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35-81 |
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by Number |
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by date |
1956-63 | |||||
10/11/2011
Classics Illustrated UK by date
1956-63
Only first 10 Thorpe and Porter issues actually had dates on them. The rest of the dates are all guesses from Dan Malan's Complete Guide to Classics Illustrated.
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UK issue |
price |
UK date |
UK HRN |
Title |
US Issue |
US HRN |
US Date |
cover |
story |
script |
Comments cover type |
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1 (JES 19) |
1/3 | Oct-56 | 129 | Huckleberry Finn | 19 | 131 | Mar-56 | ? | Frank Giacoia | ? |
painted cover new art- |
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29 | Sep-56 | 129 | The Prince and the Pauper | 29 | 128 | Sep-55 | ? | Arnold Hicks | Scott Feldman/ Jack Bass | painted cover | |
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2(B) (JES 20) |
Oct-56 | 129 | Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea | 47 | 128 | Sep-55 | ? | H. Kiefer | ? |
painted cover 1 |
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3 (JES 21) |
Nov 56 | 129/11 | Mysterious Island | 34 | 140 | Sep-57 | ? | Robert Webb/ D Heames | Manning Stokes |
painted cover British version appeared first |
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64 | Nov-56 | 126/12 | Treasure Island | 64 | 131 | Mar-56 | Alex Blum | Alex Blum | ? | painted cover | |
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4 (JES 22) |
Nov-56 | 129/11 | Macbeth | 128 | Sep-55 | ? | Alex Blum | Lorenz Graham | painted cover | ||
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8 (JES 25) |
Jan 57 | 129/12 | The Odyssey | 81 | Mar-51 | Alex Blum | Harley Griffiths | ? | 1st painted cover | ||
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9 (JES 28) |
Feb 57 | 126/12 | Caesar's Conquests | 130 | Jan-56 | ? | Joe Orlando, et al | Annette Rubenstein | painted cover | ||
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11 | Dec-56 | 129/12 | The Time Machine | 133 | Jul-56 | ? | Lou Cameron | Lorenz Graham | painted cover | ||
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12 | Dec-56 | 129/12 | The Dark Frigate | 132 | May-56 | ? | Robert Webb/ Ed Waldman | Annette Rubenstein | painted cover | ||
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15 | Jan-57 | 126/19 | Uncle Tom's Cabin | 15 | 117 | Mar-54 | ? | Rolland Livingstone | Evelyn Goodman |
painted cover
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6 | Feb-57 | 126/12 | Tale of Two Cities | 6 | 132 | May-56 | ? | Joe Orlando | ? |
painted cover new art |
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7 | Apr-57 | 126/19 | Robin Hood | 7 | 136 | Jan-57 | ? | art2 |
painted cover -new art |
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10 | Apr-57 | 126/19 | Robinson Crusoe | 10 | 140 | Sep-57 | ? | Sam Citron | ? |
new art Euro version came out first |
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19 | May-57 | 126/19 | The Covered Wagon | 131 | Mar-56 | ? | Norman Nodel | Annette Rubenstein | painted cover | ||
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42 | May-57 | 126/19 | The Swiss Family Robinson | 42 | 131 | Mar-56 | ? | H. Kiefer | Elspeth Campbell |
painted cover
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13(B) | 1/3 | Jun-57 | 126/19 | Romeo and Juliet | 134 | Sep-56 | ? | George Evans | ? |
painted cover
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18(C) | 1/3 | Jun-57 | 126/19 | Waterloo | 135 | Nov-56 | Alex Blum | Graham Ingels | ? | painted cover | |
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20 | 1/3 | Jul-57 | 126/19 | Ivanhoe | 2 | 136 | Jan-57 | ? | Norman Nodel | ? |
painted cover new art |
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72 | 1/3 | Jul-57 | 126/19 | The Oregon Trail | 72 | Mar 56 | H. Kiefer | John O'Rourke | painted cover | ||
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21 | 1/3 | Aug-57 | 126/28 | The Count of Monte Cristo | 3 | 135 | Nov-56 | Lou Cameron | Lou Cameron | ? |
