By Number |
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1-34 |
35-81 |
81-169 |
by Number |
51-100 | 101-168 | Canadian Series | |
By Date |
1941-47 |
1967-71 |
by date |
1956-63 |
Classics Illustrated UK by Issue Number
Only the first 10 Thorpe and Porter issues had dates on them.
The rest of the dates are all guesses from Dan Malan's Complete Guide to Classics Illustrated.
|
UK issue |
UK HRN |
UK date |
price |
US Issue |
US HRN |
US Date |
Title |
cover |
story |
script |
Comments cover type |
|
1 |
129/12 |
Sep-56 |
1/3 |
19 |
131 |
Mar-56 |
Huckleberry Finn |
? |
Frank Giacoia |
? |
painted cover -new art |
|
2(A) |
77-16T |
Apr-52 |
2/ |
2 |
60 |
Jun-49 |
Ivanhoe |
Malcolm Kildale |
Ed Ashe |
Al Kantner |
line drawn cover-a1 |
|
2(B) |
129/12 |
Oct-56 |
1/3 |
47 |
128 |
Sep-55 |
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea |
? |
H. Kiefer |
? |
painted cover 1 |
|
3 |
129/11 |
Oct-56 |
1/3 |
34 |
140 |
Sep-57 |
Mysterious Island |
? |
Robert Webb/ D Heames |
Manning Stokes |
painted cover
|
|
4 |
129/11 |
Nov-56 |
1/3 |
128 |
|
Sep-55 |
? |
Alex Blum |
Lorenz Graham |
painted cover
|
|
|
5 |
129 |
Aug-56 |
1/3 |
5 |
131 |
Mar-56 |
Moby Dick |
? |
Norman Nodel |
? |
new art- painted cover
|
|
6 |
77-16T |
May-52 |
1/ |
6 |
51 |
Sep-48 |
Stanley Maxwell |
Stanley Maxwell |
Evelyn Goodman |
line drawn cover-a1 |
|
|
6 |
126/12 |
Feb-57 |
1/3 |
6 |
132 |
May-56 |
Tale of Two Cities |
? |
Joe Orlando |
? |
new art- painted cover
|
|
7 |
77-16T |
Jun-52 |
0.10 |
7 |
51 |
Sep-48 |
Louis Zansky |
Louis Zansky |
Evelyn Goodman |
line drawn cover-a1 |
|
|
7 |
126/19 |
Apr-57 |
1/3 |
7 |
136 |
Jan-57 |
Robin Hood |
? |
art2 |
|
painted cover -a2 |
|
8 |
129/12 |
Nov-56 |
1/3 |
81 |
|
Mar-51 |
Alex Blum |
Harley Griffiths |
? |
1st painted cover 1 |
|
|
9 |
126/12 |
Dec-56 |
1/3 |
130 |
|
Jan-56 |
Caesar's Conquests |
? |
Joe Orlando, et al |
Annette Rubenstein |
painted cover
|
|
10 |
77-16T |
Jul-52 |
2/0 |
10 |
51 |
Sep-48 |
Stanley Maxwell |
Stanley Maxwell |
Evelyn Goodman |
line drawn cover-a1 |
|
|
10 |
126/19 |
Apr-57 |
1/3 |
10 |
140 |
Sep-57 |
Robinson Crusoe |
? |
Sam Citron |
? |
new art -a2 |
|
11 |
129/12 |
Dec-56 |
1/3 |
133 |
|
Jul-56 |
? |
Lou Cameron |
Lorenz Graham |
painted cover
|
|
|
12 |
129/12 |
Dec-56 |
1/3 |
132 |
|
May-56 |
? |
Robert Webb/ Ed Waldman |
Annette Rubenstein |
painted cover 2nd edition misprinted as #132
|
|
|
13(A) |
77-16T |
Aug-52 |
0.10 |
13 |
60 |
Jun-49 |
H. Kiefer |
Arnold Hicks |
Evelyn Goodman |
-new cover line drawn cover2-a1 |
|
|
13(A) |
121 |
Feb-55 |
|
13 |
|
|
Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde |
? |
Arnold Hicks |
Evelyn Goodman |
painted cover
|
|
13(B) |
126/19 |
Jun-57 |
1/3 |
134 |
|
Sep-56 |
? |
George Evans |
? |
painted cover |
|
|
14 |
77-16T |
Sep-52 |
0.10 |
14 |
53 |
Nov-48 |
Allen Simon |
Allen Simon |
Dan Kushner |
line drawn cover |
|
|
14 |
134 |
Aug-60 |
|
14 |
53 |
|
Westward Ho! |
|
Allen Simon |
Dan Kushner |
European painted cover |
|
15 |
82 |
Jan-53 |
0.10 |
15 |
53 |
Nov-48 |
Rolland Livingstone |
Rolland Livingstone |
Evelyn Goodman |
line drawn cover |
|
|
15 |
126/19 |
Jan-57 |
1/3 |
15 |
117 |
Mar-54 |
Uncle Tom's Cabin |
? |
Rolland Livingstone |
Evelyn Goodman |
painted cover 1 |
|
16 |
82us |
Nov-51 |
0.10 |
16 |
60 |
Jun-49 |
Gulliver's Travels |
Lillian Chestney |
Lillian Chestney |
Dan Kushner |
line drawn cover |
|
16 |
129/85 |
Feb-60 |
1/3 |
16
|
155 |
Mar-60 |
Gulliver's Travels |
? |
Lillian Chestney |
Dan Kushner |
new
European cover
|
The Talisman
|
16 |
141 |
Nov 61 |
|
|
111 |
|
The Talisman |
|
H. Kiefer |
Ken Fitch |
Error cover (rare) should be 111
|
|
17 |
77-10T |
Mar-52 |
1/3 |
17 |
60 |
Jun-49 |
The Deerslayer |
Louis Zansky |
Louis Zansky |
Evelyn Goodman |
line drawn cover |
|
17 |
129/76 |
Jun-59 |
0.25 |
17 |
166 |
Jul-68 |
The Deerslayer |
|
Louis Zansky |
Evelyn Goodman |
European painted cover
|
|
18(A) |
82 |
Feb-53 |
1/ |
18 |
60 |
Jun-49 |
The Hunchback of Notre Dame |
H. Kiefer |
Allen Simon |
Evelyn Goodman |
-new cover line drawn cover2-a1 |
|
18(B) |
126/19 |
Jun-57 |
1/3 |
135 |
|
Nov-56 |
Waterloo |
Alex Blum |
Graham Ingels |
? |
painted cover
|
|
19 |
126/19 |
May-57 |
1/3 |
131 |
|
Mar-56 |
The Covered Wagon |
? |
Norman Nodel |
Annette Rubenstein |
painted cover
|
|
20 |
126/19 |
Jul-57 |
1/3 |
2 |
136 |
Jan-57 |
Ivanhoe |
? |
Norman Nodel |
? |
new art-painted cover -a2 |
|
21 |
126/28 |
Aug-57 |
1/3 |
3 |
135 |
Nov-56 |
The Count of Monte Cristo |
Lou Cameron |
Lou Cameron |
? |
new art-painted cover -a2 |
|
22 |
77-10T |
Feb-52 |
0.10 |
22 |
60 |
Jun-49 |
The Pathfinder |
Louis Zansky |
Louis Zansky |
Evelyn Goodman |
line drawn cover |
|
22 |
134 |
Sep-60 |
1/3 |
22 |
Nov-63 |
Nov-63 |
The Pathfinder |
|
Louis Zansky |
Evelyn Goodman |
European painted cover
|
|
23 |
125 |
Dec-55 |
0.10 |
23 |
60 |
Jun-49 |
Arnold Hicks |
Arnold Hicks |
Georgina Campbell |
line drawn cover-a1 |
|
|
23 |
129/65 |
Feb-59 |
1/3 |
23
|
136 |
Jan-57 |
Oliver Twist |
? |
Arnold Hicks |
Georgina Campbell |
painted cover -a1 |
|
23 |
141 |
Sep-61 |
1/3 |
23
|
164 |
Oct-61 |
Oliver Twist |
? |
Reed Crandall/ George Evans |
? |
