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Classics Illustrated were comic book adaptations from classic literature, a series that Russian-born Albert Lewis Kanter (1897-1973) began in 1941 for Elliot Publishing. more...

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Introduced under the heading Classic Comics, the series started October, 1941, with a 64-page adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers, followed by Ivanhoe and The Count of Monte Cristo. With the fourth issue, The Last of the Mohicans, Kanter began his own Gilberton Publications. The first 12 issues had 64 pages, but wartime paper shortages forced Kanter to reduce each issue to 56 pages. In 1947, after the first 34 issues, Kanter changed the title from Classic Comics to Classics Illustrated, a logo with a high visibility over the next 15 years because Kanter, unlike other comic book publishers, kept his titles in print, going back to press with occasional reprintings.

In 1948, rising paper costs resulted in a reduction from 56 pages to 48 pages. In addition to the illustrated adaptations, the books featured biographical profiles, educational fillers and house ads (but no outside advertising). This 48-page format continued throughout the run.

Between 1941 and 1962, sales totaled 200 million on Gilberton's Classics Illustrated adaptations of great works of literature, including Don Quixote, Frankenstein, Hamlet, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Jane Eyre, Lord Jim, Macbeth, Moby-Dick, Oliver Twist, The Red Badge of Courage, Silas Marner and A Tale of Two Cities. Kanter also began several spin-offs, including The World Around Us and the 77-issue Classics Illustrated Junior with fairy tales and folk tales for younger readers.

Lou Cameron was the illustrator of The War of the Worlds (#124, January 1955) and The Time Machine (#133, July 1956). Other artists who contributed to Classics Illustrated included Jack Abel, Stephen Addeo, Dik Browne. Sid Check, Leonard B. Cole, Reed Crandall, George Evans, Graham Ingels, Henry C. Kiefer, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Jack Kirby, Roy Krenkel, Gray Morrow, Joe Orlando, Norman Nodel, Rudolph Palais, Norman Saunders, John Severin, Joe Sinnott, Angelo Torres, Al Williamson and George Woodbridge.

Kanter's last new issue was Faust (#167, August 1962), and in 1967 he sold his company to Twin Circle publisher Patrick Frawley, who brought out two more issues but mainly concentrated on foreign sales and reprinting older titles. After four years, Twin Circle discontinued the line because of poor distribution. Classics Illustrated had many foreign editions. The American editions had 169 titles with many specials. By the early 1970s, Classics Illustrated and Junior had been discontinued, although the Classics Illustrated branding would be used on at least one made-for-TV film, an adaptation of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

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	CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED #52 HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES HRN 89VG US $3.00	CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED # 15 UNCLE TOM'S CABIN HRN 146 VG US $2.00

	CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED #1 THREE MUSKETEERS-DUMAS HRN166VG US $2.00	CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED #75 LADY OF THE LAKE HRN 75 US $12.99

	CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED #67 SCOTTISH CHIEFS HRN 67 VG US $12.99	Classics Illustrated the Count of Monte Cristo 3 US $2.95

	Classics Illustrated Junior US $4.00	11 VINTAGE CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED COMIC BOOKS-NICE US $5.99

	unread Classics Illustrated #48: D.Copperfield, $0mail? US $3.00	Classics Illustrated Junior 1969 Pinocchio #513 Great US $7.99

	Classics Illustrated Junior Runaway Dumpling 1969 Mint US $9.99	Classics Illustrated #78 Joan Arc, $3 offers. $30 value US $4.00

	unread Classics Illustrated #2 (Ivanhoe, free mail) US $5.00	Classics Illustrated The Odyssey No. 81 US $9.99

	Classics Illustrated Hamlet No. 99 US $10.00	Classics Illustrated Kidnapped No. 46 US $7.99

	Classics Illustrated Castle Dangerous US $7.99	Classics Illustrated The Pathfinder No.22 US $5.99

	Classics Illustrated The Bottle IMP No.116 US $20.00	Classics Illustrated Macbeth No.128 US $12.99

	CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED # LES MISERABLES HRN 87 1951 VG US $3.00	Classics Illustrated 68 - HRN-70 (O) - Julius Caesar US $2.43

	Classics Illustrated 65 _ HRN-131 _ Benjamin Franklin US $2.18	Classics Illustrated 64 - HRN-82 - Treasure Island VG US $2.50

	Classics Illustrated 52 The House of the Seven Gables US $2.75	Classics Illustrated 51 _ HRN-89 _ 4.0 VG _ The Spy US $2.50

	Classics Illustrated 24 Conn.Yankee in King Arthur's C US $2.25	Classics Illustrated magazine No.169 NEGRO AMERICANS US $24.12

	Classics Illustrated No.152 WILD ANIMALS I HAVE KNOWN US $10.23	Classics Illustrated magazine No.149 OFF ON A COMET US $10.23

	Classics Illustrated magazine No. 148 THE BUCCANEER US $9.87	Classics Illustrated magazine No. 142 ABRAHAM LINCOLN US $11.70