painted cover new art |
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58 | 1/3 | Aug-57 | 126/28 | The Prairie | 58 | 146 | Sep-58 | ? | Rudy Palais | ? |
painted cover Euro version came out first |
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24 | 1/3 | Sep-57 | 126/28 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | 138 | May-57 | ? | Norman Nodel | ? | painted cover | |
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27 | 1/3 | Sep-57 | 126/28 | The Spy | 51 | 139 | Jul-57 | ? | Arnold Hicks | ? | painted cover |
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28 | 1/3 | Oct-57 | 126/28 | The Lady of the Lake | 75 | 52 | Jul 57 | H. Kiefer | H. Kiefer | George Lipscomb | painted cover |
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26 | 1/3 | Oct-57 | 126/33 | The Little Savage | 137 | Mar-57 | ? | George Evans | ? | painted cover | |
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34 | 1/3 | Nov-57 | 126/33 | The Sea Wolf | 85 | Jul-51 | Alex Blum | Alex Blum | John O'Rourke | painted cover | |
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36 | 1/3 | Nov-57 | 126/33 | The Man in the Iron Mask | 54 | 142 | Jan-58 | ? | Ken Battefield | John O'Rourke |
painted cover new art |
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41 | 1/3 | Dec-57 | 126/33 | The Pilot | 70 | Apr-50 | Alex Blum | Alex Blum | ? | line drawn cover | |
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69 | 1/3 | Dec-57 | 126/33 | Around the World in 80 Days | 69 | 136 | Jan-57 | ? | H. Kiefer | ? | painted cover |
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30 | 1/3 | Jan-58 | 126/39 | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | 24 | 140 | Sep-57 | ? | Jack Sparling | ? |
painted cover new art
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33 | 1/3 | Jan-58 | 126/39 | Tom Sawyer | 50 | 140 | Sep-57 | ? | Aldo Rubano | Harry Miller |
painted cover
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46 | 1/3 | Feb-58 | 126/39 | Kidnapped | 46 | 131 | Mar-56 | ? | Robert Webb | John O'Rourke | painted cover |
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35 | 1/3 | Feb-58 | 126/45 | Jane Eyre | 39 | 142 | Jan-58 | ? | Harley Griffiths | Harry Miller |
painted cover
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38 | Mar-58 | 126/45 | The House of the Seven Gables | 52 | 142 | Jan-58 | ? | George Woodbridge | ? |
painted cover new art
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39 | Mar-58 | 126/45 | The Scottish Chiefs | 67 | 136 | Jan-57 | ? | Alex Blum | John O'Rourke | painted cover | |
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40.7 | Apr-58 | 126/45 | Benjamin Franklin | 65 | 131 | Mar-56 | ? | Alex Blum/ Robert Hebberd/ Gustav Schrotter | ? | painted cover | |
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43 | Apr-58 | 126/45 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | 87 | Sep-51 | Alex Blum | Alex Blum | Sam Willinksy | painted cover | ||
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44 | May-58 | 126/45 | Pudd'nhead Wilson | 93 | Mar-52 | H. Kiefer | H. Kiefer | ? | painted cover | ||
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45 | Jun-58 | 126/45 | The Bottle Imp (also The Beach of Falesá) | 116 | Feb-54 | ? | Lou Cameron | Richard E. Davis/ Harry Miller | painted cover | ||
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Thorpe and Porter begins producing their own new covers to replace American line drawn covers. |
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73 | Jul-58 | 126/45 | The Black Tulip | 73 |
F.N. Carnjino? (signed on cover of 129/85) |
Alex Blum | Ken Fitch |
new European cover |
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103 | 1/3 | Aug-58 | 126/45 | Men Against the Sea | 103 | Rudy Palais | Ken Fitch | painted cover | |||
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47 | Sep-58 | 126/52 | Reign Of Terror | 139 | Jul-57 | ? | George Evans | Ferrin Fraser | painted cover | ||
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50 | Oct-58 | 126/52 | Castle Dangerous | 141 | Nov-57 | ? | Stan Campbell | ? | painted cover | ||
