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Issue: Classics Illustrated Special Issue #159A
Publication Date: December 1960
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Issues: #159A of 16 Issues (18 Printings)
Title: Rockets, Jets and Missiles
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagGilberton
Brand: Classics IllustratedView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Gilberton Company
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 100
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.35 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 38 (22 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Roberta Strauss Freuerlicht; Leonard B. Cole (Art Director)
Disclose Notes: Printed in the U.S.A. Indexed in part with information submitted by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.

The indicia identifies this as Classics Illustrated 159A, published bi-monthly with special issues in June and December. The bi-monthly publication refers to the main Classics Illustrated title. Classics Illustrated Special Issue is generally regarded as a separate title, published in June and December.
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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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Rockets, Jets and Missiles

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Penciller(s): Allen Simon (painting) [as Simon] (signed)
Inker(s): Allen Simon (painting) [as Simon] (signed)
Colorist(s): Allen Simon (painting) [as Simon] (signed)
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In Issue: FlagIllustrerte Klassikere Spesialnummer #5 published January 1961
In Content Item: FlagIllustrated Classics Extra Editie #5 published ?
as Raketten razen door de ruimte [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Buiild your own library

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Penciller(s): Gerald McCann
Inker(s): Gerald McCann
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The Flight of the X-1

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Penciller(s): George Evans
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Space Talk

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Penciller(s): Sam Glanzman [as S. J. G.] (signed)
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The Moon

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The Jet Is Born

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Penciller(s): Gerald McCann
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Space Talk

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Penciller(s): Sam Glanzman
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Mercury

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Penciller(s): John Tartaglione (illustrations)
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Jet Engines

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Jets Around the World

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Space Talk

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Venus

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Rockets Through Time

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Penciller(s): H. J. Kihl
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Space Talk

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Mars

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The Wizard of Worcester

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Penciller(s): Gerald McCann
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Character(s): Robert Goddard
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Space Talk

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Penciller(s): Sam Glanzman
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Jupiter

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Rocket Engines

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Don’t Do It Yourself

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Penciller(s): Jack Abel
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Space Talk

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Saturn

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Rockets and Missiles Around the World

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Artificial Moons

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Space Talk

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Uranus

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Seven for Space

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Space Talk

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Neptune

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Off Into Orbit

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Space Talk

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Pluto

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Doorway Into Tomorrow

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Stones from Space

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Other Worlds

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First Line: Subscribe now! Today!
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First Line: Read the best in the world's finest juvenile publication
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Disclose Notes: Promo, with order coupon, for back issues of Classics Illustrated. HRN 156.

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