Archive for September, 2007
Amazing Adventures 1-4
Friday, September 14th, 2007 by Batman
Bob Swift 1, 4
Friday, September 14th, 2007 by Batman
Captain Marvel Jr. 51, 55-59
Friday, September 14th, 2007 by Batman
House of Secrets 37, 39, 44, 45, 62, 65-67
Friday, September 14th, 2007 by Batman
New York World’s Fair Comics 1939
Friday, September 14th, 2007 by Batman
Unknown World 1
Friday, September 14th, 2007 by Batman
Classics Illustrated 95-98
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. 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. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classics_Illustrated