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52 | Nov-58 | 126/52 | First Men in the Moon | 144 | May-58 | Gerald McCann | Woodridge/ Williamson/ Torres/ Krenkel | ? | painted cover | ||
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55 | Dec-58 | 126/56 | Silas Marner | 55 | 121 | Jul-54 | ? | Arnold Hicks | Harry Miller | painted cover | |
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56.5 | Jan-59 | 129/65 | The Corsican Brothers | 20 | 60 | Jun-49 | Allen Simon | Allen Simon | Steven Burrows |
line drawn cover |
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23 | Feb-59 | 129/65 | Oliver Twist |
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136 | Jan-57 | ? | Arnold Hicks | Georgina Campbell | painted cover | |
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31 | Feb-59 | 129/65 | The Black Arrow | 31 | 131 | Mar-56 | ? | Arnold Hicks | Ruth Roche/ T. Scott | painted cover | |
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54 | Mar-59 | 129/65 | With Fire and Sword | 146 | Sep-58 | ? | George Woodbridge | Betty Jacobsen | painted cover | ||
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59 | Mar-59 | 129/65 | Ben Hur | 147 | Nov-58 | Gerald McCann | Joe Orlando | Betty Jacobsen | painted cover | ||
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61 | Apr-59 | 129/65 | Buccaneer | 148 | Jan-59 | Norm Saunders | Georege Evans /Bob Jenney | Jeanie MacPherson | painted cover | ||
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62 | Apr-59 | 129/65 | Western Stories (The Luck of Roaring Camp, The Outcasts of Poker Flat) | 62 | 137 | Mar-57 | H. Kiefer | H. Kiefer | ? | painted cover | |
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77 | May-59 | 129/65 | The Iliad | 77 | 166 | Jul-68 | Alex Blum | ? |
painted cover -us |
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65 | May-59 | 129/65 | The King of the Mountains | 127 | Jul-55 | ? | Norman Nodel | ? | painted cover | ||
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84 | Jun-59 | 129/65 | The Gold Bug and Other Stories | 84 | Jun-51 | Alex Blum | Alex Blum/ Jim Lavery/ Rudy Palais | John O'Rourke | painted cover | ||
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17 | Jun-59 | 129/76 | The Deerslayer | 17 | 166 | Jul-68 | Louis Zansky | Evelyn Goodman |
new European cover |
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32 | Jul-59 | 129/76 | Lorna Doone | 32 | 138 | May-57 | ? | Matt Baker | Ruth Roche | painted cover | |
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37 | Jul-59 | 129/76 | The Pioneers | 37 | 166 | Jul-68 | Rudy Palais | Samuel Willinsky | new European cover | ||
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57 | Aug-59 | 129/76 | The Song of Hiawatha | 57 | 134 | Sep-56 | ? | Alex Blum | ? | painted cover | |
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56 | Aug-59 | 129/76 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | 18 | 140 | Sep-57 | ? | Allen Simon | Evelyn Goodman |
painted cover 1
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63 | Sep-59 | 129/76 | Off on a Comet | 149 | Mar-59 | ? | Gerald McCann | ? | painted cover | ||
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66 | Sep-59 | 129/76 | The Last of the Mohicans | 4 | 150 | May-59 | ? | John Severin/ S Addeo | ? |
painted cover new art-
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67 | Oct-59 | 129/76 | The Three Musketeers | 1 | 150 | May-59 | ? | George Evans | ? |
painted cover new art-
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70 | Oct-59 | 129/76 | The Virginian | 150 | May-59 | Doug Roea | Norman Nodel | ? | painted cover | ||
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75 | Nov-59 | 129/76 | On Jungle Trails | 140 | Sep-57 | ? | Norman Nodel | ? | painted cover | ||
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76 | Nov-59 | 129/76 | Rip Van Winkle & Headless Horseman | 12 | 150 | May-59 | ? | Norman Nodel | ? |
painted cover new art- |
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83 | Dec-59 | 129/76 | Won by the Sword | 151 | Jul-59 | ? | John Tartaglione | ? | painted cover | ||
