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Issue: Classics Illustrated #40 [HRN 62]
Publication Date: August 1949
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Issues: #40 [HRN 62] of 323 Issues (607 Printings)
Title: Mysteries
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagGilberton
Brand: Classics IllustratedView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Gilberton Company Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 10 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: 8 pages are cut: 52-55 (fillers). Pages 2-4, 23-24, 45-47 are combined.

HRN 92 has same cover and generally same contents, except that rear ads (sequences 7-9) are not the same.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: cover stock varies from regular glossy to stiff glossy; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Mysteries

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: Full-page, line-drawn illustration depicts scenes from the three tales contained in the issue.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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First Line: Classic Illustrated bring you never-to-be forgotten stories by this grand array of the world's immortal authors
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; house ad for Classics Illustrated subscriptions.
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The Pit and the Pendulum

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Writer(s): ? (adapter)
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Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Narrator; Members of the Spanish Inquisition; Torturers; Guards; General La Salle
Synopsis: A victim of the Spanish Inquisition is tortured in a dark room with a razor-sharp pendulum, a water-filled pit, rats, and other devices until liberated when Toledo falls to the French.
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Pages: 12
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The Adventure of Hans Pfall

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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Mysteries
Character(s): Hans Pfall; Gretell Pfall (wife of Hans); Professor Rubadub; Mynherr Underduk (Mayor of Rotterdam); Pfall's Three Creditors; People of Rotterdam; Moon People
Synopsis: Pfall kills his three creditors with an explosion then travels to the moon in a balloon of his own design to become King of the Moon People.
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Pages: 21
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The Fall of the House of Usher

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Writer(s): ? (adapter)
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Genres: horror
Character(s): Narrator; Roderick Usher; Madeline Usher; Physician; Butler; Ethelred (phantom)
Synopsis: Roderick Usher buries his catatonic twin sister Madeline then dies from fear and horror when she rises from her grave. The crumbling Usher mansion collapses upon them.
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Edgar Allan Poe

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Genres: biography
Synopsis: Brief biographical sketch of Edgar Allan Poe. Two spot illustrations depict images from his works and life.
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Genres: non-fiction
First Line: Happily, the goverment of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction...
Synopsis: Excerpt from a letter by George Washington dated 1790 about bigotry, persecution, and good citizenship. Illustrations depict Washington and American patriotic icons such as the Old North Church and Paul Revere.
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Classics Illustrated in Gift Boxes

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Synopsis: Full-page promo for Classics Illustrated Gift Boxes.
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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First Line: Why wait?
Synopsis: Full-page promo for back titles up to HRN 62 from Classics Illustrated available via mail order. Spot illustrations depict front covers from the series.
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Classics Illustrated Subscription Offer

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Synopsis: Half-page, vertically-oriented promo on the left side of the page for a Classics Illustrated subscription with tattoo decals offered as a premium. Spot illustrations depict decal cartoon characters such as Popeye, Blondie, and Flash Gordon.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: inside front cover

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