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Series: Classics Illustrated

- Attribution History

Years in Print: 1947 - 1971

Detail

Publisher: Flag

Gilberton Country:

United States Language: English Issues: #1 - #151 [HRN 164] (323 Issues, 607 Printings)

Continued From: Classic Comics [1941 - 1947] by Gilberton

Continued In: none Disclose

Tracking Notes: Disclose

Notes: Continuation of Classic Comics.

Most issues have been reprinted frequently (including issues from Classic Comics run). Reprints are frequently distinguished by the presence of a reorder checklist on a back or inside cover; the "Highest Reorder Number" (HRN) on the list allows a rough approximation of from when a particular reprint dates. Most reprints are straightforward reprints except for an updated reorder checklist and other minor matters. We are listing each and every printing of each issue, either as variants or as own indexes. Many of the older issues, however, were redone at various points in their life. These changes include new covers, new interior art, or sometimes simple page count reductions, resulting in abridged reprints. We have called out each of these different editions in their own index. An "[O]" after the issue number indicates that this was the original printing, with no reorder checklist (most of the earlier originals did not carry a checklist).

It is not uncommon for the promos to list titles that vary slightly from the cover titles. This might take the form of omitting an article (Adventures of Marco Polo, Last Days of Pompeii), adding an article (The Sea Wolf, The Lives of the Hunted), mistaking a word (First Man in the Moon), or omitting a phrase (Kit Carson).

For more information on the various printings, see the individual issue indexes.

Format

Publication Type: Comic Books

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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Sample Issue Image

Issue #	Publication Date	Pages	Content Items	Issue Images Count
#1 2	April 1947	68	3/1/1	2 Issue Images total
#1 - HRN 134	September 1956	68	3/1/1	3 Issue Images total
#1 - HRN 150	May 1959	52	3/2/1
#1 - HRN 169	January 1971	52	6/1/1
#2 4	April 1947	68	3/1/1
#2 4	January 1957	52	6/1/1	2 Issue Images total
#3 - HRN 036	April 1947	68	4/1/1	2 Issue Images total
#3 4	November 1956	52	3/2/1
#4 [HRN 36] 2	April 1947	68	4/1/1	2 Issue Images total
#4 3	May 1959	52	3/1/1	3 Issue Images total
#5 3	April 1947	68	6/1/1	2 Issue Images total
#5 - HRN 131 2	March 1956	52	6/1/1	2 Issue Images total
#6 - HRN 051	September 1948	68	3/1/1	2 Issue Images total
#6 3	May 1956	52	3/1/1
#7 [HRN 51] 2	September 1948	68	2/1/1	2 Issue Images total
#7 - HRN 136 3	January 1957	52	6/1/1	3 Issue Images total
#8 [HRN 51] 2	September 1948	68	10/8/1	2 Issue Images total
#8 - HRN 164	October 1961	52	13/6/1
#9 - HRN 051	September 1948	68	6/1/1	2 Issue Images total
#9 - HRN 161	March 1961	52	5/1/1	2 Issue Images total
#9 [HRN 166]	July 1968	52	5/1/1
#10 2	September 1948	68	6/1/1	2 Issue Images total
#10 - HRN 130	January 1956	52	6/1/1
#10 3	September 1957	52	3/1/1	2 Issue Images total
#11 - HRN 110	August 1953	68	6/4/1	2 Issue Images total

Issue #

Publication Date

Pages

Content Items

Issue Images Count

#1 2

April 1947

3/1/1