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Wednesday, 9 July 2025

King Classics (1977 series) #03 - Moby Dick / #04 - The Adventures of Robin Hood. 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.


03-  Moby Dick 

Price: 0.59 USD  Pages: 36

Cover/  Pencils & Colors :  Antonio Bernal (painting)
Script, Herman Melville (original) /
José Antonio Vidal Sales (credited as Cassarel) (adaptation)

Pencils & Inks:  Carrillo



Reprints from 
Joyas Literarias Juveniles (Editorial Bruguera, 1970 series) 
#107 - Moby Dick (29-07-1974)



04 - The Adventures of Robin Hood 
Price: 0.59 USD  Pages: 36

Cover/  Pencils & Colors :  Antonio Bernal (painting)
Script, José María Carbonell [as Norman R. Stinnet] (original)
José María Vidal Sales [as Alberto Cuevas] (adaptation)

Pencils & Inks:  Vicente Torregrosa Manrique


Reprints from 
Joyas Literarias Juveniles (Editorial Bruguera, 1970 series) 
#34 - Robin Hood (1971)






4 comments:

  1. 👍🏻‼️

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  2. Thank you very much! Great idea to put both language versions! Muchas gracias!

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  3. A huge thank you for all the magnificent contributions to this blog! They're truly fantastic. That said, I'd like to draw your attention to the information regarding Torregrosa as the artist credited for this version of Moby Dick. I haven't been able to find a signature, and 'Torregrosa' might even be a pseudonym. However, I am 100% certain that the true artist is Antonio Pérez-García y Carrillo, who signs his work as Carrillo. His unique artistic style is unmistakable, characterized by loose brushstrokes and bold black washes, with drawings based on sketches taken from the original. In fact, the original plates for this very work are currently available for sale at this link: Moby Dick Original Plates by Carrillo. Seriously, thanks again for such a magnificent blog!

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  4. Hi Mapanare, thank you for your kind words, which give me great encouragement to continue.
    Regarding the author of Moby-Dick, you're right, it's Carrillo, and Vicente Torregrosa Manrique was the artist of issue 4, "Robin Hood." This is all due to a typo. Sorry for that.

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