Classics Illustrated #5 [HRN 166] - Moby Dick [New Painted Stiff Cover]
([Winter 1969])

Gilberton, 1947 Series
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Price
0.25 USD
Pages
52
On-sale Date
1969
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Gilberton Company Inc.
Brand
Classics Illustrated
Editing
?

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of Classics Illustrated (Gilberton, 1947 series) #5 [HRN 131] - Moby Dick.

Moby Dick (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (painted)
Inks
? (painted)
Colors
? (painted)
Genre
adventure
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Build Your Own Library (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?
Synopsis
House ad for binders for Classics Illustrated comics.

Indexer Notes

inside front cover

Moby Dick (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 47 pages (report information)

Script
Herman Melville (original novel); ? (adaptation)
Pencils
Norman Nodel
Inks
Norman Nodel
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure
Characters
Ishmael; Captain Ahab; Moby Dick
Reprints
Keywords
literary adaptation

Herman Melville (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
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?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
biography
Reprints

Indexer Notes

after last story page

Free! Free! Free! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?
Characters
The Phantom; Barney Google; Blondie; Popeye; Flash Gordon; Olive Oyl; Jiggs and Maggie; Captain and Professor from Katzenjammer Kids; Dagwood; Sherlock Holmes
Synopsis
House ad: free stick-on tattoos with a 10-issue subscription to Classics Illustrated.

Indexer Notes

inside back cover

"Read the best in the world's finest juvenile publication" (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?
Characters
Julius Caesar
Synopsis
House ad for Classics Illustrated back issues, HRN 131

Indexer Notes

Order coupon; color thumbnail of cover for #130, "Caesar's Conquests"; on back cover

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Moby Dick
  2. 1. Build Your Own Library
    Gilberton Co.
  3. 2. Moby Dick
  4. 3. Herman Melville
  5. 4. Free! Free! Free!
    Gilberton Co.
  6. 5. "Read the best in the world's finest juvenile publication"
    Gilberton Co.
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