mirror cover new art
|
|
24 |
126/28 |
Sep-57 |
1/3 |
138 |
|
May-57 |
Journey to the Center of the Earth |
? |
Norman Nodel |
? |
painted cover
|
|
25 |
77-16T |
Oct-52 |
0.10 |
25 |
60 |
Jun-49 |
Two Years Before the Mast |
Robert Webb/ David Heames |
Robert Webb/ David Heames |
Ruth Roche |
line drawn cover |
|
25 |
136 |
Jan-61 |
1/3 |
25 |
156 |
May-60 |
Two Years Before the Mast |
? |
Robert Webb/ David Heames |
Ruth Roche |
painted cover
|
|
26 |
126/33 |
Oct-57 |
1/3 |
137 |
|
Mar-57 |
The Little Savage |
? |
George Evans |
? |
painted cover
|
|
27 |
126/28 |
Sep-57 |
1/3 |
51 |
139 |
Jul-57 |
The Spy |
? |
Arnold Hicks |
? |
painted cover
|
|
28 |
126/28 |
Oct-57 |
0.25 |
75 |
169 |
Apr-69 |
The Lady of the Lake |
H. Kiefer |
H. Kiefer |
George Lipscomb |
painted cover
|
|
29 |
129 |
Sep-56 |
1/3 |
29 |
128 |
Sep-55 |
The Prince and the Pauper |
? |
Arnold Hicks |
Scott Feldman/ Jack Bass |
painted cover
|
|
30 |
126/39 |
Jan-58 |
1/3 |
24 |
140 |
Sep-57 |
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
? |
Jack Sparling |
? |
new art-painted cover -a2 |
|
31 |
125 |
Apr-56 |
0.10 |
31 |
51 |
Sep-48 |
The Black Arrow |
Arnold Hicks |
Arnold Hicks |
Ruth Roche/ T. Scott |
line drawn cover |
|
31 |
129/65 |
Feb-59 |
1/3 |
31 |
131 |
Mar-56 |
The Black Arrow |
? |
Arnold Hicks |
Ruth Roche/ T. Scott |
painted cover
|
|
32 |
125 |
Jan-56 |
0.10 |
32 |
53/64 |
Oct-49 |
Lorna Doone |
Matt Baker |
Matt Baker |
Ruth Roche |
line drawn cover |
|
32 |
129/76 |
Jul-59 |
1/3 |
32 |
138 |
May-57 |
Lorna Doone |
? |
Matt Baker |
Ruth Roche |
painted cover
|
|
33 |
126/39 |
Jan-58 |
1/3 |
50 |
140 |
Sep-57 |
Tom Sawyer |
? |
Aldo Rubano |
Harry Miller |
painted cover -a1 |
|
33 |
141 |
Sep-61 |
1/3 |
50 |
164 |
Oct-61 |
Tom Sawyer |
? |
? |
? |
new art -a2 |
|
34 |
126/33 |
Nov-57 |
1/3 |
85 |
|
Jul-51 |
The Sea Wolf |
Alex Blum |
Alex Blum |
John O'Rourke |
painted cover
|
|
35 |
126/45 |
Feb-58 |
1/3 |
39 |
142 |
Jan-58 |
Jane Eyre |
? |
Harley Griffiths |
Harry Miller |
painted cover
|
|
35 |
141 |
Oct-61 |
1/3 |
39 |
165 |
Jan-62 |
Jane Eyre |
? |
H. J. Kihl |
Al Sundel |
new art
|
|
36 |
126/33 |
Nov-57 |
1/3 |
54 |
142 |
Jan-58 |
The Man in the Iron Mask |
? |
Ken Battefield |
John O'Rourke |
painted cover new art-
|
|
37 |
77-10T |
Feb-52 |
1/3 |
37 |
62 |
Aug-49 |
The Pioneers |
Rudy Palais |
Rudy Palais |
Samuel Willinsky |
line drawn cover |
|
37 |
129/76 |
Jul-59 |
1/3 |
37 |
166 |
Jul-68 |
The Pioneers |
|
Rudy Palais |
Samuel Willinsky |
new European cover |
|
38 |
126/45 |
Mar-58 |
1/3 |
52 |
142 |
Jan-58 |
The House of the Seven Gables |