	Classics Illustrated mag. No. 140 ROBUR THE CONQUEROR US $16.81	Classics Illustrated mag No. 139 IN THE REIGN OF TERROR US $9.87

	MOBY DICK CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED US $4.00	Classics Illustrated Kit Carson No. 112 US $2.95

	CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED # 7 ROBIN HOOD HRN136 1954 GD US $2.00	Classics Illustrated Jr. #510 VG Little Red Riding Hood US $1.00

	Classics Illustrated #116 FN The Bottle Imp HRN117 US $3.95	Classics Illustrated #1 FN The Three Musketeers HRN169 US $3.95

	CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED # 2 IVANHOE-SCOTT TWIN CIRCLE US $2.00	CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED #3 COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO HRN161VG US $2.00

	CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED # 52 HOUSE OF SEVEN GABLES 1stGOOD US $4.00	CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED # 4 LAST OF MOHICANS HRN135 VG FN US $3.00

	Classics Illustrated Robin Hood No. 7 Stiff cover US $2.95	Classics Illustrated Junior #537, THE THREE FAIRIES, G US $2.99

	Classics Illustrated #26 Frankenstein (#146) G/VG 3.0 US $2.00	Classics Illustrated #48 & 137 polybagged, free mail? US $9.99

	Classics Illustrated Junior #530, THE GOLDEN BIRD, G US $1.99	Classics Illustrated Special Rockets, Jets & Missiles US $2.99

	Classics Illustrated The Story of Flight 1959 WAU US $2.99	3 Classics Illustrated Acclaim Pack Mint in shrink GIFT US $3.99

	Classics Illustrated # 130, CAESAR'S CONQUESTS. VG US $3.99	Classics Illustrated #155 The Lion of the North vg US $2.39

	Classics Illustrated #152 Wild Animals I Have Known vg US $2.19	Classics Illustrated #127 The King of the Mountains vg US $2.19

	Classics Illustrated #111 The Talisman VF US $2.49	Classics Illustrated #93 Pudd'nhead Wilson vg US $2.39

	Classics Illustrated #93 Pudd'nhead Wilson HRN 94 orig US $2.19	Classics Illustrated #88 Men of Iron Fn US $2.39

	Classics Illustrated #77 The Illiad by Homer US $2.29	Classics Illustrated #76 Prisoner of Zenda HRN 128 US $2.19

	Classics Illustrated #57 Song of Hiawatha HRN 118 vg US $2.39	Classics Illustrated #36 Typee Fn US $2.39

	1969 Classics Illustrated Around The World 80 Days 69 US $9.99	1969 Classics Illustrated Uncle Tom's Cabin No. 15 US $9.99

	Classics Illustrated #18 Hunchback of Notre Dame Fn US $2.49	Classics Illustrated #11 Don Quixote vg US $2.39

	CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED #78 Joan of Arc ORIGINAL HRN78 NR US $9.99	Classics Illustrated #5 Moby Dick HRN 138 vg US $2.29

	CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED #84 Gold Bug EDGAR ALLAN POE Orig US $9.99	CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED Jane Eyre #39 Charlotte Bronte NR US $9.99

	CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED 169! RARE LAST ISSUE! HIGH GRADE! US $99.99	THE CALL OF THE WILD Jack London CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED US $1.99

	1958 Classics Illustrated Special #159A + Boys Life #2 US $8.00	Classics Illustrated #8 Arabian Nights VG HRN 78 US $20.00

	The Count of Monte Cristo (Classics Illustrated (New Yo US $4.55	Classics Illustrated - Mysterious Island hrn 140 US $2.00

	Classics Illustrated - Waterloo hrn 167 US $2.00	CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED-TIME MACHINE, WAR OF THE WORLDS(5) US $10.00

	Classics Illustrated 20, 21, 46, 47, 147 GD +- US $14.99	Classics Illustrated #169 Negro Americans (O) vg+/fn US $24.99

	Classics Illustrated #48 David Copperfield Twin Circle US $8.99	THE THREE MUSKETEERS Classics Illustrated No 1 US $1.99

	LOT OF 152 CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED 14 originals US $199.99	Classics Illustrated no. 146 (1958) With Fire and Sword US $2.00

	15 SILVER AGE COMICS CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED 3 STOOGES US $3.02	Classics Illustrated The Black Arrow #31, HRN 64 F/VF US $11.95

	Classics Illustrated Ox-Bow Incident #125, HRN 143, VG+ US $8.95	Classics Illustrated The Pilot #70, HRN 92, VG US $8.95

	Classics Illustrated Lorna Doone #32, HRN 64, Fine US $11.95	Classics Illustrated The Jungle Book # 83 (O) HRN 85 F US $9.95

	Classics Illustrated lot of 20 original comics! Rare! US $22.50	CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED BRITISH & JES EDITIONS ID GUIDE US $43.13

	Classics Illustrated Dr Jekyll Mr. Hyde Scarlet Letter US $8.99	More Stories by Poe (Classics Illustrated), Samuel Will US $2.00

	Classics Illustrated mag. No. 133 THE LION OF THE NORTH US $12.06

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