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109 | Dec-59 | 129/76 | Pitcairn's Island | 109 | Jul-53 | ? | Rudy Palais | Ken Fitch | painted cover | ||
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42 | Jan-60 | 129/83 | The Swiss Family Robinson | 42 | 152 | Sep-59 | ? | Norman Nodel | ? |
painted cover new art- |
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93 | Jan-60 | 129/83 | Wild Animals I Have Known | 152 | Sep-59 | L. B. Cole | L. B. Cole | ? |
painted cover. 1st edition printed with 152 on cover |
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127 | Feb-60 | 129/83 | The Invisible Man | 153 | Nov-59 | Geoffrey Biggs | Norman Nodel | Al Sundel | Painted cover- 1st edtion printed with 153 on cover | ||
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16 | Feb-60 | 129/85 | Gulliver's Travels |
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155 | Mar-60 | ? | Lillian Chestney | Dan Kushner |
new European cover
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81 | Mar-60 | 129/85 | The Adventures of Marco Polo | 27 | 154 | Jan-60 | ? | Homer Fleming | Emmanuel Demby | painted cover | |
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82 | Mar-60 | 129/85 | The Master of Ballantrae | 82 | 166 | Oct-68 | Siryk | Lawrence Dressler | Ken Fitch |
new European cover |
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85 | Apr-60 | 129/85 | Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde | 13 | 112 | Oct-53 | ? | Lou Cameron | ? |
painted cover new art- |
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87 | Apr-60 | 129/85 | Abraham Lincoln | 142 | Jan-58 | ? | Norman Nodel | ? | painted cover | ||
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95 | May-60 | 129/85 | The Crisis | 145 | Jul-58 | ? | George Evans | ? | painted cover | ||
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102 | May-60 | 129/95 | The Moonstone | 30 | 155 | Mar-60 | L. B. Cole | Don Rico | Dan Levin | painted cover | |
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110 | Jun-60 | 129/95 | Michael Strogoff | 28 | 115 | Jan-54 | ? | Arnold Hicks | Pat Adam | painted cover | |
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116 | Jun-60 | 129/95 | Typee | 36 | 64 | Oct-49 | Gerald McCann | Ezra Whiteman | Harry Miller |
painted cover -a1 |
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133 | Jun-60 | 129/95 | The Lion of the North | 155 | Mar-60 | Gerald McCann | Norman Nodel | ? | painted cover | ||
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132 | Jul-60 | 129/95 | The Conspiracy of Pontiac | 154 | Jan-60 | Gerald McCann | Gerald McCann | ? | painted cover | ||
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14 | Aug-60 | 134 | Westward Ho! | 14 | 53 | Allen Simon | Dan Kushner |
new European cover |
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134 | 1/3 | Aug-60 | 129/95 | The Conquest of Mexico | 156 | May-60 | Bruno Premiani | Bruno Premiani | Al Sundel | painted cover | |
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22 | 1/3 | Sep-60 | 134 | The Pathfinder | 22 | Nov-63 | Nov-63 | Louis Zansky | Evelyn Goodman |
new European cover |
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53 | 1/3 | Sep-60 | 134 | Christmas Carol | 53 | none | H. Kiefer | George Lipscomb/ Harry Miller |
new European cover |
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56 | 1/3 | Oct-60 | 134 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | 18 | 158 | Sep-60 | Gerald McCann | Reed Crandall/ George Evans | ? |
2nd painted cover new art |
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56.5 | 1/3 | Oct-60 | 134 | The Corsican Brothers | 20 | 78 | Dec-50 | Allen Simon | Steven Burrows | new European cover | |
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60 | 1/3 | Nov-60 | 134 | Black Beauty | 60 | 158 | Sep-60 | ? | L. B. Cole/ Norman Nodel/ S. Addeo | ? |
new art-painted cover -a2 |
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68 | 1/3 | Nov-60 | 134 | Julius Caesar | 68 | May-60 | L. B. Cole |
