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Issue: Classics Illustrated Special Issue #165A
Publication Date: December 1961
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Issues: #165A of 16 Issues (18 Printings)
Title: To The Stars!
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagGilberton
Brand: Classics IllustratedView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Gilberton Company, Inc.
On Sale Date: 1961
Volume: none
Pages: 100
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.35 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 36 (25 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Roberta Strauss
Disclose Notes: Meyer A. Kaplan, Production Director. Sidney Miller, Art Director.

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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: 7" w x 10 1/4" h
Paper Stock: glossy cover, newsprint interior
Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format: Was ongoing
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To the Stars!

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Genres: science and technology
Synopsis: Two rockets approaching the Sun.
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First Line: Come Along to the Days of the Civil War
Synopsis: Promo with order coupon for back issues of "The World Around Us" -- H.R.N. W30.
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To the Stars

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Angelo Torres ?
Inker(s): Angelo Torres ?
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Genres: science and technology
Synopsis: Montage of modern rocket and space capsule, with Mesopotamian winged creature
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Man in the Skies

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Angelo Torres
Inker(s): Angelo Torres
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: science and technology
Character(s): Daedalus; Icarus; Domingo Gonsales; Robert H. Goddard; Yuri Gagarin; Alan Shepherd
Synopsis: Legends, speculation, and pioneers of space travel, from Daedalus and Icarus through X-15, Vostok, and Project Mercury
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Earth in Space

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Evans
Inker(s): George Evans
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: science and technology
Character(s): Nicolaus Copernicus; Johann Kepler; Gaileo Galilei; Isaac Newton
Synopsis: Development of knowledge about the solar system
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The Magic Eye

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Evans
Inker(s): George Evans
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: science and technology
Character(s): Phoenicians; Greeks; Roger Bacon
Synopsis: Development of glass, lenses, eyeglasses, and the first telescopes
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The Giant of Palomar

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Evans
Inker(s): Reed Crandall ?
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Genres: science and technology
Character(s): James Gregory; George Ellery Hale; glass workers; truck drivers
Synopsis: Professor George Ellery Hale proposes a telescope with a 200-inch mirror, then supervises its construction through great difficulties. The telescope is installed at Mount Palomar after Hale's death.
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A Simple Telescope

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
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Genres: science and technology
Synopsis: Illustrated guide to making a simple telescope
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Lines and Signals

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
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Genres: science and technology
Synopsis: Illustrated explanation of spectroscopes and radio telescopes
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Viewing the Spectrum

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
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Genres: science and technology
Synopsis: Illustrated explanation of the spectrum and ways to view it.
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Our Neighbor -- the Moon

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sam Glanzman
Inker(s): Sam Glanzman
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: science and technology
Synopsis: Description of the Moon, legends about the Moon, and the first space probes to the Moon.
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The Copper Moon

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Penciller(s): Sam Glanzman
Inker(s): Sam Glanzman
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: science and technology
Synopsis: Explanation of lunar eclipses
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The Inner Planets

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jo Albistur
Inker(s): Jo Albistur
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: science and technology
Synopsis: Splash page showing the four inner planets
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The Inner Planets: The Gods' Messenger

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Penciller(s): Jo Albistur
Inker(s): Jo Albistur
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Genres: science and technology
Synopsis: Description of planet Mercury
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Disclose Notes: Albistur credit per Dan Malan from his book The Complete Guide to Classics Illustrated. Previous indexer credited Charles Berger on pencils.
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The Inner Planets: The Goddess

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jo Albistur
Inker(s): Jo Albistur
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: science and technology
Synopsis: Description of planet Venus
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Disclose Notes: Albistur credit per Dan Malan from his book The Complete Guide to Classics Illustrated. Previous indexer credited Charles Berger on pencils.
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The Inner Planets: The Green World

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jo Albistur
Inker(s): Jo Albistur
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Genres: science and technology
Synopsis: Description of planet Earth
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The Inner Planets: The Red Planet

