Wednesday, 17 April 2024

Classic Comics/Classics Illustrated. #051 - #100 - Elliot Publishing Company [Complete Series]


Classics Illustrated is an American comic book series featuring adaptations of literary classics such as Les Miserables, Moby Dick, Hamlet, and The Iliad.  Created Classic Comics for Elliot Publishing Company in 1941  and finished its first run in 1971, producing 169 issues.
The series name-changed in March 1947 to Classics Illustrated .
Following the series' demise, various companies reprinted its titles. This series is different from the Great Illustrated Classics, which is an adaptation of the classics for young readers that includes illustrations, but is not in the comic book form.




















TITLES:


Classics Illustrated #051 The Spy
Classics Illustrated #052 The House of the Seven Gables
Classics Illustrated #053 A Christmas Carol
Classics Illustrated #054 Man in the Iron Mask
Classics Illustrated #055 Silas Marner
Classics Illustrated #056 The Toilers Of The Sea
Classics Illustrated #057 The Song of Hiawatha
Classics Illustrated #058 The Prairie
Classics Illustrated #059 Wuthering Heights
Classics Illustrated #060 Black Beauty
Classics Illustrated #061 The Woman In White
Classics Illustrated #062 Western Stories
Classics Illustrated #063 The Man Without a Country
Classics Illustrated #064 Treasure Island
Classics Illustrated #065 Ben Franklin
Classics Illustrated #066 The Cloister And The Hearth
Classics Illustrated #067 The Scottish Chiefs
Classics Illustrated #068 Julius Caesar
Classics Illustrated #069 Around the World in 080 Days
Classics Illustrated #070 The Pilot
Classics Illustrated #071 The Man Who Laughs
Classics Illustrated #072 The Oregon Trail
Classics Illustrated #073 The Black Tulip
Classics Illustrated #074 Mr Midshipman Easy
Classics Illustrated #075 The Lady in The Lake
Classics Illustrated #076 The Prisoner of Zenda
Classics Illustrated #077 Homer's The Iliada
Classics Illustrated #078 Joan of Arc
Classics Illustrated #079 Cyrano de Bergerac
Classics Illustrated #080 White Fang
Classics Illustrated #081 The Odyssey
Classics Illustrated #082 The Master of Ballantrae
Classics Illustrated #083 The Jungle Book
Classics Illustrated #084 The Gold Bug
Classics Illustrated #085 The Sea Wolf
Classics Illustrated #086 Under Two Flags
Classics Illustrated #087 A Midsummer Night's Dream
Classics Illustrated #088 Men of Iron
Classics Illustrated #089 Crime and Punishment
Classics Illustrated #090 Green Mansions
Classics Illustrated #091 The Call of the Wild
Classics Illustrated #092 The Courtshipp of Miles Standish
Classics Illustrated #093 Pudd'n'head Wilson
Classics Illustrated #094 David Balfour
Classics Illustrated #095 All Quiet on the Western Front
Classics Illustrated #096 Daniel Boone
Classics Illustrated #097 King Solomon's Mines
Classics Illustrated #098 The Red Badge of Courag
Classics Illustrated #099 Hamlet
Classics Illustrated #100 Mutiny on the Bounty










Very grateful to Jens Terje for providing the pages that complete this series


Werewolves and Vampires Collector's Edition (Charlton 1962) One-shot [Charlton Comics Collection]

 


Werewolves and Vampires, published by Charlton Publications, Inc. (U.S.A.) 

1962  -   68 pages

INDEX:







Sunday, 14 April 2024

2000 AD #2151 - #2160 Rebellion

 

 Publisher:  Rebellion

Publication Dates: 10 October 2001 - present
Number of Issues Published: 1051 (#1263 - #2313)
Color: colour with some stories in black and white; colour cover.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; white interior pages
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Publication Type: magazine
Page: 32        Indicia Frequency: Every Wednesday


Notes
numbering continues from 2000 AD (Egmont Fleetway Ltd, 1996 series) #1204.
Under license from Rebellion.
Merged after #85 into 2000 AD and Starlord
Merged after #126 into 2000 AD and Tornado
Numbering continues with #178 from 2000 AD and Tornado
Numbering continues with 2000 AD (Fleetway Publications, 1987 series) 
#536 - #1013
Numbering continues with 2000 AD (Egmont UK, 2000 series) #1014 - #1204
Numbering continues with 2000 AD (Egmont UK, 2000 series) #1205
Numbering continues with 2000 AD (Rebellion, 2001 series) #1263

2000 AD #2151 - #2160  Rebellion

Publication Dates:  2 October 2019 / 4 December 2019






Wednesday, 10 April 2024

Three short stories by María Barrera from Misty : The Love And The Laughter (1978) / Roots (Nightmare) (1978) / Danse Macabre (1979) - Compiled by A. Wallace

   

The Love And The Laughter 

 Written by ?? , Drawn by María Barrera

Misty  No. 10 (April 8th , 1978)

Episodes: 1  (6 pages)

Translations/Reprints: Best Of Misty #04  (May 1st, 1986) 

Molly makes a pact with Devil for her soul to help her Uncle’s ailing circus
 (despite his claims she helps him just by being around), it works and t
hey make lots of money in just one day, then conjurer returns and Uncle 
figures out pact, they burn the book and spell is broken.

