Classics Illustrated
#12 [HRN 118] - Rip Van Winkle and the Headless Horseman
([April 1954])
Gilberton,
1947 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly except February, May, August and November
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Gilberton Company Inc.
- Brand
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Classics Illustrated
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
This issue is a variant of Classics Illustrated (Gilberton, 1947 series) #12 [HRN 60] - Rip Van Winkle and the Headless Horseman.
There exist further variants:
![Cover Thumbnail for Classics Illustrated (Gilberton, 1947 series) #12 [HRN 118] - Rip Van Winkle and the Headless Horseman](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/925/w200/925372.jpg?-4813976145013415009)
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![Cover Thumbnail for Classics Illustrated (1947 series) #12 [HRN 89] - Rip Van Winkle and the Headless Horseman](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/984/w100/984077.jpg?-166776562487558621)
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Classics Illustrated brings you never-to-be forgotten stories...
Indexer Notes
House ad for Classics Illustrated subscriptions.
Rip Van Winkle and the Headless Horseman
comic story / 38 pages
- Script
- Dan Levin (adaptation); Washington Irving (original)
- Pencils
- R. H. Livingstone
- Inks
- R. H. Livingstone
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- drama; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Rip Van Winkle; Gretchen Van Winkle; Wolf (dog); Van Bummel; Hendrick Hudson
- Synopsis
- Rip Van Winkle sleeps for 20 years just to get away from his wife and mother-in-law.
- Reprints
from Indexer Notes
Although the title page has both stories listed (as on the cover), this sequence is the story of Rip Van Winkle.
The Headless Horseman or The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- Dan Levin (adaptation); Washington Irving (original story)
- Pencils
- R. H. Livingstone
- Inks
- R. H. Livingstone
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- drama; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Ichabod Crane; Katrina Van Tassel; Brom Van Brunt; Rip Van Winkle; Headless Horseman
- Synopsis
- Ichabod Crane encounters the Headless Horseman at midnight.
- Reprints
The Charge of the Light Brigade
text story / 1 page
- Script
- Alfred Lord Tennyson
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- war
- Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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1.
["Classics Illustrated brings you never-to-be forgotten stories..."]
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2.
Rip Van Winkle and the Headless Horseman
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3.
The Headless Horseman or The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
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4.
Life of Washington Irving
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5.
...And One Came Back
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6.
The Charge of the Light Brigade
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7.
Classics Illustrated in Gift Boxes
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8.
["Now you can start or complete your own library of the famous Classics Illustrated... here's how!"]
This issue was modified by
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
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