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Classics Illustrated  (1941)

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Gilberton Aug 1947

Classics Illustrated #40

Classics Illustrated #40
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$35
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$90
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$350
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Adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe stories:
The Pit and the Pendulum (13 pages)
The Adventure of Hans Pfall (22 pages)
The Fall of the House of Usher (14 pages)
Gilberton Nov 1947

Classics Illustrated #43

Classics Illustrated #43
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$50
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$150
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$500
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Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority
Reason: Wertham describes the first eight pages of this comic as being gratuitously violent and a poor representation of the source material
HRN stands for Highest Re-order issue Number on back cover - the lower the number the earlier the printing. Generally a first printing will have an HRN that matches the issue number on the front
Gilberton Dec 1947

Classics Illustrated #44

Classics Illustrated #44
Variants (3)
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$60
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$175
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$660
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Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority
Reason: panels of a blindfolded man, tied to a chair with his eyes gouged out
Gilberton Apr 1948

Classics Illustrated #49

Classics Illustrated #49
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$30
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$90
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$300
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Adaptation of Lewis Carroll's 'Alice In Wonderland'
First printing identified by a $0.10 cover price and the letters/numbers HRN 47
There are often multiple reprints of a Classics Illustrated publication with similar if not exactly the same front cover details
One method of identification used by the industry is the "code" HRN which means Highest Reorder Number
In the case of Alice In Wonderland, the first printing is HRN 47
Simply put, on the back cover (see image) there are 47 titles in the yellow box numbered 1 - 47
These were the other titles available to order from the publisher. The company continued to adapt classic novels in comic book form month after month which would be added to the back cover
Alice In Wonderland second printing would be described in Overstreet or an eBay listing as HRN 64 meaning 64 titles are listed on the back cover instead of 47
Third printing - HRN 85
Fourth printing - HRN 155
Fifth printing - HRN 165
Sixth printing - HRN 167
Gilberton Aug 1948

Classics Illustrated #50

Classics Illustrated #50
Variants (3)
Low
$18
Mid
$55
High
$165
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Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority
Reason: a poor representation of what Mark Twain's novel is about due to gratuitous violence including an eye gouge

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