? |
George Woodbridge |
? |
new art-painted cover -a2 |
|
39 |
126/45 |
Mar-58 |
1/3 |
67 |
136 |
Jan-57 |
The Scottish Chiefs |
? |
Alex Blum |
John O'Rourke |
painted cover
|
|
40(A) |
77-19T |
Nov-52 |
1/6 |
40 |
62 |
Aug-49 |
Mysteries (The Pit and the Pendulum, The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall, The Fall of the House of Usher) |
H. Kiefer |
August Froelich/ H. Kiefer/ Harley Griffiths |
Samuel Willinsky |
line drawn cover
|
|
40(B) |
126/45 |
Apr-58 |
1/3 |
65 |
131 |
Mar-56 |
Benjamin Franklin |
? |
Alex Blum/ Robert Hebberd/ Gustav Schrotter |
? |
painted cover
|
|
41 |
126/33 |
Dec-57 |
1/3 |
70 |
|
Apr-50 |
The Pilot |
Alex Blum |
Alex Blum |
? |
line drawn cover |
|
41 |
136 |
Jan-61 |
1/3 |
70 |
156 |
May-60 |
The Pilot |
Gerald McCann |
Alex Blum |
? |
painted cover
|
|
42 |
112 |
Nov-53 |
0.10 |
42 |
62 |
Aug-49 |
The Swiss Family Robinson |
H. Kiefer |
H. Kiefer |
Elspeth Campbell |
line drawn cover |
|
42 |
126/19 |
May-57 |
1/3 |
42 |
131 |
Mar-56 |
The Swiss Family Robinson |
? |
H. Kiefer |
Elspeth Campbell |
painted cover
|
|
42 |
129/83 |
Jan-60 |
1/3 |
42 |
152 |
Sep-59 |
The Swiss Family Robinson |
? |
Norman Nodel |
? |
new art
|
|
43 |
126/45 |
Apr-58 |
1/3 |
87 |
|
Sep-51 |
A Midsummer Night's Dream |
Alex Blum |
Alex Blum |
Sam Willinksy |
painted cover
|
|
44 |
126/45 |
May-58 |
1/3 |
93 |
|
Mar-52 |
Pudd'nhead Wilson |
H. Kiefer |
H. Kiefer |
? |
painted cover
|
|
44 |
141 |
Oct-61 |
1/3 |
93 |
165 |
Jan-62 |
Pudd'nhead Wilson |
Gerald McCann |
H. Kiefer |
? |
new cover 2 |
|
45 |
126/45 |
Jun-58 |
1/3 |
116 |
|
Feb-54 |
The Bottle Imp (also The Beach of Falesá) |
? |
Lou Cameron |
Richard E. Davis/ Harry Miller |
painted cover
|
|
46 |
123 |
May-55 |
0.10 |
46 |
|
Apr-48 |
Kidnapped |
Robert Webb |
Robert Webb |
John O'Rourke |
line drawn cover |
|
46 |
126/39 |
Feb-58 |
1/3 |
46 |
131 |
Mar-56 |
Kidnapped |
? |
Robert Webb |
John O'Rourke |
painted cover
|
|
47 |
126/52 |
Sep-58 |
1/3 |
139 |
|
Jul-57 |
Reign Of Terror |
? |
George Evans |
Ferrin Fraser |
painted cover
|
|
48 |
115 |
Mar-54 |
1/3 |
48 |
121 |
Jul-54 |
David Copperfield |
? |
H. Kiefer |
George Lipscomb |
painted cover
|
Alice In Wonderland line drawn cover
|
49 |
82us |
Oct-51 |
1/3 |
49 |
|
Jul-48 |
Alice in Wonderland |
Alex Blum |
Alex Blum |
? |
line drawn cover |
|
49 (JES 1) |
125 |
Jan-56 |
1/3 |
49 |
155 |
Mar-60 |
Alice in Wonderland |
? |
Alex Blum |
? |
painted cover 4 years before US version
|
|
50 |
126/52 |
Oct-58 |
1/3 |
141 |
|
Nov-57 |
Castle Dangerous |
? |
Stan Campbell |
? |
painted cover
|