawley Corporation in 1967, who published the series until 1971.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1942
- maker
- Gilberton Company, Inc.
- ID Number
- 2013.0086.036
- catalog number
- 2013.0086.036
- accession number
- 2013.0086
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- Description
- This issue of Classic Comics contained an adaptation of Mark Twain’s novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, published by the Gilberton Company, Inc. in April 1944. Evelyn Goodman wrote the novel’s adaptation and Louis Zansky designed the cover. The cover depicts Huck Finn and Jim escaping from a steamboat rafting down the Mississippi River.
- Classic Comics was a series of comic book adaptations of literary classics published from 1941 until 1971. The series aimed to expose young people to classic literature through the more popular medium of a comic book. Classic Comics was first published by Elliott Publishing in 1941, but founder Albert Kanter spun off publishing to the Gilberton Company in 1942. In 1947 Classic Comics became Classics Illustrated. Kanter sold the company to the Frawley Corporation in 1967, who published the series until 1971.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1944
- maker
- Gilberton Company, Inc.
- ID Number
- 2013.0086.049
- catalog number
- 2013.0086.049
- accession number
- 2013.0086
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- Description
- This issue of Classic Comics contained an adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper’s novel The Deerslayer, published by the Gilberton Company, Inc. in January 1944. Evelyn Goodman adapted the novel, and Louis Zansky composed the cover art. The cover depicts Natty Bumppo battling the Huron. The Deerslayer was published as the last in Cooper’s Leatherstocking Tales series in 1841. The novel is a prequel to the series that included The Last of the Mohicans and Pathfinder.
- Classic Comics was a series of comic book adaptations of literary classics published from 1941 until 1971. The series aimed to expose young people to classic literature through the more popular medium of a comic book. Classic Comics was first published by Elliott Publishing in 1941, but founder Albert Kanter spun off publishing to the Gilberton Company in 1942. In 1947 Classic Comics became Classics Illustrated. Kanter sold the company to the Frawley Corporation in 1967, who published the series until 1971.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1944
- maker
- Gilberton Company, Inc.
- ID Number
- 2013.0086.047
- catalog number
- 2013.0086.047
- accession number
- 2013.0086
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- Description
- This issue of Classic Comics contained an adaptation of Washington Irving’s Rip Van Winkle and the The Legend of Sleepy Hollow published by the Gilberton Company, Inc. in June 1943. The cover has art by Rolland H. Linvingstone that depicts Rip Van Winkle and the Headless Horseman followed by the ghosts of Henry Hudson’s crew. Irving’s two stories were adapted by Dan Levin in this edition. The issue also included a biography of Irving, as well as the poem “The Charge of the Light Brigade” by Alfred, Lloyd Tennyson.
- Classic Comics was a series of comic book adaptations of literary classics published from 1941 until 1971. The series aimed to expose young people to classic literature through the more popular medium of a comic book. Classic Comics was first published by Elliott Publishing in 1941, but founder Albert Kanter spun off publishing to the Gilberton Company in 1942. In 1947 Classic Comics became Classics Illustrated. Kanter sold the company to the Frawley Corporation in 1967, who published the series until 1971.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1942
- maker
- Gilberton Company, Inc.
- ID Number
- 2013.0086.042
- catalog number
- 2013.0086.042
- accession number
- 2013.0086
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- Description
- Batman issue No. 22 was published by DC Comics in April and May 1944 and sold for 10 cents. The cover art, illustrated by Dick Sprang, depicts an image of Alfred on a stage between the superheroes Batman and Robin. The caption reads “Extra added attraction: ‘The Adventures of Alfred.’’
- This issue contains the stories "The Duped Domestics," "Dick Grayson, Telegraph Boy," "Conversational Clue," and "The Cavalier Rides Again.”
- Batman made his comic debut in 1939 in Detective Comics No. 27 before receiving his own self-titled line of books in 1942.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1944
- maker
- D. C. Comics, Inc.
- ID Number
- 2013.0086.018
- catalog number
- 2013.0086.018
- accession number
- 2013.0086
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