Classics Illustrated #134 [O] - Romeo and Juliet

(September 1956)

[Forthcoming Title] (Table of Contents: 1)

Coming Next Month / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

? (ad copy)

Pencils

Alex Blum (spot illustration)

Inks

Alex Blum (spot illustration)

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

Half-page, vertically-oriented promo on the left side of the page for the next issue in the Classics Illustrated series, "Waterloo". Spot illustration depicts the issue's front cover.

Indexer Notes

inside front cover

[Literary Character Puzzle] (Table of Contents: 2)

Who Am I? / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

Half-page, vertically-oriented puzzle on the right side of the page. Five clues lead to the identification of a literary character.

Indexer Notes

inside front cover

Romeo and Juliet (Table of Contents: 3)

Romeo and Juliet / comic story / 44 pages (report information)

Script

William Shakespeare (original author); ? (adapter)

Pencils

George Evans

Inks

George Evans

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

drama; romance

Characters

Romeo; Juliet; Tybalt (Juliet's cousin); Nurse; Mercutio; Benvolio; Friar Laurence; Friar John; Paris; Prince Escalus; Lord Capulet; Lady Capulet; Lord Montague; Lady Montague; People of Verona

Synopsis

After meeting at a masked ball, two young people fall in love and secretly marry. The ongoing feud between their families contributes directly their violent deaths.

Reprints

• in Illustrated Classics (Classics/Williams, 1956 series) #34 - Romeo en Julia ([1957])
• in Illustrerade klassiker (Illustrerade klassiker, 1956 series) #34 - Romeo och Julia (1957)
• in Illustrerede Klassikere (I.K. [Illustrerede klassikere], 1956 series) #34 - Romeo og Julie (1957)
• in Kuvitettuja Klassikkoja (Kuvajulkaisut, 1956 series) #10 - Romeo ja Julia (1957)
• in Illustrerte Klassikere [Classics Illustrated] (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1957 series) #22 - Romeo og Julie ([1957])
which is reprinted
• in Illustrerte Klassikere (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2006 series) #6 ([mai] 2007)
• in Classiques Illustrés (Publications Classiques Internationales, 1957 series) #5 - Roméo et Juliette (1957)
• in Illustrierte Klassiker [Classics Illustrated] (BSV - Williams, 1956 series) #34 - Romeo und Julia (1959)
which is reprinted
• in Illustrierte Klassiker [Classics Illustrated] (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1991 series) #70 - Romeo und Julia
• in Classics Illustrated (Acclaim / Valiant, 1997 series) #2 - Romeo and Juliet (February 1997)

William Shakespeare (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Alex Blum (spot illustrations)

Inks

Alex Blum (spot illustrations)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

biography

Synopsis

Brief biographical sketch of William Shakespeare. Spot illustrations depict Shakespeare and the masks of tragedy and comedy.

Reprints

• in Illustrated Classics (Classics/Williams, 1956 series) #34 - Romeo en Julia ([1957])
• in Illustrerte Klassikere [Classics Illustrated] (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1957 series) #22 - Romeo og Julie ([1957])
which is reprinted
• in Illustrerte Klassikere (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2006 series) #6 ([mai] 2007)
• in Illustrierte Klassiker [Classics Illustrated] (BSV - Williams, 1956 series) #34 - Romeo und Julia (1959)
which is reprinted
• in Illustrierte Klassiker [Classics Illustrated] (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1991 series) #70 - Romeo und Julia

Part 8: The Puritan Revolution (Table of Contents: 5)

The Story of Great Britain / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Lou Cameron

Inks

Lou Cameron

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction; history

Characters

King James I; King Charles I; King Charles II; Oliver Cromwell; Puritans

Synopsis

Illustrated article about the Puritan period of British history and culture.

Reprints

• in Classics Illustrated (Thorpe & Porter, 1951 series) #26 - The Little Savage

A Penny a Play (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (spot illustration)

Inks

? (spot illustration)

Colors

? (spot illustration)

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

Article about the Elizabethan and the Jacobean theaters. Spot illustration depicts a stage of the periods.

Reprints

• in Illustrated Classics (Classics/Williams, 1956 series) #34 - Romeo en Julia ([1957])
• in Illustrerte Klassikere [Classics Illustrated] (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1957 series) #22 - Romeo og Julie ([1957])
which is reprinted
• in Illustrerte Klassikere (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2006 series) #6 ([mai] 2007)
• in Illustrierte Klassiker [Classics Illustrated] (BSV - Williams, 1956 series) #34 - Romeo und Julia (1959)
which is reprinted
• in Illustrierte Klassiker [Classics Illustrated] (Norbert Hethke Verlag, 1991 series) #70 - Romeo und Julia
• in Stjerneklassiker (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #11 - Mytteriet ([1970])
• in Nils Holgersson (Atlantic Forlag, 1988 series) #6/1988 ([juli] 1988)

[Subscription Offer] (Table of Contents: 7)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script

? (ad copy)

Pencils

? (spot illustrations)

Inks

? (spot illustrations)

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

Full-page subscription offer for the Classics Illustrated series with tattoo decals as a premium.

Indexer Notes

inside back cover

[Mail Order Back Titles List] (Table of Contents: 8)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script

? (ad copy)

Pencils

? (spot illustration)

Inks

? (spot illustration)

Colors

? (spot illustration)

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

Full-page list of available mail order back titles in the Classics Illustrated series. Spot illustration depicts a front cover from the series.

Indexer Notes

back cover