painted cover -a2 |
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92 | Dec-60 | 134 | Les Misérables | 9 | 161 | Mar-61 | ? | Norman Nodel | ? |
new art- painted cover -a2 |
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128 | Dec-60 | 134 | Wuthering Heights | 59 | 156 | May-60 | Geoffrey Biggs | H. Kiefer | Harry Miller | painted cover | |
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25 | Jan-61 | 136 | Two Years Before the Mast | 25 | 156 | May-60 | ? | Robert Webb/ David Heames | Ruth Roche | painted cover | |
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41 | Jan-61 | 136 | The Pilot | 70 | 156 | May-60 | Gerald McCann | Alex Blum | ? | painted cover | |
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68 | Feb-61 | 136 | Julius Caesar | 68 | 156 | May-60 | L. B. Cole | H. Kiefer | ? |
painted cover -original art |
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117 | Feb-61 | 136 | Twenty Years After | 41 | 156 | May-60 | Doug Roea | Robert Burns | Harry Miller | painted cover | |
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130 | Mar-61 | 136 | The Woman in White | 61 | 156 | May-60 | Doug Roea | Alex Blum | John O'Rourke | painted cover | |
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131 | Mar-61 | 136 | The Man without a Country | 63 | Sep-49 | H. Kiefer | H. Kiefer | John O'Rourke | painted cover | ||
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136 | Apr-61 | 136 | The Lives of the Hunted | 157 | Jul-60 | L. B. Cole | Norman Nodel | ? | painted cover | ||
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137 | Apr-61 | 136 | The Conspirators | 158 | Sep-60 | Gerald McCann | Gerald McCann | Al Sundel | painted cover | ||
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135 | May-61 | 129/65 | Great Expectations | 43 | Nov-47 | H. Kiefer | ? |
new European cover |
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138 | May-61 | 129/65 | Don Quixote | 11 | 110 | Aug-53 | Louis Zansky | Louis Zansky | Sam Abramson | painted cover | |
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139 | Jun-61 | 139 | The Octopus | 159 | Nov-60 | L. B. Cole | Gray Morrow/ George Evans | Al Sundel | painted cover | ||
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139.5 | Jun-61 | 141 | The Food of the Gods | 160 | Jan-61 | Gerald McCann | Tony Tallarico | Al Sundel | painted cover | ||
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140 | Jul-61 | 139 | Robur the Conqueror | 162 | May-61 | Casey Jones | Don Perlin | ? | painted cover | ||
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139B | Jul-61 | 139b | Cleopatra | 161 | Mar-61 | Poch | Norman Nodel | Al Sundel | painted cover | ||
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141 | Aug-61 | 141 | The Master of the World | 163 | Jul-61 | ? | Gray Morrow | Al Sundel | painted cover | ||
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142 | Aug-61 | 142 | The Cossack Chief | 164 | Oct-61 | ? | Sidney Miller? | Al Sundel |
painted cover Euro version came out first |
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23 | Sep-61 | 141 | Oliver Twist |
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164 | Oct-61 | ? | Reed Crandall/ George Evans | ? |
mirror cover new art
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33 | Sep-61 | 141 | Tom Sawyer | 50 | 164 | Oct-61 | ? | ? | ? |
new art -a2 |
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35 | Oct-61 | 141 | Jane Eyre | 39 | 165 | Jan-62 | ? | H. J. Kihl | Al Sundel |
new art
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44 | Oct-61 | 141 | Pudd'nhead Wilson | 93 | 165 | Jan-62 | Gerald McCann | H. Kiefer | ? |
2nd painted cover
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71 | Nov-61 | 141 | The Man Who Laughs |
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165 | Jan-62 | Norman Nodel | Norman Nodel | Al Sundel |
mirror cover new art
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74 | Nov-61 | 141 | Mr Midshipman Easy | 74 | Bob Lamme |
new European cover |
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90 | Dec-61 | 141 | Green Mansions | 90 | 148 | Jan-59 | L. B. Cole | Alex Blum | George Lipscomb |
