Classics Illustrated #40 [HRN 62] - Mysteries

([August 1949])

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

The Pit and the Pendulum (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Edgar Allan Poe (original author); ? (adapter)

Pencils

August Froehlich (signed)

Inks

August Froehlich (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

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.

Reprints

• from Classics Illustrated (Gilberton, 1947 series) #40 [O] - Mysteries (August 1947) [minus 1 page]
• in Illustrerte Klassikere (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2006 series) #53 ([mars] 2015)

The Adventure of Hans Pfall (Table of Contents: 3)

Mysteries / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script

Edgar Allan Poe (original author); ? (adapter)

Pencils

Henry Kiefer (signed)

Inks

Henry Kiefer (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

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.

Reprints

• from Classics Illustrated (Gilberton, 1947 series) #40 [O] - Mysteries (August 1947) [minus 1 page]
• in Classics Illustrated (Acclaim / Valiant, 1997 series) #17 - Stories by Poe
• in Illustrerte Klassikere (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2006 series) #53 ([mars] 2015)

The Fall of the House of Usher (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Edgar Allan Poe (original author); ? (adapter)

Pencils

Harley Griffiths (signed)

Inks

Harley Griffiths (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

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.

Reprints

• from Classics Illustrated (Gilberton, 1947 series) #40 [O] - Mysteries (August 1947) [minus 1 page]
• in Illustrerte Klassikere (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2006 series) #53 ([mars] 2015)

Edgar Allan Poe (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Harley Griffiths ?

Inks

Harley Griffiths ?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

biography

Synopsis

Brief biographical sketch of Edgar Allan Poe. Two spot illustrations depict images from his works and life.

Reprints

• in Illustrerte Klassikere (Hjemmet / Egmont, 2006 series) #53 ([mars] 2015)

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

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

George Washington (original author); ? (adapter)

Pencils

Harley Griffiths ? (spot illustrations)

Inks

Harley Griffiths ? (spot illustrations)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Happily, the goverment of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction...

Genre

non-fiction

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.

Classics Illustrated in Gift Boxes (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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