Classics Illustrated #31 - The Black Arrow [HRN 125 - 15 Cent Cover]
([September 1948])

Gilberton, 1947 Series
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Price
0.15 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly except February, May, August and November
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Gilberton Company Inc.
Brand
Classics Illustrated
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Al Kanter (editor); Harry Adler (managing editor); Ruth Roche (story editor); S. M. Iger (art director)

Issue Notes

Indicia gives a date of October 1946, and a copyright date of 1946.
This issue is a variant of Classics Illustrated (Gilberton, 1947 series) #31 [HRN 51] - The Black Arrow [No Price]. There exist further variants:
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The Black Arrow (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 46 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Louis Stevenson (original story); Tom Scott (signed) (adaptation); Ruth Roche (signed) (adaptation)
Pencils
Arnold Hicks (signed)
Inks
Arnold Hicks (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Louis Goldklang
Genre
adventure; historical
Characters
Alicia Risingham; Appleyard (archer); Carter; Ellis Duckworth [a.k.a. John Amends-All]; John Fenne; Lawless; Lieutenant Gatesby; Lord Foxham; Lord Risingham; Lord Shoreby; Master Richard "Dick" Shelton; Master Bennet Hatch; Mistress Joanna "Joan" Sedley [poses as Jack Matcham]; Richard Crookback of Gloucester; Seldon; Sir Daniel Brackley; Sir Oliver Oates (priest); Throgmorton
Synopsis
John Amends-All has four black arrows to seek vengeance against those who have wronged him.
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Indexer Notes

An adaptation of the The Black Arrow novel, first published in 1888.

pages cut from original printing:12,17-18, 27-28, 39-40, 55.

Robert Louis Stevenson "Tusitala... Teller of Tales" (Table of Contents: 2)

text article / 1 page (report information)

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typeset
Genre
biography
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Synopsis
Biography of Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), Scottish author, with portrait and illo of his burial procession.
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Joseph Priestley "The Father of Soda Water and Discoverer of Oxygen" (Table of Contents: 3)

Pioneers of Science / text article / 1 page (report information)

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typeset
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biography
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Joseph Priestley
Synopsis
Information on Joseph Priestley (1733-1804), English theologian and scientist, with two illustrations.
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Table of Contents
  1. 1. The Black Arrow
  2. 2. Robert Louis Stevenson "Tusitala... Teller of Tales"
  3. 3. Joseph Priestley "The Father of Soda Water and Discoverer of Oxygen"
    Pioneers of Science
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