painted cover 2 (rare)
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116 | Dec-61 | 141 | Typee | 36 | 169 | Jul-69 | Gerald McCann |
painted cover -new a2 |
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131 | Dec-61 | 141 | The Man without a Country | 63 | 165 | Jan-62 | ? | ? | ? |
new art
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William Kanter moves to England and takes over editorship of the British line |
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143 | Jan-62 | 141 | Sail With The Devil | tw | Norman Light | new | |||||
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144 | Feb-62 | 141 | The Queen's Necklace | 165 | Jan-62 | ? | Gray Morrow | Al Sundel | painted cover | ||
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145 | Mar-62 | 141 | Tigers and Traitors | 166 | May-62 | ? | Norman Nodel | Al Sundel | painted cover | ||
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146 | Apr-62 | 141 | Baron Munchausen | Dennis Gifford | new Euoropean only issue | ||||||
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147 | May-62 | 141 | Through the Looking Glass | Jennifer Robertson | new Euoropean only issue | ||||||
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148 | Jun-62 | 141 | Nights of Terror | Mick Anglo | new European only issue | ||||||
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84 | Jun-62 | 141 | The Gold Bug and Other Stories | Mick Anglo |
new European cover new European art |
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149 | Jul-62 | 141 | Gorilla Hunters | new Euoropean only issue | |||||||
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150 | Aug-62 | 141 | Canterville Ghost | Mick Anglo | new Euoropean only issue | ||||||
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151 | Sep-62 | 141 | Tom Brown's School Days | 45 | 161 | Mar-61 | Gerald McCann | John Tartaglione | Al Sundel |
painted cover new art- |
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152 | Sep-62 | 141 | Toilers of the Sea |
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165 | Jan-62 | ? | Angelo Torres | Al Sundel |
mirror cover new art - |
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153 | Oct-62 | 141 | The Last Days of Pompeii | 35 | 161 | May-61 | ? | Jack Kirby | ? |
painted cover new art- -a2 |
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154 | Oct-62 | 141 | Arabian Nights |
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164 | Oct-61 | ? | Charles Berger | ? |
mirror cover new art-omits The Magic Horse
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155 | Nov-62 | 141 | The Adventures of Cellini | 38 | 164 | Oct-61 | ? | Norman Nodel | Al Sundel |
painted cover new art |
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156 | Nov-62 | 156 | The Dog Crusoe | Norman Light | new Euoropean only issue | ||||||
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157 | Dec-62 | 156 | The Queen of Spades | new Euoropean only issue | |||||||
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158 | Dec 62 | 156 | Faust |
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Aug 62 | Norman Nodel | Norman Nodel | Al Sundel |
painted mirror cover
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158a | Jan-63 | 156 | Dr. No | Norman Nodel | new Euoropean only issue | ||||||
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159 | Feb-63 | 156 | Master and Man | new Euoropean only issue | |||||||
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160 | Mar-63 | 156 | In Freedom's Cause | 168 | $ 0.25 | Reed Crandall/ George Evans | Al Sundel |
British edition 6 years
earlier than American |
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161 | 1/3 | Apr-63 | 157 | The Aeneid | new Euoropean only issue | ||||||
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162 | 1/3 | May-63 | 156 | Saga of the North | Tumos Porto | new Euoropean only issue | |||||
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163 | 2/ | Jun-63 | 157 | The Argonauts | new Euoropean only issue | ||||||
