Classics Illustrated #142 [O] - Abraham Lincoln
(January 1958)

Gilberton, 1947 Series
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Price
0.15 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
Bi-Monthly, with special issues in June and December
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Gilberton Company Inc.
Brand
Classics Illustrated
Editing
William E. Kanter (editor); Roberta Strauss (editor); L. B. Cole (art director)

Issue Notes

Original index by Carl Wilcox. Exists with HRN 167. Indicia on some issues states "Copyright July 1965." Printed in the U.S.A.
This issue has variants:

Abraham Lincoln (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gerald McCann (painting)
Inks
Gerald McCann (painting)
Colors
Gerald McCann (painting)
Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction; biography
Characters
Abraham Lincoln; Jack Armstrong
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Coming Next (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

Harvey Cheyne (Table of Contents: 2)

Who Am I? / text article / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Abraham Lincoln (Table of Contents: 3)

Abraham Lincoln / comic story / 46 pages (report information)

Script
Benjamin P. Thomas (original work); ? (adaptation)
Pencils
Norman Nodel
Inks
Norman Nodel
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction; biography
Characters
Abraham Lincoln; Thomas Lincoln; Nancy Hanks Lincoln; Mary Todd; Robert Lincoln; Edward Lincoln; William Lincoln; Thomas Lincoln; Stephen
Douglas; General George McClellan; General Ulysses
S. Grant; John Wilkes Booth
Synopsis
Summarizes the life of Lincoln
Reprints
Keywords
American Civil War; educational; fact; Illinois; log cabin; President; Washington D.C.

Soldier, Lawyer and Justice (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction; history
Characters
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Synopsis
Summarizes the career of Holmes.
Reprints
Keywords
American Civil War; educational; fact; Supreme Court

Conspiracy (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction; history
Characters
Lewis Paine; David Herold
Keywords
Assassination; educational; fact; President; Washington D.C.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Abraham Lincoln
  2. 1. Coming Next
  3. 2. Harvey Cheyne
    Who Am I?
  4. 3. Abraham Lincoln
    Abraham Lincoln
  5. 4. Soldier, Lawyer and Justice
  6. 5. Conspiracy
  7. 6. ["Free! Free! Free! 40 of the world's greatest comic strip characters in tattoos"]
  8. 7. ["Read the best in the world's finest juvenile publication"]
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