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jo Albistur
Inker(s): Jo Albistur
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Genres: science and technology
Synopsis: Description of planet Mars
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Disclose Notes: Albistur credit per Dan Malan from his book The Complete Guide to Classics Illustrated. Previous indexer credited Charles Berger on pencils.
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The Giants

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sam Glanzman
Inker(s): Sam Glanzman
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Genres: science and technology
Synopsis: Description of planets Jupiter and Saturn.
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The Georgian Planet

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Evans
Inker(s): George Evans
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: science and technology
Character(s): William Herschel; Caroline Herschel
Synopsis: William Herschel discovers Uranus.
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Uranus

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Penciller(s): Charles Berger ?
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Genres: science and technology
Synopsis: Description of planet Uranus.
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Neptune

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Penciller(s): Sam Glanzman ?
Inker(s): Sam Glanzman ?
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Genres: science and technology
Synopsis: Description of planet Neptune.
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Planet X

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jo Albistur
Inker(s): Jo Albistur
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: science and technology
Character(s): Percival Lowell; Clyde Tombaugh
Synopsis: Following Percival Lowell's lead, Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto.
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Pluto

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Penciller(s): Sam Glanzman ?
Inker(s): Sam Glanzman ?
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Genres: science and technology
Synopsis: Dsecription of planet Pluto.
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Are There Other Planets?

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jo Albistur
Inker(s): Jo Albistur
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: science and technology
Character(s): Clyde Tombaugh
Synopsis: Description of the asteroids.
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Disclose Notes: Albistur credit per Dan Malan from his book The Complete Guide to Classics Illustrated.
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Fiery Streaks and Tails

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sam Glanzman
Inker(s): Sam Glanzman
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: science and technology
Synopsis: Description of comets and meteors.
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Disclose Notes: Glanzman credit per Dan Malan from his book The Complete Guide to Classics Illustrated. Previous indexer credited Charles Berger on pencils.
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Figures in the Sky

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sam Glanzman
Inker(s): Sam Glanzman
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: science and technology
Synopsis: Description and star maps of major constellations: Ursa Minor; Ursa Major; Gemini; Cassiopeia; Andromeda; Perseus; Cepheus; Hercules; Orion; Canis Major; Scorpius; Cygnus; Lyra; Aquila
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Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: Glanzman credit per Dan Malan from his book The Complete Guide to Classics Illustrated.
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Star Facts

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sam Glanzman
Inker(s): Sam Glanzman
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Genres: science and technology
Synopsis: Facts about the stars.
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Our Nearest Star

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sam Glanzman
Inker(s): Sam Glanzman
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: science and technology
Synopsis: Fact and fiction about the Sun.
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The Disappearing Sun

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Norman Nodel
Inker(s): Norman Nodel
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: science and technology
Synopsis: Description of solar eclipses.
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Light Years

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Norman Nodel
Inker(s): Norman Nodel
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Genres: science and technology
Synopsis: Explanation of light years.
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The Universe

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Norman Nodel
Inker(s): Norman Nodel
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Genres: science and technology
Synopsis: Description of the Earth's place in the universe.
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The Universe and Life

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Norman Nodel
Inker(s): Norman Nodel
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Genres: science and technology
Synopsis: Theories on the formation of the universe, and the likelihood of life elsewhere in it.
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The Swiss Patent Clerk

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Genres: biography
Synopsis: Life of Albert Einstein.
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Days and Years

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Genres: historical
Synopsis: History of calendars.
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Character(s): Gepetto; Pinocchio
First Line: Classics Illustrated Junior
Synopsis: Promo and order coupon for back issues of "Classics Illustrated Junior" -- H.R.N. 572
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[untitled]

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First Line: Own the Greatest Stories by the World's Greatest Authors
Synopsis: Promo with order coupon for back issues of "Classics Illustrated" -- H.R.N. 163.
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Disclose Notes: Includes color thumbnail of cover to # 149, "Off on a Comet"

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