Old-fashioned Comics: King Classics (1977 series) #01 - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court / #02 - The Last of the Mohicans. King Features, 1977 Series

Friday, 4 July 2025

King Classics (1977 series) #01 - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court / #02 - The Last of the Mohicans. King Features, 1977 Series

Publication Dates: 1977 - 1978

Number of Issues Published: 24 (#01 - #24 )

Color: Color

Dimensions: 7 1/4 inches wide by 10 1/2 inches tall

Paper Stock: Newsprint

Binding: Saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: Limited Series

Publication Type: magazine

Tracking: Cardstock cover

Notes: All issues first released in 1977 and reissued in 1979.

All reprints from Spanish publications.

Editorial Bruguera, S.A. 1977. King Features Syndicate, New York. Printed in

Talleres Gráficos de EBSA, (Barcelona 1977 - Spain)

A back-cover promo lists 32 titles, though most sources state that only 24 were published. The remainder, planned but possibly never published in English are: 25 A Tale of Two Cities; 26 Ben Hur; 27 Heidi; 28 Little Women; 29 The Mysterious Island; 30 The Pirate; 31 The Phantom Ship; 32 King Solomon's Mines.

01 - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Price: 0.59 USD Pages: 36

Cover/ Pencils & Colors : Antonio Bernal (painting)

Script, : Mark Twain (original) / José Antonio Vidal Sales (adaptation)

Pencils & Inks: Cecil Langley Doughty

First Line of Dialogue or Text: One day I decided to visit

the historical Warwick Castle.

Reprints from

Joyas Literarias Juveniles (Editorial Bruguera, 1970 series)

#5 - Un yanqui en la corte del rey Arturo (1970)

02 - The Last of the Mohicans

Price: 0.59 USD Pages: 36

Cover/ Pencils & Colors : Antonio Bernal (painting)
Script, : Mark Twain (original) / José Antonio Vidal Sales (adaptation)
Pencils & Inks: Cecil Langley Doughty

First Line of Dialogue or Text: When the Europeans explored

the vast territories of North America, from the Atlantic

Ocean to the Mississippi River...