Roots (Nightmare )

 Written by Pat Mills , Drawn by María Barrera

Misty  No. 1 (February 4th, 1978)

Episodes: 1  (5 pages)

Translations/Reprints: Best Of Misty #08  (September 1st, 1986) 

Jill goes to stay in Evergreen with her granddad for the summer, uncanny realisation townspeople standing out in rain at night and nobody has died for years, discovers they have roots. Final reassuring panel added where she decides to stay..

Danse Macabre 

 Written by ?? , Drawn by María Barrera

Misty  No. 52 (February 3rd, 1979)

Episodes: 1  (6 pages)

Translations/Reprints: Best Of Misty #06  (July 1st, 1986) 

Nadia cheats to get starring ballet role (de luca effect 11), steals mistress's 
ballet shoes for luck... Skeletal orchestra etc red shoes adaptation, 
forced to dance until she collapses, Lois gets role and Nadia 
has ‘damaged her feet’ and shoes ‘danced to pieces’.

Compiled by A. Wallace 

Sunday, 7 April 2024

Twin Earths D41 (1-23-61) - D57 (41-8-63) by Oskar Lebeck & Alden McWilliams

  

Twin Earths is an American science fiction comic strip written by
 Oskar Lebeck and drawn by Alden McWilliams that ran in Sunday
 and daily newspapers from 1952 until 196. 
The strip was distributed by United Feature Syndicate.



Twin Earths D41 (1-23-61) - D57 (41-8-63) 

D41 - “The City of Oceana” (1-23-61 to 3-11-61)
D42 - “Marooned in Space” (3-13-61 to 4-24-61)
D43 - “Homecoming” (4-25-61 to 7-1-61)
D44 - “Moon Shot” (7-3-61 to 8-26-61)
D45 - “Return to Terra” (8-28-61 to 10-21-61)
D46 - “Black-Market Operation” (10-23-61 to 11-25-61)
D47 - “Mission to Mars” (11-27-61 to 1-19-62)
D48 - “The Lost Space Ship” (1-20-62 to 3-24-62)
D49 - “Blackmail” (3-26-62 to 5-12-62)
D50 - “The Reluctant Bride” (5-14-62 to 7-7-62)
D51 - “Billion Dollar Empire” (7-9-62 to 9-1-62)
D52 - “The Most Beautiful Girl on Terra” (9-3-62 to 10-15-62)
D53 - “Island of Abuc” (10-16-62 to 11-15-62)
D54 - “Kidnapped” (11-16-62 to 12-25-62)
D55 - “Maris Needs Men” (12-26-62 to 2-9-63)
D56 - “The Telvifone Thief” (2-11-63 to 4-6-63)
D57 - “Back in Time” (4-8-63 to 5-25-63)





Thanks to boutje777 for this magnificent compilation job


Wednesday, 3 April 2024

Thriller Comics Library.- #110 Robin Hood The Triumphant #111 Strongbow the Mohawk #112 Draw Near to Battle (IPC 1955 Series)

     Thriller Comics Library
Publisher: IPC
Publication Dates: November 1953 - 5 February 1957
Number of Issues Published: 122 (#41 - #162)
Color: Colour cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: Digest
Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing
Publication Type: magazine 
68 pages   -   Indicia Frequency: The First Thursday in Each Month

Numbering continues from Thriller Comics (IPC, 1951 series) #40
Numbering continues with Thriller Picture Library (IPC, 1957 series) #163




#110  Robin Hood The Triumphant

IPC, Dec 1, 1955  Series

Cover/  Pencils & Colors :    Sep E. Scott (painting)

Script:  ? ? (adaptation)

Pencils & Inks: D. C. Eyles & Reg Bunn

4 stories :

- Robin Hood Triumphant 
- The Vanishing Venison
- The Secret of the Old Dark Inn
- The Viking Raiders


#111 Strongbow the Mohawk 

IPC, Jan 5, 1956  Series

Cover/  Pencils & Colors :    Sep E. Scott (painting)

Script: Mike Butterworth, Colin Thomas

Pencils & Inks: D. C. Eyles & Reg Bunn


#112 Draw Near to Battle

IPC, Jan 5, 1956  Series

Cover/  Pencils & Colors :   D. C. Eyles (painting)

Script:  Jere Wheelwright (original story); ? (adaptation)

Pencils & Inks:  John McNamara



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